What is a dermal filler?

What is a dermal filler?

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One of the ways our faces age is by losing volume. We lose the subcutaneous fats, and that migrates. We lose the volume in our lips. Therefore, one of the ways we can restore that face is by restoring volume with fillers. Fillers are injectables of substances that plump up and replace that lost volume. They can be made of a variety of ingredients. The one ingredient most commonly used at the moment are the hyaluronic acid ingredients, of which there is about two or three reliable ones in this country. In addition, we have a variety of fillers that stimulate the skin to produce new collagen. This would be a filler called new fill. We're working research wise on a new injectable cellular filler that stimulates new collagen. There's going to be new progress on fillers. We do have a wide variety of fillers, most of which are good, some of which are not good. It's very important that you go to a physician injector who knows the skills in this area.