Dermal fillers including Hyaluronic Acid, Juvederm, and Vycross are some of the most popular non-surgical facial treatments in the UK. These minimally invasive procedures can restore lost facial volume, plump the lips, smooth away wrinkles, redefine and symmetrize facial contours, and enhance skin quality or facial features – results can be as eye-catching or as natural-looking as desired. There are several types of fillers, which can be used to treat or correct certain areas and indications. Although dermal fillers can be a reliable way to natural-looking results, it is important to know when and how they should be used to obtain the best possible results.

Dr. Rozina Ali is one of the best female plastic surgeons in the UK, an expert and trainer in the use of popular, well-tested fillers with a high safety profile such as the Juvederm Vycross range, and has a light touch and an expert aesthetic eye. In the following article, Dr. Ali will provide us with her approach to facial fillers as well as some uses for different types of indications.

Why are Dermal Fillers used?

As you age, your body begins to lose collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid. Fat pads deflate, ligaments sag and tissues dehydrate. Gravity reigns supreme as your tissues deplete, dehydrate, and descend.

Facial fillers are made of hyaluronic acid, a natural component of skin that, as we age, reduces causing loss of skin volume, tone, elasticity, and hydration. HA dermal fillers can therefore be used to successfully re-inflate skin volume and restore plumpness and hydration.

Collagen is an important substance that exists throughout the body, including in the skin, muscles, bones, and connective tissues. Decreasing amounts of collagen in the skin cause skin laxity (sagging) and loss of volume. This process is a natural one, but reversing it is an art and science in itself – dermal fillers are created using naturally occurring Hyaluronic acid to replenish diminishing stores and they will be metabolised and removed the same as natural HA and thus with time, filler too will gradually fade away. This is one of the reasons why you must take into account the recommendations of your plastic surgeon, who will be able to evaluate your needs and recommend the most natural and long-lasting form of treatment for you as well as frequency and volume. As a highly qualified aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon, Dr. Rozina Ali relishes helping you achieve the best results!

Dermal Fillers for different indications

Temples

Your temples help shape and contour your face, giving it a smooth and youthful appearance when full, but also creating a balanced facial appearance. Dermal filler treatment for temples, also known as temple filler, is very effective, HA dermal fillers can successfully re-inflate skin volume and restore plumpness and hydration. Experienced practitioners like Dr. Rozina Ali use HA fillers to treat areas as diverse as the temples and tear troughs, designed to give the face a more youthful contour, facial fullness, and balance as well as a fresh hydrated appearance.

Cheeks

Achieving more volumised cheeks through dermal fillers is one of the most popular non-surgical treatments of the moment, and Rozina Ali as one of the best female plastic surgeons in the UK can help you achieve the best results. More cohesive HA fillers are designed to volumize cheeks to achieve those striking cheekbones in a non-surgical way with minimal downtime. By adding volume to your cheekbones and contouring them, you can visibly lift your face while softening fine lines and wrinkles in the process.

Under Eyes

Tear trough or under-eye fillers are used sparingly to soften and lighten the tear trough or under-eye area. They make the area appear fuller, firmer, and less crepey and brighten up the whole face. Reducing the shadows and contours under the eyes can make you look smoother and well-rested. Dr. Rozina Ali is trained and an expert in the use of soft dermal fillers to treat the tear trough area and give you the elegant results you are looking for.

Lips

Lip fillers are also some of the most popular areas to volumise and fil among patients. Lip fillers restore or add volume to your lips as well as hydration. They do not stop the ageing process but may help delay the need for more invasive lip augmentation surgery, such as a lip lift. They can also help you achieve the desired look that boosts your self-esteem. As a professional plastic surgeon in London, Dr. Rozina Ali is a huge proponent of self-improvement and advocates that being content and confident in your skin is the ultimate luxury.

Chin & Jaw

Having a finely contoured chin or perfectly chiseled jawline is a beauty goal that many of us have. As we age, we begin to lose the fatty supporting structures in these key areas of the face. This is why chin and jaw fillers are now considered by many to be the number one option for achieving a bone structure. Experienced practitioners like Rozina can use tightly bound cohesive HA fillers to treat areas as diverse as the jaw and chin versus delicate lightly bound HA fillers for the tear troughs and more lifting products for cheeks, nasolabial creases, and temples. The products, use, and outcomes vary but the end goal is always to give the face a more youthful contour and fresh hydrated appearance.

Different types of fillers for different types of uses

You will most definitely need to be looking for a certified plastic surgeon(FRCS Plast) to choose the correct product for the area you are addressing and administer it safely and effectively. There are numerous filler products for a reason: each has been developed to deliver the right amount of flexibility and cohesion for specific areas of the face. Tested fillers with a high safety profile, such as the Juvéderm Vycross range, offer excellent and long-lasting results. Juvéderm is a range of fillers in a smooth gel formula. The gel injected under the skin fills lines and wrinkles and adds subtle volume. In addition, Juvéderm filler can replenish the patient’s hyaluronic acid deep in the skin.

Vycross technology offers a unique patented combination of low molecular weight majority and high molecular weight minority HA for more effective crosslinking. This results in minimal swelling, increased smoothness, and longer lasting.

HA fillers are not permanent and will eventually break down over time, but this also depends on other factors such as the area they are injected into. There are alternative fillers such as Calcium hydroxylapatite (Radiesse) or Poly-L-Lactic acid fillers (Sculptra). These act to stimulate your skin’s natural collagen production and work gradually over time for a more youthful-looking appearance to restore the facial structure or eliminate hollows or thin tissues. Rozina Ali is renowned for her work with the body’s own natural filler:- FAT. As an experienced plastic surgeon in London, Dr. Rozina Ali has worked with many products and understands where and how these can be used to achieve your desired results. Used wisely, non-surgical treatments and surgical interventions can help you look and feel your best sooner and for longer. If you want to take full advantage of the benefits that dermal fillers can bring you, you can book a consultation with a highly qualified aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon in London.