Hyaluronic acid for the face: how injections are performed, results, photos before and after injections, reviews

Hyaluronic acid is contained in the human body, performing an important function of maintaining the water balance of tissues. With age, production decreases. Injection of hyaluronic acid, so actively used in modern aesthetic cosmetology, is called upon to fill the shortage.

Hyaluronic Acid Injection Efficacy

Injections with hyaluronic acid, according to cosmetologists, are the most effective method of fighting wrinkles. The main advantage is the rapid onset of the anti-aging effect.

A special syringe dispenser injects fillers into a precisely defined depth – hyaluronic acid in the form of a helium filler. Achieved the exact ingress of active components in the epidermis of problem areas. 

Drugs do not cause allergies. Can be used on all skin types.

How does hyaluronic acid work when injected

Artificial hyaluronic acid at the end of the injection begins to integrate into the tissue. Involved in natural processes, normalizes water balance. Scientifically proven, a hyaluronic acid molecule can attract 1000 water molecules.

As a result, the hollow sections of the epidermis are filled. The synthesis is stimulated. The upper layers of the skin are lifted, stretched. Wrinkles are getting smaller. A new face contour is formed. Studies have shown: the absorption of hyaluronic acid by body tissues occurs in 30-40 minutes.

Who needs hyaluronic acid injections

Hyaluronic acid in injections for the face, (reviews of cosmetologists confirm), is the safest option for rejuvenation. Injections are done in any areas of the body where it is necessary to increase the volume, smooth out wrinkles. Hyaluronic acid treatments have a different function.

During biorevitalization with frequent, shallow injections:

• the tone of the face surface is restored.
• acne disappears.
• healthy color is restored.

Mesotherapy effectively eliminates lethargy.

• active and anti-inflammatory substances are added to the composition of hyaluronic acid injections.
• the darkening of the skin disappears,
• vessels are toned.
• A good effect is achieved in smoothing small, eliminating deep wrinkles.

Contour plastic with compositions of hyaluronic acid of various densities solves the difficulties of correcting the facial contour, increasing the volume.

Injection Products

In injections of hyaluronic acid for the face, 2 types are used: stable and not stable. Unstable hyaluronic acid, excreted by the body, by natural processes, within 2 weeks. The task includes launching the rejuvenation of the subcutaneous layers.

Reviews confirm:

• dryness disappears
• problem acne.
• loss of tone is eliminated,
• externally, the skin takes on a healthy fresh look

Stable hyaluronic acid is used by the filler in correction, volume creation. According to the firm belief of cosmetologists, fillers with the composition of hyaluronic acid for the face are best used from leading manufacturers of this drug.

Along with Restylane, Perlane fillers, Matridex, Surgiderm companies have a wide range of contour gels. Persistent results reach 12 months. Perfectly recommended Ostenil plus, Synocrom, IAL sistem. All have individual characteristics.

A cosmetologist can recommend the option you need. An important advantage of hyaluronic acid is the presence of an antidote. I did not like the result, complications arose – the injected hyaluronic acid is destroyed by injections of hyaluronidase.

In what areas of the face are injections used

Lips

Changing the shape of the lips is popular among young girls. To give volume and a beautiful sexual form, one procedure is enough. With an increase, a change in thin lips, a gel of dense structure is used.

With increasing age, the body’s production of its own hyaluronic acid becomes slower and in the lips, where there are no sebaceous glands, a decrease in volume occurs. When using soft and medium density gels, these disadvantages are well addressed.

The procedure takes from 15 to 30 minutes. In this case, 1 session is not enough. It may be necessary to administer hyaluronic acid injections more than once to evenly distribute, fill and give a beautiful shape to the lips. The lips are sensitive area and without the help of anesthetic creams and gels can not do

Nasolabial folds

Each patient needs an individual consultation with a detailed discussion of the upcoming procedure. And nasolabial folds, this applies primarily, as a rule, it is not enough to make an injection in this area. With age-related changes in the skin, tissue is displaced on the cheeks and cheekbones. It is worth listening to the recommendations of the doctor.

It may be necessary to carry out several procedures to strengthen these areas as a basis. Carried out by gels of dense compositions. And then the nasolabial folds are filled with softer and more flexible formulations of hyaluronic acid. Correction will require several sessions. The effect lasts up to 1 year.

Forehead

Thinning of the facial muscles occurs with age. Age-related changes in the frontal bone lead to a change in forehead height, eyebrows lower, the forehead bulge decreases. Weakened thinned muscles can no longer cope with the appearance of wrinkles

By injecting hyaluronic acid for the face, the forehead is bulging, reviews confirm that cosmetologists were able to achieve excellent results in correcting changes in the forehead surface. At a young age, this is a correction of a sloping, flat, concave forehead, pronounced superciliary bone.

