Health Blurbs

Injected dermal wrinkle fillers provide another option for a more youthful appearance.

However, wrinkle fillers, minimizing crows feet, eye wrinkles, laugh lines, face wrinkles and forehead furrows, treatments are not injected without potential side effects.

Possible side effects from facial wrinkle removal injections include:

• pain
• redness
• bruising
• swelling
• infection
• tenderness
• itching/rash
• blurred vision
• flu like symptoms
• open/draining wounds
• sores/abscess at injection site
• wrinkle filler breaks through skin
• allergic reaction ~ may lead to anaphylaxis
• raised bumps, nodules or granulomas that may need surgical removal
• skin death ~ may cause disfiguration if injected wrinkle filler blocks a blood vessel

Often these side effects occur shortly after injection and go away within a week.  On the flip side, these get rid of eye and face wrinkle side effects might surface weeks, months or even years later.

Wrinkle fillers are made of various types of materials, and some include a combination of products. FDA approved wrinkle filler choices for injection, to offer you a smoother, more youthful appearance, are:

• collagen injections ~ highly purified cow or human collagen
• calcium hydroxylapatite ~ a gel form mineral that is a major component of bone
• poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) ~ synthetic material from the alpha-hydroxy-acid family
• hyaluronic acid gel ~ protective lubricating gel that binds with water to plump skin

Polymethylmethacrylate beads (PMMA microspheres) are permanent, non-absorbing fillers.  These tiny round, smooth plastic particles, tested to be biocompatible, are only approved for correcting facial wrinkles around your mouth.

Dermal wrinkle fillers, filling in wrinkles causing “around your eyes” crows feet and fine lines in your face, are only temporary because they are eventually absorbed by your body.

Their youthful look effects can last up to six months or longer.  Also, you may need more than one injection to achieve that wrinkle smooth outcome.

You should not use dermal wrinkle fillers if you have or experience:

• bleeding disorder
• systemic infection
• inflamed, infected skin
• history of anaphylactic shock
• allergy to eggs, cow collagen, lidocaine
• prone to form keloids/hypertrophic scars
• active inflammatory condition ~ cysts, pimples, rashes, hives

Botox is an injectable substance as well, but it is not a wrinkle filler. It’s purpose is to keep your muscles from tightening so your wrinkles don’t show as much.  And it is only FDA approved to treat those furrow wrinkles between your eyebrows.

FDA approved cosmetic wrinkle fillers should not be used for:

• implanting into blood vessels
• plumping the lips ~ lip augmentation
• increasing breast size ~ breast augmentation
• implanting into bone, tendon, ligament, muscle

Before you make this election for appearance improvement, consider that wrinkle fillers offer some side effects that may not be worth the risk to your overall health.

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