Dermal Fillers

Dermal fillers are quick, virtually painless and give instant natural results. We have a clinic in Marlow and welcome clients from Maidenhead, Cookham, Amersham, Beaconsfield and Henley-on-Thames. Simply call or fill out our online booking form to arrange a consultation.

What are the benefits of dermal fillers?

• Volume loss to the face as we age gives a sagging/ drooping appearance. Cheek fillers will restore this volume loss, sculpting the face to provide a mid-face lift.
• Cheek fillers can bring back definition to the cheeks and restore the youthful curve to the face, giving it a softer, naturally refreshed appearance.
• Dermal fillers are a popular option to achieve a more youthful appearance instead of more invasive surgical treatments.
• Lips are considered one of the most important and attractive features of the face and can be enhanced with dermal fillers.
• Dermal fillers can also be used to add volume to the neck area and décolletage.  
• Fillers rejuvenate the face and soften fine lines and wrinkles.
• Fillers give long lasting, natural results.
• They can be used with other treatments to give best results.
• Local anaesthetic is often added into the filler to give a relatively painless treatment.
• Used subtly treatments are often undetected by family and friends who only notice you look well.

What are dermal fillers?

Dermal fillers have been used as early as the 1890’s with doctors injecting fat into the face and arms for a more youthful look. Silicone was then used, but because of many problems with it scientists began to explore other alternatives. In 1980, doctors discovered collagen, a form of naturally occurring filler material in the skins of cows and this was used for a while, but had a few difficulties as some people were allergic, so a purer non animal alternative filler was developed using hyaluronic acid. This is a substance that is naturally present in the human body. It is found in the highest concentration in fluids in the eyes and joints. It is made safely in laboratories. Hyaluronic acid is the key molecule involved in skin moisture with a unique capacity to bind and retain water molecules. It is made into a gel in different concentrations to treat different areas of the face, neck or decollatage. This means that your practitioner will select the dermal filler that is the right thickness and consistency i.e. a volumising product where you need lift or volume i.e. the cheeks, shaping or medium depth products for lines and wrinkles and lips, and finer products for very fine lines and contouring lips.

What you need to know about dermal fillers

Dermal fillers have had some bad press in the past as fashions with fillers have changed and also our understanding of how to best to rejuvenate a face. Although we still see images that exaggerate our features like lips and cheeks, those treatment results are in the minority and good treatments are the subtle ones that are often undetected by friends and partners! Nowadays, we as practitioners, try to put back the face to how we looked as younger versions of ourselves so if you never had huge cheek pads, don’t get huge cheek pads as you will look a different version of yourself. We lose bone density on our faces from as early as age 25 so fast forward 20/30 years and our support structure under our skin has reduced. Add in some loss of collagen as well and thats when we really see ageing faces, not just lines and wrinkles. Dermal fillers can help to support over the bone and under the skin, creating the same result as when you are younger. Filling them to look bigger than what they originally were can make you look different and not always in a good way! 

Do your research before you have any treatment. Good products have a higher price tag. You are having these fillers injected into your face so make sure you are having the best type of dermal filler you can. At Springwell Clinic we used Beletero made by Merz and Aliaxin made by Ibsa.  As well as looking at the dermal filler used, make sure the practitioner is properly trained. Inexperienced practitioners or having treatments in unhygienic conditions could result in side effects including lumps, infections and blocked blood vessels causing tissue to break down. If you do your research and find the right clinic for you, dermal fillers can rejuvenate your face adding volume if lost, softening lines and wrinkles and making you look more youthful and refreshed.

How we work with dermal fillers

At Springwell Clinic we also love to rejuvenate lips with dermal fillers but again keeping them realistic to your age, face shape and the shape of your own lips. For older lips, using a very fine filler around the border and in any lipstick/smokers lines, and then adding a very small amount of filler in the body of the lip looks great.

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