Facial Fillers

There are well over a dozen fillers that are now on the market for Non-Surgical Facial Rejuvenation.  They include but are not limited to the following fillers:  Restylane, Restylane Silk, Restylane Lyft, Refyne and Defyne & Perlane.  Juverderm XC, Juvederm Ultra, Juvederm Ultra Plus, Juvederm Voluma, Volbella & Vollure, among others.  And the list will continue, some of these fillers claim longer durations which can justify their cost.

In addition, it is important to know that your injector understand which fillers are best in certain areas of your face instead of others. 

There are additional fillers that are not Hyalronic acid,  called Radiesse and Sculptra which are both also approved in the United States for facial filling. 

It is important to note that these products can be purchased by any Doctor and/or a Medical Director and cosmetic medicine is a "buyer beware" industry. While it may be quite appealing to find these higher priced items with incredible discounts, make sure you find out if the person injecting them has the appropriate training and experience to help avoid and treat complications if they occur.

It is important that you find someone to inject you who is a Plastic Surgeon, who is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and/or a Dermatologist who is board certified by the American Board of Dermatology and is well experienced with facial fillers.  

One of several very important questions to ask your injector is how he or she deals with their complications.  If their answer is to send you to the Emergency Room then it is best you save your money and move on to someone who can handle the potential complication, because even in the most experienced hands, complications can occur, and time is of the essence.    

As a Board Certified Plastic Surgery practice, our surgeon is an attending at several area hospitals, as a result he gets called into the Emergency Room too often to handle complications by doctors who are not capable of dealing with them.  It is a sad reality that most don't understand when faced with a wonderful deal.  It is something one should consider along with the potential Emergency Room costs and clearly defined risks like loss of vision and necrotic skin among other things.  Be safe and know your injector.