Our face is the organ in which aging is most effective. Wrinkles, pits, cracking and sagging occur on our face due to advancing age, environmental influences and gravity. Today, it is possible to achieve a healthier, younger and radiant facial appearance with simple filling procedures. Everything you want to know about Face Filling is in our article...
What is Face Filling?
Face fillings are filling procedures made to reduce the effect of wrinkles, pits, cracks and sagging in the face area due to aging, environmental effects and gravity. With Face Filling procedures preferred by people who care about their aesthetic appearance, it is possible to achieve a younger, healthier and radiant skin structure by eliminating the losses especially on the cheeks, temples and cheekbones.
Who Can have Face Filling?
Face filling procedures can be performed by any individual who has passed the developmental age, whose face has become fixed and whose facial structure has taken its final form. Especially people who have wrinkles, sagging or lifelessness on their skin can have a healthier, younger-looking, vibrant skin with filling procedures.
Fillers cannot be applied to people with skin structure and skin-related disorders. Especially people with infection in the filling area, acne or open wound formations are not suitable for facial fillers. There is no problem in filling after these ailments are eliminated.
Where is facial filler used?
Face filling procedures;
- Reducing sagging on the face
- Ensuring percentage proportion
- In cases where the face shape is round or square, bringing the shape closer to oval
- Reducing the effect of collapses and circles under the eyes
- Eyebrow lift
- Elimination of lines in the middle of the eyebrows, forehead and eye corners
- Creating cheekbones
- Non-surgical rhinoplasty
- Elimination of lines on the side of the nose
- Lip plumping
- Elimination of lines on the lips
- Removal of lip corners
- Jaw and jawbone contouring
It is used in cases such as filling the depressions caused by acne and scars, and is used to create a more vibrant and healthy skin structure.
What are Face Fillings?
The substances used in Face Fillings are hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxy apatite crystals, silicone, collagen, acrylic-containing substances and polyacrylamides.
Hyaluronic Acid
Acid, which triggers collagen formation, one of the main building blocks of body tissues, is the most commonly used filler type today. Hyaluronic acid-based fillers are obtained by fermentation of a type of bacteria called streptococci in the laboratory. It is then purified and the length of stay in the body is extended by adding cross-links. FDA-approved fillers can rarely cause reactions. Due to the natural presence of hyaluronic acid in the body, there is little risk of this type of filler causing an allergic reaction.
Hyaluronic acid-based fillers are extensively used in the treatment of fine wrinkles on the lips, nose, hands, around the eyes and forehead.
Calcium Hydroxy Apatite Crystals
Calcium hydroxy apatite crystals, which provide an intense increase in collagen in the body, are used extensively to achieve healthier and smoother skin. The frequency of use increases due to the fact that it can be destroyed by the immune system and its permanence is high. No side effects have been seen so far.
Calcium hydroxy apatite crystals are a thicker filler than hyaluronic acid-based fillers. For this reason, it is used extensively in filling the deep grooves in the face, shaping the face, lines on the edge of the nose, highlighting the cheekbones, and structuring the jaw and nose regions.
It is preferred because it causes an increase in collagen and there is no risk of allergy.
Silicon
Silicone has been used to remove wrinkles on the face since the 1960s. However, it has lost its popularity due to the formation of non-healing wounds and stiffness in applications. In recent years, it has been replaced by more natural facial fillers.
Collagen
It has been used extensively since the 1980s. Since its main source is cattle, it can sometimes cause allergies. Although some amount is injected into the arm to detect allergy and tested, no definite result can be obtained. Collagen fillers are no longer used because of their low permanence and because they can cause allergies.
Acrylic Substances and Polyacrylamides
They are fillers consisting of synthetic substances. Although they last for 3-5 years, they can cause allergic reactions, ulcers and foreign body reactions because they are synthetic substances. Therefore, they have a very limited area of use.
What Conditions Should the Ideal Face Filler Carry?
In ideal face fillers;
- Should be no risk of allergies.
- It Should not contain chemicals.
- Should not be relocated to different region.
- Should not form particles.
- Should not cause pain.
- Should not cause swelling.
- Should not cause infection.
- Should have a long permanence.
- and should not cause deformations in the embryo.
Things to Know Before Having a face filling
Plump cheeks and radiant, smooth skin. Some of us are lucky enough to have them naturally. However, for those of us who are not so lucky, this result is easier to achieve today than ever before. Dermatology and medical aesthetics can make anyone who wants to have plump, tense, moist and smooth skin.
