Haut- und Laserzentrum in Munich

 

WRINKLE TREATMENTS

WRINKLE FILLER INJECTIONS

There are two types of cosmetic fillers: degradable fillers and permanent fillers. All substances that are injected underneath the skin have to be well tolerated by the body and they shouldn’t trigger any allergies. They have to deliver lasting and reproducible results which are localised at the injection site. They have to be biocompatible, which means that the body doesn’t recognise them as a foreign substance.

 

DEGRADABLE FILLER MATERIALS include hyaluronic acid, collagen and calcium hydroxyapatite. Depending on which substance is used, the depth of the wrinkles and the amount of the substance injected, the effect of a treatment can last for between 6 and 24 months.

 

HYALURONIC ACID is a substance which occurs in the body naturally and it is laboratory produced in a very pure form for use as a wrinkle filler. It is possible to make a denser filler for deep wrinkles and less dense filler for finer wrinkles by adjusting the strength of the bond between individual hyaluronic acid molecules. Allergies are not to be expected because the laboratory-produced materials are identical to the body’s own hyaluronic acid.

 

COLLAGEN has been in use for over 2 decades now as a medical wrinkle treatment. This animal-derived product is obtained from cattle which are kept solely for the purpose of providing collagen for cosmetic fillers. Allergies to collagen are very rare, though they have been known to occur. High-risk patients should always take an allergy test before undergoing treatment with collagen wrinkle fillers. It isn’t necessary to take an allergy test for the new products made of porcine collagen.

 

CALCIUM-HYDROXYAPATITE is suitable as a cosmetic filler for medium and deep wrinkles. Calcium hydroxyapatite creates a stable scaffold in which the body’s own soft tissue can grow. While the soft tissue is reforming, the scaffold gradually degrades ensuring long-lasting results.

 

PERMANENT FILLERS cannot be degraded or metabolised by the human body. At our surgery, we only use permanent fillers if the desired result cannot be achieved with degradable fillers and all possible risks of intolerance are excluded, e.g. allergies and the formation of lumps (granulomas). Permanent fillers should only be administered by very experienced physicians.