Injectable dermal fillers are approved treatments that temporarily add volume to certain areas of the face, including the cheeks, lips, or nasolabial folds.

Aesthetic neurotoxins can help temporarily improve the appearance of moderate to severe lines in certain areas of the face such as moderate to severe forehead lines, frown lines, and crow’s feet in adults.

Injectable dermal fillers are made from a range of different substances, but the primary ingredient in most injectable fillers is hyaluronic acid, a water-loving molecule found naturally in the skin. A modified form of HA serves as the backbone of many clear, colorless, gel-like injectable fillers, which are injected under the skin to add volume to areas such as cheeks, lips, and facial wrinkles and folds.

Injectable fillers can last anywhere from one year up to two years. How long dermal fillers last can depend on your injector technique, product injected, and area of the face treated.

Once injected into the treatment area, they work to temporarily block the muscle contraction, which causes the muscle activity to decrease and the appearance of wrinkles to reduce.

You may begin to see results in within a few days, with increasing improvement in one week, and full results in several weeks. Retreatment should be no sooner than every three months.