Women who have deep wrinkles and pronounced lines on there face often resort to skin fillers. Collagen and hyaluronic acid are often used as skin fillers and are used primarily on skin that shows wrinkles and line while the skin is in a resting mode. The use of these fillers are gaining more and more popularity as there results are quite visible and effective.
Collagen purified from the skin of cows is injected into skin wrinkles to fill in the depression. The benefit lasts for 3-6 months.It is usually used for correcting the naso-labial folds or deep smile lines or crows feet.
Collagen and hyaluronic acid treatments are used for wrinkles and pronounced lines on the face with very little incident. The patient may experience some slight burning or stinging after administration of the ingredient, or slight swelling and redness may occur shortly after, but nothing more serious than these slight side effects .A small quantity of collagen should be injected into the patient weeks before the actual procedure to insure no allergic reaction will occur.
Artecoll is collagen which has been impregnated with minute spheres of methylmethacrylate, giving a long lasting effect to the injection. It appears that the injected collagen dissolves allowing the skins own collagen to grow on to these tiny beads. It is used for deeper lines, acne scars, smile lines as well as for enhancing lip fullness.
Hylaform and Restylane are injectable gels of Hyaluronic acid used for the purpose described above.The body’s production of collagen slows down as we age causing the skin to develop wrinkles and lines. These injectable gels are used in the same manner as collagen injections. They fill in the wrinkles and lines on the skin. Pre-testing is not required before the use of injectable gels. An allergic reaction is not a concern although redness and swelling may occur in rare instances.
Botox: Individuals with wrinkling in the glabella and on the forehead can benefit from this also. This is done by inactivating the muscles under the skin that produce lines and wrinkles. These are not the types of wrinkles that are the result of sun damage. There is no change the quality of sun-damaged skin.