By 30, the help of hyaluronic acid in the fight against horizontal wrinkles is required. Injections – fillers of different densities of hyaluronic acid achieve good results in smoothing wrinkles, filling the epidermis with life-giving moisture. The result is preserved for a long period of 1.5-2 years.

Eyebrow wrinkles

Brow wrinkles are often referred to as pride wrinkles. Appear if a person showing emotions, moves his eyebrows. Too emotional people facial expressions are pronounced. Gradually, dynamic wrinkles, manifested during facial movements, become static.

Wrinkles present at rest. With age, the superciliary muscles weaken, and the face takes on a preoccupied look even in a relaxed state. Injections of hyaluronic acid, in this case, are made directly into the superciliary wrinkle.

Carried out fillers of hyaluronic acid of dense composition. Thanks to the full filling of the crease, the skin rises and wrinkles are smoothed out. The face does not lose its natural facial expressions. The effect lasts 6-12 months.

Goose Feet

Crow’s feet – wrinkles diverging to the sides of the corners of the eyes.

May appear in women of any age. The habit of squinting, the use of low-quality cosmetics, the reluctance to protect the eyes from the bright sun and aggressive atmospheric conditions. This brings closer the moment of the emergence of the net, then the rays of the crow’s feet. With age, crow’s feet appear in everyone. Owners of thin, thinned skin notice them before.

Use fillers of high molecular weight, purified hyaluronic acid. After filling the crow’s feet, the gel lifts the skin, smoothing wrinkles, and starts the frozen process of stimulating the synthesis of fibroplasts. It attracts water molecules, stimulates the production of collagen. These injections remain effective for 1 year.

Women prone to the formation of bags under the eyes need to carry out the procedure with highly qualified specialists. Hyaluronic acid can increase swelling due to its ability to attract water.

Cheekbones

There is an opinion a sign of beauty, are raised cheekbones. If you draw one line from the corner of the lips to the outer corner of the eye, the other from the edge of the nostril to the protruding part of the ear at a point on the intersection line, the cheekbone should end. In the resulting triangle there will be a protruding part of it.

An increase in the volume of the zygomatic part of the face helps to reduce the overhang of the cheek (roller) next to the lips. With age, the bulge of the cheekbones decreases, the muscles of the face lower.

Injections of hyaluronic acid for the face in this case make a high-density composition. Local anesthesia is performed. The points of location of the nerve bundles, the places of fat packets are applied.

Areas where injections cannot be made. From filling the epidermis, the contour is tightened, the skin of the cheeks is smoothed. An experienced cosmetologist shapes the shape of the cheekbones. Expect instant effect, the reviews are not worth it. Appears when puffiness subsides.

Periodic wrinkles

Perioral (purse-string) are the wrinkles between the nose and upper lip. They are shallow of varying depths, and are perpendicular to the lips. The circular muscle of the mouth experiences a lot of stress throughout life.

Unlike other facial muscles that attach to the bones, this one attaches to the dermis. There is no fat pack in it. These muscles constantly stretch the skin. An aggressive atmosphere also plays an important role. Especially worth mentioning about smokers, the exposure to nicotine results in the destruction of elastin fibers. The habit of holding a cigarette actively contributes to the formation of wrinkles.

The area around the lips is considered dependent on extragens. With an imbalance in the hormonal background, it can manifest itself in changes in the composition of the skin in these areas. Injection hyaluronic acid is injected with medium or high density to eliminate purse-string wrinkles.

An experienced cosmetologist, taking into account the properties of the filler, will choose the best technique and depth of the administered drug.

It can be linear, fan-shaped, reinforcing. The introduction of fillers is slow. After a few days, not only wrinkle removal, gradual filling, moistening of the thinned layers of the epidermis occurs.

Cheeks

To correct cheeks, injections with hyaluronic acid for the face are used in two versions. In the first, when you need to remove wrinkles on the cheeks. The introduction of fillers directly into the wrinkle carries the task of tightening the skin without making changes in volume. The skin becomes supple and hydrated. The effect of the drugs lasts up to 1 year.

In the second, when you need to give the cheeks volume. Use fillers with moderate and high density. Depending on how hollow cheeks are, and what result the patient expects. The drug is administered in stages to achieve a natural or desired result directly on the cheek. An increase in volume is achieved, the skin rises and the folds at the lips decrease.

Doctors pay attention to the fact that excessive filling of the cheeks can lead to hypercorrection. According to reviews, they are not visible at rest, but pronounced with facial expressions and a smile. Begin to enter from 0,07 fluid ounce of the composition, subsequently making a correction.

