Hyaluronic acid is a natural sugar made daily by our bodies which attracts 1000x its weight in water. It’s a big hydrator. It cushions our joints, keeps the bounce in our skin, and plays a big role in wound healing and repair. Every day we lose [HA] through basic metabolic processes, and as we age, we lose even more because we make even less! The hyaluronic acid in filler mimics your body’s own natural [HA] and integrates beautifully into your tissue.

Keep the area clean by avoiding exercise, intimate contact, sleeping with pets in bed, touching the area with dirty fingertips, dirty mobile phones, and/or make-up application. Sleep with hair pulled back and change pillowcase bedding. All that comes in contact with your skin will enter the skin for a limited time. We want to minimize breakouts due to bacteria.

Blame invasive surgical work for the cat ladies you’ve seen walking around. Each syringe is about 1/5 of a teaspoon of volume which allows for natural placement. We use prescription strength numbing and we can use needless techniques i.e. cannulas to deliver gorgeous, safer more comfortable outcomes. Let’s focus on our smile, not our smile lines Let’s refresh our under-eye area to look as if we just took a long nap. How about cheek and jawline contour that doesn’t wash away?

Set aside about one – two hours. We use cannulas, not needles mostly, which decrease your chance of bruising (although bruising is always possible). Prescription anesthesia applied in office makes the treatments comfortable. Mild swelling is possible should go down in 24-48 hours.

Plan to see us again 2 weeks after your first treatment to ensure appropriate healing. Your after photos will also be taken at this appointment and analyzed in detail with you. You will get to keep these photos. This visit is a complementary visit scheduled at the time of your treatment.

This depends on the area treated. Areas of high expression like your smile lines and lips are constantly moving and may last less. Areas of little movement like your under eye hollows can last well over a year. Your in-person consultation will also help estimate the longevity of your treatment. For example, there are certain medications that speed up your metabolism which may impact how long your treatment lasts. Persons with slower metabolisms, chronic medical conditions, or obese persons may hold on to their treatments longer.