Use Botox with Dermal Fillers for Lasting Results

Dermal fillers are wonderful, since they add lost volume to the face to help you look and feel truly rejuvenated, but it turns out that a simultaneous injection of Botox can support your dermal filler to last longer and work more efficiently. It’s called combination therapy, and women are lining up to try it!

About Dermal Fillers

The natural process of aging causes subcutaneous fat to disappear while production of collagen also declines. These changes, in addition to sun exposure and heredity, are largely what lead to wrinkles across the face and neck and lost volume in the cheek region. Dermal fillers, also known are injected in the skin to temporarily fill facial wrinkles and boost the skin’s volume. Many different types of fillers are now available, each offering unique perks and benefits. Depending on the type of filler and its application, it can last anywhere from four months to two years.

Botox 101

Botox is also an injectable, but it doesn’t work in the same way as fillers. Botox temporarily paralyzes the muscles responsible for forming the wrinkles as they contract. Within about a week of Botox treatment, the targeted muscles relax enough to gradually free the skin from its wrinkled position. One Botox treatment usually lasts about four to six months before the effects diminish.

When Fillers and Botox Combine

Utilized in combination therapy, Botox and dermal fillers work like a team to improve each other’s power. Since one takes strain off the other, combination therapy helps both injections last longer. Active facial muscles more rapidly break down the dermal filler, and Botox prevents certain facial muscles from moving as dramatically, so Botox allows the dermal filler to remain useful months longer than it would alone.

This is definitely one time when you want to be sure to order the combo!