The result with an increase in the cheeks lasts from one and a half to two years.

Wrinkles in the corners of the mouth

Researchers believe the mysterious smile of Mona Lisa is given by the slightly raised corners of the mouth. Wrinkles in the corners of the mouth, on the contrary, create an expression of sadness. Correction with hyaluronic acid requires from 0,01 fluid ounce.- 0,02 fluid ounce of medium density gel. Depends on the depth. Enter just below the wrinkles. A small pillow is created, it lifts wrinkles, tightening the skin.

The composition of the gel, which includes lidocaine, does not require anesthesia. The effect persists depending on the drug used and the presence of bad habits (smoking, chewing seeds), from 10 months to 1 year.

Lip contour

With age, the sharpness of the contour of the lips decreases. Lose color, decrease in volume. The effectiveness of the introduction of hyaluronic acid in the correction of the shape of the lips is compared with plastic surgery. Beautician makes the first injection in the center of the lips. After observing how the composition is distributed, it continues contour correction. Injections are done in small dos
es.

 Hyaluronic acid fills the lips and gives them expressiveness:

• measures proportions.
• makes a clear, expressive outline.
• unpleasant dryness and peeling disappears.

As a bonus, when correcting the contour of the lips, small wrinkles on the skin around disappear. Sagging corners of the mouth are also tightened. The procedure takes up to 30 minutes. Anesthesia is performed. High molecular weight hyaluronic acid is used. The effect is visible immediately. It lasts from 8 to 12 months.

Puppet wrinkles

Puppet wrinkles appear by the age of 35. From the corners of the mouth they descend (like puppet puppets), to the chin. If you deal with the first manifestations, then, as a rule, it is possible to achieve a good effect.

The goal in this case for injections with hyaluronic acid is to fill the tissues between the lips and the chin with fillers. There are no difficult moments in this procedure. It is performed without anesthesia.

What is the procedure for drug administration

After consulting with a beautician and checking the result of a mandatory individual test, they begin with facial cleansing. An anesthetic gel is applied to it. The time required for the procedure depends on the injection site, the amount of drug administered and the technique used to administer hyaluronic acid.

Injections can be carried out either individually by fillers, or inserted into a gun with a dispenser. The thinnest needles are used. All syringes are disposable. Also, hyaluronic acid in injections for the face is introduced using a cannula.

This is the thinnest needle, but unlike the usual one, its end is rounded and the hole is located on the side. It does not injure tissue, and gently bypasses blood vessels. Injuries that lead to hematomas. Highly qualified specialists work with cannulas. In the presence of the patient, the selected disposable bag with filler is opened.

Each filler is marked with an individual anti-counterfeit number. The passport of the composition and the bar code is handed out and must be kept. After the introduction of the drug, the face is treated with an antiseptic and is applied, an anti-inflammatory cream or gel.

It will not be superfluous to recall that, having decided on the need for an injection of hyaluronic acid, one must very seriously approach the choice of a clinic based on reviews of a specialist and his qualifications.

How to determine the frequency and quantity of injections necessary for the result

Beauticians recommend repeating injections after 7-10 months to maintain maximum effect. The period of maximum action of hyaluronic acid preparations, in injections for the face, depends on its concentration, volume injected, and individual skin structure.

Many patients, as the positive dynamics fade away, make a correction. It is necessary to keep a passport of the drug administered.

Facial care after injection

At first, doctors recommend that you do not use face care products. Take only recommended anti-inflammatory drugs. Do not touch the face, much less massage it.

Hyaluronic acid begins to actively attract water. It is necessary to increase the drinking regimen. It is useful to irrigate the skin with thermal water.

Injection Restrictions

The first week is prohibited any physical activity. You need to sleep on your back. Travel, vacation, it is better to plan after 2 weeks. Hyaluronic acid does not contribute to the formation of age spots. Doctors recommend using creams with good protection. Until then, until the drug was completely structured in the tissues, a ban on saunas and baths was prohibited.

Possible complications and allergic reactions

A serious complication is fibrosis of facial tissues.

It occurs for several reasons:

• the density of the drug is incorrectly selected,
• violation of the methods of administration of hyaluronic acid,
• the injections are not done to a sufficient depth.

Allergic reactions can occur already at the time of injection, (Quincke’s edema) for this, compatibility tests are mandatory.

Contraindications and age restrictions

Hyaluronic acid injections for the face are carried out only by adults. In contraindications, pregnancy (the effect of acid on the fetus has not been studied), autoimmune disease, oncology, colds, inflammatory processes on the skin. For women, hyaluronic acid injections are recommended one week before or after the menstrual cycle.

Hyaluronic Acid Face Treatment Video

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