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Fillers are means enabling a plastic surgeon to correct first indications of aging with minimal recovery time and without any negative results that usually follow invasive surgical procedure.
Fillers have become alternative to „face lifting" with the people with the lack of time, wishing to look fresh quickly. These patients as well as middle-aged persons can be rejuvenated only by the fillers while the old persons usually use methods combined with surgical operations. On the basis of their origin, fillers may be autologous (mostly their own adipose tissue), biological and synthetic.
| What are the fillers? |
The filler is foreign word for preparations injected to fill facial wrinkles creating instantaneous nice and fresh look. Nowadays, there is a list of many fillers injected subcutaneously. Men or women wishing to fill their wrinkles have opportunity to select either permanent or temporary fillers.
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“Aquamid” is the most used filler for lip augmentation in Europe. The effects of the method last approximately five years but become decreased by the time. It is contraindicated to inject “Aquamid” in case of active skin infection. Upon application of “Aquamid”, a patient should not be directly exposed to sunrays, solarium energy, very law temperatures or sudden and heavy changes of temperature for next four weeks.
The fillers are used in facial correction of hereditary disease (lipo-dystrophy), trauma-caused anomalies or in case of lip augmentation. Out of all synthetic fillers, the most used one is “Aquamid”. It is hydrophilic gel containing 97,5 % of water and 2,5 % of polyacrylamide.
It is used for correction of aesthetic facial contours such as:
- glaberal folds (in nose root),
- horizontal facial lines,
- cheek wrinkles,
- lip augmentation.
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“Aquamid” is usually subcutaneously injected due to equalization of skin depression or sulcuses (recesses) with surrounding structures. Upon injecting, “Aquamid” becomes surrounded by thin stratum of connective tissue and pseudo-epithelial stratum making it be stabile and follow each mimicking movement during expressing of emotions. During the operation, patients are mostly covered by local anaesthesia, those too sensitive are operated under so-called light anaesthesia and are able to leave the clinic one hour after their being awaken. The swelling disappears in 3-4 days, there is no pain.
Often indication of “Aquamid” is embellishment of scars and removal of many other deformations of soft tissues. We had no complications upon injection of described fillers. It is important to note that, in case of correctly selected filler for certain patient, the method provides extremely good results with very fast recover of the patient.
The most frequently used fillers are patient’s own adipose tissue and the “Aquamid”. Each filler must fulfil the following criteria: non-toxic, non-allergic, bio-compatible (existence of symbiosis and tolerance of immune system against a foreign body), long duration and ease application. |