Face filling can be long-lasting and have natural and aesthetic results without damaging the skin.
Fillers produced from hyaluronic acid, which is already naturally present in the human body, are the most popular fillers.
For example, collagen was a widely used filling material in the past years. Today, however, hyaluronic acid-based substances are the first choice. Increasing the moisture retention capacity of the skin and adding glow with fullness bring hyaluronic acid to the forefront.
Apart from this, it is also used to moisturize the skin with the topical method. Hyaluronic acid also relieves volume loss. It also reduces the amount of hyaluronic acid, which begins to decrease gradually with advancing age, to healthy levels. The results can be permanent for 6 to 9 months.
How is Face Filling Applied?
Before the procedure, the area to be applied is anesthetized with local anesthesia. For this reason, no pain is felt during the operation. Then, fillers are applied under the skin using needles or micro cannulas. Recently, the use of micro cannulas has increased in these procedures. Since micro-cannulas do not cause nerve or vascular damage, they both reduce the risk of complications and prevent bruising and edema since they are entered from a single point.
Advice After Face Filling
- Makeup should be avoided for the first 24 hours after treatment.
- Alcoholic beverages should not be consumed for the first 24 hours and heavy exercises should be avoided.
- Movements that will apply pressure to the injection site should be avoided in the first week after treatment
- Sunbathing or extreme hot-extreme cold conditions should be avoided until two weeks later.
- It is known that contrary behaviors increase or slow down the effects such as swelling and bruising.
- It may take up to 4 weeks to see the final results.
- Bruising will disappear within ten days at the latest.
- You should not have dental treatments within 4 weeks after face filling.
- If you experience a result such as intense pain, spotting or discoloration of your skin after Face Filling, you should contact your doctor and office immediately.
How Does the Face Filling Procedure Work?
Dermal fillers lift and plump certain areas of the face, resulting in a smoother, firmer, shimmering appearance. Face fillers are frequently used for sagging skin problems. However, how the procedure works essentially depends on the type of filling materials. If we need to explain the options available and how they affect the procedure:
Hyaluronic Acid
It is the most commonly used filling material. It acts by drawing fluid to the point on the person's face where it needs to be removed. The fact that it does not cause an allergic reaction, increases the moisture capacity of the skin and its effect is permanent for 9 months to 1 year makes hyaluronic acid the most attractive option.
Fat Graft
Fat graft acts by injecting the fat taken from the patient's own body into the area to be filled. The impact of such practices is extremely long-lasting.
Polymer – Sculptra
Such filler material brands are obtained from biodegradable and synthetically produced polymer material. This material, which is the choice of those looking for a long-lasting effect, can maintain its effect for up to 2 years.
Calcium Hydroxyapatite
This substance is a filler that can stop the formation of wrinkles and the aging of the skin for up to a year.
Bovine Collagen
Due to its nature, filling materials produced from bovine collagen may have an allergenic effect on some people. Therefore, the person should undergo an allergy test at least 4 weeks before treatment.
Microscopic Plastic Beads
The results are not permanent in filling procedures using bovine collagen. It is mixed with microscopic plastic bubbles to increase the duration of action of the treatment and extend it up to five years.
Permanent Soft Tissue
In this filling, action is taken to remove deep wrinkles around the mouth. This type of filling material is not absorbed by the body. Therefore, there is no need to repeat the injection. Permanent soft tissue filling is generally not recommended by physicians as the first filling material.
Face filling should be applied by a specialist plastic surgeon, dermatologist or medical aesthetic doctor. Filler procedure procedures are largely similar. First, the person's facial area is anesthetized locally. When the anesthesia shows its effect, the doctor injects the filling material into the lower layer of the skin from predetermined points. If fat graft is to be used, it is necessary to remove fat from the patient's body beforehand.
Each procedure will be completed over an average of 15 minutes.
Length of Face Filier Injections
Although the average duration of Face Filling procedures is 15 minutes, the duration may vary depending on the width of the treated area, the skin structure of the person and the amount of filler material. Although there is no interruption period, it is extremely fast for patients to return to their daily life routines. However, it is still necessary to avoid heavy exercises, hot steam environments and the harmful rays of the sun in the first 24 hours.
Expected Results in Face Filling
As a result of the Face Filling treatment, it is aimed that the procedure applied and the filler used will temporarily improve the surface defects on the skin. The time required for the results to become strictly observable may vary depending on the product used, the amount and the skin structure of the person.
