Whether we’re looking at old pictures, our daily reflection in the mirror or seeing ourselves in a Zoom call, many of us experience the same quiet realization: time leaves its marks. But thanks to advancements in modern aesthetics, this idiom doesn’t have to affect your face or hands! With immediate results, plumping, smoothing, and balancing features have never been easier by choosing fillers to treat issues like unwanted saggy skin, facial lines, and facial asymmetry.
What Are Fillers?
A filler is a nonsurgical, cosmetic injectable designed to restore and enhance your skin’s natural fullness. Also known as dermal fillers, these injectable treatments function by plumping up wrinkles, smoothing fine lines, and bringing lost volume back to your face.
Administered carefully just beneath the skin by skilled providers, fillers offer a quick, minimally invasive solution to improve visible signs of aging or repeated facial expressions. In the hands of experienced aesthetic experts, they can also create facial symmetry, defined jawlines, and more!
What Are Fillers Used For?
Whether you’re looking to smooth out fine lines around your eyes, define your jawline, or add a subtle lift to your cheeks, fillers offer a versatile solution to help you look and feel like your most confident self. Dermal fillers address a wide range of cosmetic concerns and are most commonly used to:
- Smoothen age-related lines on hands.
- Soften wrinkles.
- Reshape facial contours by restoring volume in areas like your cheeks, jawline, temples, and chin.
- Enhance lip fullness.
- Non-surgically refine nose shape.
Types of Filler
There are several types of filler available, each with its unique characteristics and benefits:
- Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Fillers
Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance in the skin that provides hydration and volume. As your body’s natural HA production decreases with age, these fillers help restore lost volume. Brands like JUVÉDERM® typically offer results lasting six months to a year, making them a popular choice for subtle facial rejuvenation.
- Calcium Hydroxylapatite (CaHA) Fillers
Composed of a substance found in bones, CaHA fillers like Radiesse® are ideal for addressing deeper wrinkles. They provide structure and volume by stimulating your body’s collagen production, with results typically lasting around a year. CaHA fillers are particularly effective for adding definition to facial contours or restoring skin elasticity.
Filler Areas
Some of the most common filler areas include:
Lip Filler
Lip filler enhances lip volume, symmetry, and definition. It can provide subtle to prominent changes, smoothing lines while plumping the lips to achieve your desired aesthetic. From balanced and natural, to full and voluptuous—your dream lips await!
Cheek Filler
Cheek filler restores volume to the mid-face, rebuilding lost collagen and improving cheek contours. It rejuvenates the skin by creating a full, rounded look across key areas, including the cheekbones, lateral cheek, and mid-cheek region.
Chin Filler & Jaw Filler
Chin and jawline fillers sculpt and restructure the lower face, addressing volume loss and lifting sagging areas. It targets regions like the corners of your mouth, the chin apex, and the jawbone area to create a more defined facial profile.
Temple Filler & Brow Filler
Temple and brow fillers replace lost volume around the eyes and brow, helping to open and lift the eye area. They reduce lateral wrinkles and target regions like the deep temple or the areas above and below the eyebrow.
Nasolabial Folds (“Smile Line”)
Dermal filler can also treat the nasolabial folds—also known as “smile lines” or “laugh lines”—that run from the nose to the corners of your mouth. It minimizes these grooves, rejuvenating your smile with fuller cheeks and plumpness around the mouth.
Undereye Filler
Undereye filler restores volume to hollow areas, reducing puffiness and dark circles. It targets the areas below your eye sockets to create a refreshed, more youthful look.
Hand Filler
Hand rejuvenation fillers combat signs of aging by restoring lost fatty tissue. They minimize wrinkles, restore lost volume, and obscure prominent veins, helping to maintain a more youthful appearance of the hands.
Benefits of Filler
The benefits of filler are hard to capture in just a single list, but we’ll do our best.
- Convenient
Filler treatments are quick and minimally invasive, often completed in under an hour. With little to no downtime, they offer a convenient solution for those seeking aesthetic improvements without extensive recovery periods.
- Immediate Results
Unlike some treatments that take time to deliver results, filler delivers instant impact! After some initial swelling resolves, you’ll love your look right away!
- Customizable
Each filler treatment can be tailored to your specific aesthetic goals. From subtle enhancements to more dramatic transformations, fillers provide versatile options for personalized facial rejuvenation.
- Natural-Looking
Modern fillers are designed to enhance your unique features while maintaining a natural appearance. Skilled injectors precisely inject fillers to create balanced, cohesive results that look authentically you.
- Long-Lasting
Depending on the type of filler you and your provider select, results can last from several months to over a year, making dermal fillers an effective and sustainable addition to your aesthetics routine.
- Erase Aging Lines
Dermal fillers effectively smooth out fine lines by plumping up the skin and filling in creases. They provide a targeted approach to minimize visible signs of aging where it’s needed most, restoring a more youthful appearance.
- Restore Lost Volume
As we age, facial volume naturally diminishes in areas like cheeks and temples. Dermal fillers restore volume in these areas, creating a rejuvenated and fuller facial contour.
- Boost in Confidence
Beyond the physical changes they provide, fillers can significantly enhance self-confidence by helping you feel as young and vibrant as you look. The subtle improvements can provide a powerful boost to your overall sense of self and well-being.
Experience the Transformative Power of Dermal Fillers at BodyLase
With spas in Raleigh, Cary, and Chapel Hill, NC, BodyLase is ready to help you achieve your aesthetic goals with safe and effective dermal filler solutions. Request a consultation today and prepare to look and feel your best with personalized, natural-looking results.
