Beverly Hills Restylane Injections
Note: Restylane® is the trademark name of a product manufactured by Q-Med. This website is an educational resource for consumers and is not associated with Q-Med in any way.
Are you considering a Beverly Hills Restylane procedure to enhance the appearance of your skin? Do you have questions about what these injections are and how they work? If so, we will do our best to answer your questions here in this article.
Restylane uses what is referred to as "dermal fillers" (or skin / tissue fillers) to smooth out wrinkles in the patient's skin. The primary ingredient in Restylane is hyaluronic acid. This product is typically used to reduce wrinkles in the area around the nose and mouth, known as the naso-labial fold.
The FDA approved Restylane for use within the United States in December of 2003. Since then, the treatment has grown in popularity throughout Beverly Hills and across the country.
Restylane is a temporary treatment for reducing wrinkles around the nose and mouth. As a result, most patients return for subsequent treatments following the first. In this regard, Restylane is similar to Botox and other non-permanent wrinkle treatments. According to the FDA: "Most patients needed one injection [of Restylane] to get optimal correction; about one-third of patients needed more than one injection to get a satisfactory result. The effect lasted about six months."
One of the reasons for the growing popularity of Beverly Hills Restylane injections is the relative safeness of the product. Many experts agree that the non-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid (the primary ingredient within Restylane injections) is one of the safest forms of dermal filler used for wrinkle reduction.
In more recent years, since 2007, practitioners in Beverly Hills and elsewhere have been using Restylane in a slightly different way. The new technique is known as the fern pattern technique. It was first introduced by Doctors Tom van Eijk and Martin Braun in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology (August 2007). With this newer technique, the Restylane product is used as a "skin stiffening agent, rather than a simple filler in order to provide optimal correction for lines that deepen with expressive facial movements." (Source: JDDonline.com)
As you can probably tell by reading other blog posts, we love YouTube. Each time we put a new tutorial up about a Beverly Hills cosmetic procedure, we scour YouTube to find an education video that reinforces the lesson we provide. Here's a video from KTLA news that -- despite the gaps in communication -- does a pretty good job explaining the procedure. To my knowledge, this is not a Beverly Hills Restylane physician. I chose the video for the content, rather than the doctor's location.
The only thing I don't agree with in this news story is the anchor's comment about "no down time" with Restylane injections. From everything I've read, the bruising from this procedure can last for several days. So while you may not be "down" during that period, you certainly won't look normal.
We have said this before, but here it goes again. The most important thing to do when considering a Restylane injection treatment in Beverly Hills (or anywhere else for that matter) is to ask plenty of questions and do plenty of research. Ask each doctor how long he or she has been performing the procedures. Ask about patient satisfaction rates. Ask about the potential risks and what they do to minimize them. If these questions lead to more questions, so much the better. You cannot "over research" a subject like this.
Are you considering a Beverly Hills Restylane procedure to enhance the appearance of your skin? Do you have questions about what these injections are and how they work? If so, we will do our best to answer your questions here in this article.
Restylane uses what is referred to as "dermal fillers" (or skin / tissue fillers) to smooth out wrinkles in the patient's skin. The primary ingredient in Restylane is hyaluronic acid. This product is typically used to reduce wrinkles in the area around the nose and mouth, known as the naso-labial fold.
The FDA approved Restylane for use within the United States in December of 2003. Since then, the treatment has grown in popularity throughout Beverly Hills and across the country.
How Restylane Works
Restylane is a temporary treatment for reducing wrinkles around the nose and mouth. As a result, most patients return for subsequent treatments following the first. In this regard, Restylane is similar to Botox and other non-permanent wrinkle treatments. According to the FDA: "Most patients needed one injection [of Restylane] to get optimal correction; about one-third of patients needed more than one injection to get a satisfactory result. The effect lasted about six months."
One of the reasons for the growing popularity of Beverly Hills Restylane injections is the relative safeness of the product. Many experts agree that the non-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid (the primary ingredient within Restylane injections) is one of the safest forms of dermal filler used for wrinkle reduction.
In more recent years, since 2007, practitioners in Beverly Hills and elsewhere have been using Restylane in a slightly different way. The new technique is known as the fern pattern technique. It was first introduced by Doctors Tom van Eijk and Martin Braun in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology (August 2007). With this newer technique, the Restylane product is used as a "skin stiffening agent, rather than a simple filler in order to provide optimal correction for lines that deepen with expressive facial movements." (Source: JDDonline.com)
As you can probably tell by reading other blog posts, we love YouTube. Each time we put a new tutorial up about a Beverly Hills cosmetic procedure, we scour YouTube to find an education video that reinforces the lesson we provide. Here's a video from KTLA news that -- despite the gaps in communication -- does a pretty good job explaining the procedure. To my knowledge, this is not a Beverly Hills Restylane physician. I chose the video for the content, rather than the doctor's location.
The only thing I don't agree with in this news story is the anchor's comment about "no down time" with Restylane injections. From everything I've read, the bruising from this procedure can last for several days. So while you may not be "down" during that period, you certainly won't look normal.
Choosing a Beverly Hills Doctor
We have said this before, but here it goes again. The most important thing to do when considering a Restylane injection treatment in Beverly Hills (or anywhere else for that matter) is to ask plenty of questions and do plenty of research. Ask each doctor how long he or she has been performing the procedures. Ask about patient satisfaction rates. Ask about the potential risks and what they do to minimize them. If these questions lead to more questions, so much the better. You cannot "over research" a subject like this.
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Restylane is the gel that is injected into the skin in tiny amounts with a very fine needle to add volume and smooth out wrinkles.
Restylane can be used to make lips fuller, to restore areas that have developed lines and wrinkles and redefining facial contours. The most common uses are the areas between the eyebrows, from the root of the nose to the angle of the mouth, and the lips, although not limited to these.
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