Wrinkle Filler Treatment Glasgow

Dr Darren McKeown offers award-winning anti-ageing wrinkle filler treatments in Glasgow using HA fillers.

Dermal fillers were initially developed to simply fill in fine lines and wrinkles on the facial skin. However, as our understanding of the ageing process advanced and became more sophisticated, how we use these fillers changed to focus on more complex volume restoration treatments.

Treatments using fillers now focus on strategically restoring lost volume to the face instead of just filling in frown lines or forehead wrinkles.

As treatments have become more complex, it is easy to forget the basic uses of fillers to simply reduce or remove facial lines and wrinkles. Done well, filler injections can have a transformative effect on the facial appearance and result in overall younger looking skin — which is why it is one of our most popular treatments.

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When you choose from our non-surgical anti-wrinkle treatments like dermal fillers and Botox, you are getting an anti-ageing solution with minimal pain and downtime.

Botox is also known as wrinkle relaxing injections because it aims to relax the muscles in the face so that the skin and wrinkles can smooth out. Dermal fillers, on the other hand, are part of an anti-wrinkle treatment whereby hyaluronic acid is strategically injected to reduce fine lines, stimulate collagen production, and over time, deliver a rejuvenated appearance. So while fillers and Botox are both safe and effective when it comes to filling wrinkles, dermal fillers tend to have more long-lasting results than Botox treatments.

Dermal fillers are also more effective at reducing static wrinkles — the lines that are visible when the face is relaxed. Botox reduces the appearance of dynamic wrinkles, which are visible during facial movements such as squinting and frowning.

Overall, hyaluronic acid dermal fillers are better at restoring lost mass in the face and adding a youthful appearance with definition to the contours and shape of the face.

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Filler treatments are so much more than just anti-ageing injections. When done correctly, it can restore facial volume, add definition, and enhance natural beauty while keeping your skin hydrated from the deep dermis up. Fortunately, the process is quick and easy.

Anaesthesia

The first step in the dermal fillers procedure is to ensure your maximal comfort through anaesthesia. There are two ways we can do this:

The first option is to use a numbing cream that numbs the skin’s surface. With this approach, there is still some discomfort associated with the injections, although it is more comfortable due to the partial numbing effect of the cream. Most people tolerate this well.

The second option is to inject a local anaesthetic within the mouth, which makes the entire mouth numb — like at the dentist. This makes the anti-wrinkle injections painless, but you will have to wait a couple of hours afterwards for the numbness to wear off.

The option you choose will depend on your pain threshold and personal preferences.

The anti-wrinkle treatment begins when the anaesthesia takes effect.

The Wrinkle Filler Treatment

The procedure involves transparent dermal filler gel made up of hyaluronic acid (HA) — a natural substance in the body’s connective tissues.

Dermal fillers mimic the skin’s natural HA and are a good choice for lip filler treatments, deep facial lines, acne scars, marionette lines, nasolabial folds, perioral lines, and even crow’s feet and glabellar lines. Because hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring sugar in the body, fillers are completely safe, effective and temporary.

Rather than performing a few larger injections, my technique for dermal fillers involves making a large number of small injections with a very fine needle. While this takes more time to perform, the ultra-fine needle allows me to be much more precise in sculpting the final outcome while also minimising the total amount of filler injected.

This technique allows me to quickly restore the skin’s lost volume and add definition while preventing the bulky, unnatural look.

Immediately after the treatment, the area will look red and inflamed due to the number of anti-wrinkle injections, even if the local anaesthetic is yet to wear off. The redness will normally calm down within a few days, although most people can conceal it with the use of make-up.

With my injection technique, I can usually treat this area without bruising for most people — although if you do develop some bruising, it can be covered up with make-up until it disappears.

We use the Juvéderm range of hyaluronic acid fillers for our anti-wrinkle treatments. Juvederm Ultra is a new generation of wrinkle fillers that instantly fills out fine facial lines, giving the skin a more rejuvenated and younger-looking appearance.

For a simple procedure that adds volume naturally, choose Dr Darren McKeown for your hyaluronic acid wrinkle fillers.

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