Shaping face and body: Augmentation with injectable fillers

Abstract

Injectable fillers reduce and soften wrinkles, enhance features, and provide facial volume and contouring in procedures that are usually performed under local anesthesia in a matter of minutes. With appropriate use of fillers, either in the skin, subcutaneous, or supraperiosteal plane, all of the effects of aging due to volume loss are improved or corrected, without the need for invasive surgery. When surgical procedures such as rhytidectomy are appropriate, the complementary use of fillers provides a third dimension to facial rejuvenation with superior, more natural-looking results than lifting alone. The author discusses the various fillers and techniques of administering them.