Facial Volume Loss Treatments, Broadway, Sydney
An attractive face is classically characterised by smooth, round contours, high cheekbones, no jowls and a slim, well-defined jaw line. These features together comprise the “triangle of beauty” or “heart of face”, with its base at the top and summit below.
As we age, facial fat loss, gravity, weight loss, exercise and loss of the skin’s natural elasticity conspire to reverse this triangle’s composition, leading to a narrower, skeletal looking forehead and temple area, flat cheeks and a wider, heavier jaw line.
Injectable volumisers recontour the face to restore volume to temples, cheeks, or chins that have become hollow or thin. Facial contours immediately appear fuller and rounder….. giving your face a softer, more youthful appearance.
Depending on volumiser placement, you will notice a return towards the soft, full cheeks, and firm, high cheekbones of youth, a refreshing revolumisation of the face, and a marked return of a firm chin and smooth jowls and jaw line.
And, your results will last—the lifting effects of treatment can last 18 months to 2 years!
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- Volumising fillers are smooth gels that are composed of complex sugars that occur naturally as part of our body’s own natural skin components. They may be injected to enhance lips, plump wrinkles, folds and hollows, and to restore lost volume in tear troughs, under eye hollows, sunken cheeks, temples and jowls. Subtly used, volumising fillers create a natural and refreshed appearance.
- Volumising fillers are easily dissolved using an injectable enzyme if desired.
- Volumising fillers offered at Heber Davis are long lasting but not permanent. Permanent fillers have been associated with increased risk of serious complications such as infection, granuloma formation (permanent lump formation that can occur even years after administration), and incorrect placement. Permanent fillers cannot adapt to the inevitable changes that occur in our faces as we age. What looks good at 30 could well become a source of embarrassment at 50.
- Volumising fillers do not correct wrinkles caused by muscle contraction. These dynamic wrinkles are better treated using anti-wrinkle injections. Some patients do best with a combination of volumising fillers and anti-wrinkle injections.
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- Enhancing and lifting flattened, sunken cheeks
- Restoring lost volume to skeletal looking temples and eye sockets
- Lifting eyebrows up to their youthful position
- Hiding bags, dark circles and hollow areas under the eyes
- Restoring volume to sagging jowls to create a straighter jaw line
- Lifting sagging corners of the mouth
- Creating a more prominent defined chin
Volumisation is the treatment of choice for those who look tired, sunken, gaunt or hollowed as in the following examples - bags and/or hollows under the eyes, flat sunken cheeks, deep smile lines, downward turning mouth, sunken temples, early jowls.
Volumisation is also popular for those who want to augment, enhance or reshape their natural cheekbones.
- You will be seen by a doctor who will review your medial history, discuss your concerns, decide on the best treatment plan for you and inform you of potential side effects of treatment.
- You will be shown before and after photos of other patients’ outcomes to give you a realistic expectation of your own result.
- We will photograph the area to be treated and will use these photos to monitor your progress over time.
- Ice, anaesthetic creams or injections and/or laughing gas will be offered to ensure your comfort throughout the procedure.
- Treatment usually involves just a single injection into each area of concern.
- More than one treatment may be required to achieve the best results. The first treatment may lay the foundation for subsequent improvement or adjustment.
- Various volumisers are available to help restore a more youthful appearance but there are differences in the way each behaves and how long each will last. An important element to achieving successful results with volumising fillers is realizing that no one filler is ideal for all areas of the face. Because of this, we will discuss with you which volumiser works best in the area you want filled. In some cases, different fillers will be recommended for different areas of the face to improve the entire facial aesthetic, in a procedure known as a liquid facelift.
- To learn more, you might like to watch a video of other patients being treated:
Dermal fillers fill undereye hollows
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Most normal activities may be resumed immediately. Makeup may be applied as desired. Because some patients may experience temporary redness, swelling or bruising, treatments should not be scheduled just before an important event. We also recommend that you do not engage in excessive exercise, smoking or alcohol consumption for 24 hours post procedure to allow your skin to adapt to its new contours.
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Improvements last from 18 months to 2 years, depending on the filler used and the area injected. Without maintenance the correction gradually fades and the skin returns to its original condition. Your practitioner may recommend that you schedule a yearly maintenance visit. Anecdotal evidence suggests results last longer in those who take antioxidant supplements, have a healthy diet, don’t smoke and who support and nourish the skin by following a cosmeceutical skin care programme. Your practitioner can recommend such a programme to complement your volumisation treatment.
Local anaesthetic injections guarantee your comfort. Light sedation is also available if needed.
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Volumising fillers are composed of sugars that occur naturally in our skin. Fillers of this type have been used safely for cosmetic procedures for over 20 years.
The volumising fillers used at Heber Davis are completely reversible and can be dissolved enzymatically within minutes if required.
As with any treatment that punctures the skin, volumising treatments carry some risk of temporary redness, swelling, bruising or activation of pre-existing cold sore infections.
We recommend that you avoid excessive exercise, smoking and alcohol for 24 hours post procedure to allow your skin to rest and adapt.
Treatments should be avoided immediately before an important event.
Inadequate correction, asymmetry or unwanted lumps will be massaged or corrected at a subsequent visit.
Volumising fillers are not recommended for those who are pregnant or breast-feeding, who are allergic to hyaluronic acid products, who have inflammation or infection in the area to be treated, or who are intending to have chemical or laser peeling within a few months. Extra precautions may need to be taken in those who are allergic to local anaesthetics, who have any disease affecting the immune system or who are prone to keloid or hypertrophic scarring.
Yes. Despite having different actions, volumising fillers and anti-wrinkle injections are commonly used together.