When Face Fillers are injected into the skin only, there is no need for any healing time or downtime. They are extremely fast, easy and comfortable treatments for the patient. People can immediately return to their vital routines as long as they are protected from strenuous activities and the harmful rays of the sun. It should be underlined that the symptoms that develop due to face filling will disappear spontaneously within a few days.
What are the side effects of nose fillings?
The face is both one of the most sensitive skin parts and the visible organ that will affect the social life of the person. For this reason, procedures to be made on the face must be made by experts and experienced people. How much filler will be given to the face, which technique and filler will be used are very important. Although filling procedures are safe, they may cause bruises or redness in some cases. If these effects are severe, there is a risk of tissue destruction. In order to avoid such negative situations, it is necessary to have the procedure performed by specialist doctors in their field.
Possible Risks and Complications
Face filling sessions can trigger the occurrence of some symptoms. A significant part of these are normal and spontaneous effects. It will disappear spontaneously 3 to 5 days after the procedure. These effects are:
- Redness
- Itching
- Pain
- Swelling
If the symptoms do not go away and get worse, you should consult your doctor before it is too late. Long-term effects are:
- Bruising
- Bleeding
- Allergic reactions with rashes, swelling, hives and similar effects
- Influenza
- Bleeding
- Infection
- These are nodules and granulomas that occur in the treatment area.
Apart from this, some serious complications can be seen, albeit rarely. Serious complications that may occur when applied by inexperienced and inexperienced people are as follows:
- Vision loss due to blood clot in the retinal artery
- Blood poisoning
- Abscess
- Anaphylactic shock
- It is necrosis or disintegration of the skin.
Patients should pay utmost attention and care in the selection of doctors and clinics. The titles you can pay attention to in this regard are the approval of the filling material used by the Ministry of Health, the successful operations carried out by the doctor and the office in the past and their approaches to patient health.
What is the Permanence of Facial Filling?
The permanence of the facial filler varies according to the life of the filler, the area and the person. Everyone's face and skin structure is different. Therefore, fillers are used according to the person. While the permanence of cheek filling lasts 1-2 years, lip filling varies between 6-12 months or 12-24 months.
Face Filler Prices
Facial filler prices may vary depending on the doctor performing the procedure, the type of filler applied, the brand, quantity and quality of the filler, the health center where the procedure is performed and the city where the procedure is performed. Low-priced procedures may mean poor quality filling. For this reason, it is useful to investigate the center, the doctor who will perform the procedure, the brand and quality of the filling.
Good Filler is Invisible
Appearances such as duck lip or trout pout are results where the filling process can be clearly seen. But it should be noted that this means that the filling procedure is unsuccessful. Because the most successful filler is the invisible or in other words natural looking filler.
If you are not satisfied with your previous filling, you do not have to stay this way
If you are not satisfied with the appearance of the filling you have had, you do not need to worry or panic. In many cases, it is possible to correct or undo the filling process.
In order to ensure balance, the specialist physician can perform additional filling injection if necessary or solve the problem completely. In particular, hyaluronic acid-based fillers can be easily melted if desired.
In Some Cases, Filler Should Not Be Injected
Fillers are normally safe. However, there are still cases where it is more appropriate to postpone the injection. The most important of these are pregnancy or breastfeeding periods. Otherwise, if you have a sinus infection, you should postpone the filler injection.
Another situation in which the face filling should be postponed is before dental cleaning or other dental treatments. If you are considering dental treatment, it is useful to postpone the face filling to a later date.
If You Love the Look of Your Fillings, You'll Need to Repeat It for Longevity
After a six-month period, hyaluronic acid-based fillers begin to be absorbed by your body. The effect of the filling decreases. That's why you need to repeat it once a year to maintain your results. After each repetition, the life of the filling results will also be prolonged.
Fillers can't remove imperfections on your face forever. For this reason, you will need to renew it in the necessary periods.
Why Doctor Lida Çiteli
Doctor Lida Çiteli Medical Aesthetic Clinic is an organization that is managed to provide universal quality health care with a professional team and acts with high-level technical equipment. Our organization, which acts with a patient-oriented approach and medical ethics, enables you to achieve healthy, sterile, aesthetic and natural results. We adopt the working principle of dealing with all questions and problems of our patients and clients before and after the treatment. You can also have Face Filling with Doctor Lida Çiteli for a smooth, young, plump and radiant skin with Face Filling.
