| |
What it Treats |
Substance |
Length of Effectivenes |
Area it Treats |
| Artefill® |
Facial creases and lines |
20% PMMA microspheres,80% purified bovine collagen (0.3% lidocaine)
|
Permenant |
Forehead, mouth, eyes, nasolabial folds |
| Botox® |
Dynamic Facial Wrinkles, Hyperhidrosis |
Purified Botulinum Toxin |
4 to 6 months for wrinkles, up to 1 year for hyperhidrosis
|
Forehead Lines, Crow's Feet, Eyebrows, Hyperhidrosis |
Collagen
Injection / Zyderm® & Zyplast®
|
Superficial lines (Zyderm) to deeper wrinkles (Zyplast)
|
Bovine Collagen |
2 to 3 months |
Around Face |
| CosmoDerm® & CosmoPlast® |
Fine lines, wrinkles, and scars
|
Purified Human Collagen |
2 to 3 months |
Throughout face on lines and wrinkles |
| Fat Fillers |
Volume loss, fines lines and depressions |
Patient's own fat is used (removed from buttocks, abdomen, thighs)
|
3 months to 1 year |
Upper and lower face |
| Radiesse® |
Deeper Wrinkles, some Acne Scarring |
Calcium Hydroxylapatatite (CaHA) Particles Suspended in a Hyaluronic Acid Gel
|
Approx. 1 year |
Throughout the facial area |
| Restylane® |
Lines in lower face, under eyes, increase lip size |
Hyaluronic Acid |
Lips: 3 to 6 months, Other: 6 to 9 months |
Lips, underneath the eyes, lines such as frown lines and creases
|
| Juvederm® |
Moderate to Deep wrinkling |
Hyaluronic Acid |
4 to 9 months |
Lips, Mouth Wrinkles, Facial lines
|
| Sculptra® |
Volume loss in the face. Depressed cheeks.
|
Poly-L-Lactic Acid |
Up to 2 years |
Cheeks, Hollow Eyes, Facial Indents |
| PerlaneTM |
Facial wrinkles, lips, lines and creases on the face (often in conjunction with Restylane)
|
Hyaluronic Acid |
3 to 6 months |
Lips, fines lines around mouth and eyes, face |
