Injectables

Injectables Fillers, Non Surgical Cosmetic Procedure

In Beverly Hills and serving the Los Angeles area

Staff-Balabcoa As we age, our faces begin to show the effects of gravity, exposure to the sun and many years of facial muscle movement such as smiling, chewing and squinting our eyes. The underlying tissues that keep our skin looking youthful begin to break down, often leaving laugh lines, smile lines, crow's feet or facial creases over the areas where muscle movement occurs.

Injectables or soft-tissue fillers such as collagen or fat, can help fill in these lines and creases, temporarily restoring a smoother, more youthful-looking appearance. When injected beneath the skin, these injectables plum up creased and sunken areas of the face. They can also add fullness to the lips and cheeks. Injectable fillers can be used alone or in conjunction with a resurfacing procedure, such as laser treatment, or a recontouring procedure, such as a facelift.

Questions About Injectable Fillers

Injected collagen and fat are primarily used to improve the appearance of the skin's texture. Injectables can help fill out deep facial wrinkles, creases and furrows, sunken cheeks, skin depressions and some types of scars. Fillers are also used to add a fuller, more sensuous look to the lips.

Injectables are not intended to treat severe surface wrinkles on the face, such as vertical "lipstick lines" that sometimes form around the mouth. Injectables are sometimes use in conjunction with facial surgery procedures; however, injectables alone cannot change facial contour the way surgery can.

What to Expect

One of the most important facts to remember about injectable fillers is that the results are not permanent. Injected material is eventually metabolized by the body. You should not expect the same long-lasting results that may be gained from cosmetic surgery.

In some, the result may last only a few weeks; in others, the result may be maintained indefinitely. Age, genetic background, skin quality and lifestyle all play a role in the filler's staying power.

Risks

When injectables are administered by a qualified plastic surgeon, complications are infrequent and usually minor in nature. Still, individuals vary greatly in their anatomy, their physical reactions and their healing abilities. The outcome of treatment with injectables is never completely predictable.

Collagen: Allergic reaction is the primary risk of collagen. To help determine if you are allergic to the substance, your surgeon will perform an allergy skin test about a month before the procedure. After the test is performed, the test site should be watched carefully for three or four weeks, or as long as your surgeon advises. Any sign of redness, itching, swelling or other occurrences at the test site should be reported to our office. Risks not necessarily related to allergies include infection, abscesses, open sores, skin peeling, scarring and lumpiness, which may persist over the treated area. Reports of these problems are very rare.

Fat: Allergic reaction is not a factor for fat because it's harvested from a patient's own body. However, there is still a small risk of infection and other infrequent complications.

If you are like most patients, you'll be very satisfied with the results of your injectable treatments.

If you would like to learn more about what injectable fillers can do for your appearance, please contact Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgeon Dr. Babak Azizzadeh today to schedule your initial consultation.

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Masseter hypertrophy

Masseter hypertrophy is one of the leading causes of jaw fulness, as often seen in Asian patients. Botox® Cosmetic injections can be used to treat and reduce the fullness of the area. Botox® will temporarily reduce the muscle thickness without changing the bone structure of the jaws. Without changing the ethnic prominence of the facial features, the angle of the jaw line looks natural and fitting to the face.

Scar limitation

Recent experience with Botox® appears to help lacerations with less visible scarring.

Scars from recent wounds treated with Botox® Cosmetic were rated better in appearance than scars that were healing without. Depending of the severity of trauma that caused any particular scar, higher doses of Botox® and / or more treatments scheduled closer together improve the increased healed look of the scar.

Facial Paralysis:

For years Botox has been used as a non surgical treatment for uncontrollable facial spasm and facial paralysis, sometimes caused by Bell's Palsy, and asymmetry also caused by paralysis in the face. Limitation of simultaneous facial movements (synkineses) can also be successfully balanced by injecting muscle relaxers, such as Botox® Cosmetic. Dr.Azizzadeh utilizes Boto®x to create symmetry in the face and reduce the activity of synkinesis.

Rhytids (wrinkles):

BOTOX® is targeted directly at the facial muscles that are causing dynamic wrinkles to form. The BOTOX® injection blocks transmission from the nerve ending to the muscle. As a result, the muscle relaxes, significantly reducing the appearance of wrinkles and muscles on the skin above that muscle. This blocking effect on the nerves usually lasts an average of three to six months, at which time the muscle regains movement and wrinkles reappear.

Dynamic Wrinkles

We are born with dynamic wrinkles, which are associated with the muscles we use for facial expression. As we continuously use our facial muscles to smile, laugh and squint, mild wrinkles appear when we are young, but they become deeper and more noticeable as we grow older. The most common areas where we develop dynamic wrinkles around the lips, the corners of the eyelids (where the wrinkles are known as crows' feet), between the eyebrows, and on the forehead. These wrinkles often make people look older and more tired than they actually are. BOTOX® can be used to treat these dynamic wrinkles and make them less noticeable.

Brows

Management of the aging brow and forehead has recently evolved based on available innovative technologies. Likewise, procedure-specific indications have changed based on collective surgical experiences. No longer is the approach based solely on hair pattern or degree of brow ptosis. Patients require varying combinations of brow elevation (prior to blepharoplasty), correction of brow asymmetries, and hairline-preserving forehead elevation.

Sweaty handpalms (Hyperhidrosis) and overactive under arms (Axillary Hyperhidrosis)

Patients suffering from these disorders have had very satisfactory results with injecting Botox® Cosmetic. In a retrospective clinical study, the outcome was evaluated by clinical examination and chemical parameters. The results showed that clear blocking of secretion in the treated glands was demonstrated. Possible side effects of the treatment were not observed.

Learn more

BOTOX® is one of the most popular non-surgical treatments being performed today, but it is important to have BOTOX® performed by an experienced cosmetic surgeon, not just any one. Contact Dr. Azizzadeh today if you live in the Beverly Hills or Los Angeles, California area and would like to schedule an initial BOTOX® consultation.

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(866) 672-1330 (310) 405-1426
Babak Azizzadeh, M.D., F.A.C.S.
8670 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
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Los Angeles & Beverly Hills facial plastic surgeon Dr Azizzadeh was featured on Discovery Health for Beverly Hills revision rhinoplasty. Best of Los Angeles featured Dr Azizzadeh as Best Extreme Make-Over for his expertise in Los Angeles rhinoplasty & other facial plastic surgery.

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