Dermal Fillers

1. What is hyaluronic acid?
2. What can i expect?
3. Side effects and reversal procedure.
4. Areas that can be treated and cost.

1) What is hyaluronic acid?

Here at Alpha Cosmedic clinic we only use hyaluronic acid fillers. The newer hyaluronic acid fillers are much safer,more effective, and longer lasting than the old collagen fillers of yesteryear.Another key benefit is that you may require no recovery time from a hyaluronic acid injection.

Hyaluronic acid is a natural component of the body that works to hold moisture in your skin while increasing the elasticity, durability and radiance of your skin. Clear gel hyaluronic acid injections plump up the skin, fill in wrinkles, and offer a youthful, refreshed and smooth look.

In even more good news about wrinkle injections, studies have found that those containing hyaluronic acid (such as Restylane and Juvéderm) led to "robust collagen production" while also interfering with collagen breakdown. So not only do you get a filling effect,  but you also have an actual increase in natural collagen production.

We stock both major brands of hyaluronic filler brands: Juvaderm and Restylane. Because they each have  slightly different  properties, this enables us to completely inividualise treatments to suit your specific needs.

2) What can i expect? 

All filler injections are performed by a cosmetic physician, not a nurse. The procedure will require local anaesthetic cream and sometimes local anaesthetic injections.Ice packs are used to limit bleeding and bruising. We can also offer you Entonox (known as laughing gas), or Penthrox (an inhaled anaesthetic now used in ambulances and emergency departments for acute trauma), to make the procedure even more comfortable. You can expect the procedure to take around 30 minutes, with the results being immediate.We can combine this treatment with Botox injections to provide what has been termed a "liquid face lift", which can all be done in less than an hour.

3) Side effects and reversal procedure.

Hyaluronic acid injection is a very safe procedure, but there are rare side effects:The obvious immediate side effect is of slight bleeding after the needle has been inserted into the skin. Other risks include mild bruising, redness and swelling that may also occur around the site of injection. These signs may take up to one week to vanish completely, especially around the eyes where there is a multitude of blood vessels.

4) Areas that can be treated and cost.

The cost per syringet is: $480

Two syringes: $900

Subq/Voluma (double size syringe): $900

the following are areas that can be treated, and approximately how many syringes may be reqired to fill the area.

- Nasolabial folds : 1-2 syringes

- Cheeks :1 - 2 syringes of SubQ/Voluma

- Lips : 1-2 syringes

- Frown lines : 1 syringe

- eye gutters : 1 syringe


For other areas please see us for a free assessment.