Can filler accelerate aging?

Author: Dr. Osbaldo Thiel MD  |  Last update: Sunday, August 6, 2023

Fillers are a great option for patients seeking a softer, more youthful look. However, if used improperly or over used, fillers can have negative long term consequences. In fact, patients who do not properly use filler could actually speed up their skin's aging process, resulting in older looking skin.

Can too much filler make you look older?

Excessive use of fillers distorts natural face features, causing an aged appearance. When the face becomes distorted this makes you look unnatural. And an unnatural look will make you look disproportioned.

Can fillers make wrinkles worse?

“The short answer is no,” says Dr. Miriam Hanson, board certified dermatologist and cosmetic expert in Austin, Texas. “Wrinkles do not become worse after having dermal fillers.” Dermal fillers comprise a family of injectable medications that restore volume in areas of the skin where it has been lost.

Will cheek filler make me look older?

The use of fillers in the face to achieve a liquid facelift or to increase the size of your cheek bones will leave some damage behind to your face and in the young patient under the age of 35 it will make you look older.

Do fillers make you age slower?

This means honestly answering the question: Can starting fillers and Botox young prevent aging from occurring? The answer is, of course, no. They are not a fountain of youth, and while they can help delay the formation of lines and wrinkles and restore lost volume, cellular aging still occurs.

This method of getting facial filler will make you look older NOT younger (AVOID at all costs!)

What happens when you stop using fillers?

The effects of the fillers will wear off after months or years, but the treated area is likely to return to its original state. The benefits of both Botox and fillers will be gone and you'll notice that those lines and volume loss will come back.

At what age should you use fillers?

Starting Wrinkles Fillers in Your 30s and 40s

Lots of people who start using dermal fillers to combat the signs of ageing will do so in their 30s or 40s. You will probably start to see deeper lines forming in your 30s and most people will have noticeable wrinkles by the time they reach their 40s.

What happens to your face after years of fillers?

As well as stretching of the skin, excessive use of fillers can result in longer term damage including wrinkling of the lip and disturbance of the attachment of the facial fat pads and some degree of irregularity and ageing of the skin, he explains.

Can fillers mess up your face?

The most serious risk associated with dermal fillers is accidental injection into a blood vessel. Filler that enters a blood vessel can cause skin necrosis (death of tissue), stroke, or blindness.

Do fillers ever look natural?

Yes, lip fillers can give you a natural-looking result. Depending on what type of dermal filler you choose and the results you want, lip fillers can give you anywhere from a natural appearance to a celebrity-like pout.

Does your skin sag after fillers?

There is a very common misconception that dermal fillers can make skin sag, however we can safely say that this is FALSE. People assume that once they have been fully absorbed by your body you will be left with loose, hanging skin leaving you looking even older than you did previously.

Why do I still have wrinkles after fillers?

Answer: Lines still visible after fillers

What may have been enough for one side, may simply not have been enough for the other. When people still have lines or wrinkles after filler, you simply need more (another syringe) to get complete results.

Who should not get fillers?

The major contraindications to the use of a filler are as follows: active infection near the site of injection, a known allergy/hypersensitivity to the material or to the lidocaine mixed in the syringe of the filler (Zyderm, Zyplast, Cosmoderm, Cosmoplast and certain hyaluronic acid fillers and Artefill) and glabellar ...

Why do fillers distort the face?

Filler works by inflating a pocket or space under the skin. Once the filler is gone (whether absorbed back into the body or chemically dissolved), that space will become empty leaving the tissues in a more stretched out position (think of sucking out the beans from a bean bag leaving it with an excess, sagging bag.

What happens to filler as you age?

The theory is that when fillers like collagen and Restylane are repeatedly injected into flesh, over time this can weigh down and loosen the skin. And so, each subsequent trip to the doctor would require more volume of filler to fill that already stretched-out skin. Dr.

Why are people removing filler?

'' Filler is still being used, but more sparingly. “There has been a shift in aesthetic style,'' says Manhattan dermatologist Anetta Reszko. “People no longer want to look different; they want to look like a more rested, fresher version of themselves.

How many years can fillers take off your face?

Depending on the filler used, you can enjoy a younger looking face for 2 years but that should depend on your priorities. The results of either of the aforementioned fillers can vary from one person to the next.

What is pillow face syndrome?

Pillow face is a condition that occurs as a result of a person getting over-injected with dermal fillers in their face. This leads to an overstuffed look, which causes the checks and other areas of the face to puff out.

What happens when you stop Botox and fillers?

If you stop BOTOX treatments after many years of regular injections, the only effect will be that your wrinkles will return, albeit a bit more slowly than if you had not been using BOTOX. It's true: Even after you stop, you will still look younger than you would have if you had never been injected.

Does filler ever truly go away?

Because dermal fillers are made of hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring skin compound, they are naturally dissolved by your body over a period of 6 – 18 months. This process uses a compound called hyaluronidase.

Do fillers have long term side effects?

Long Term Use: Over time, long term use of dermal fillers can result in weakness of the muscles of the face, head and neck. These side effects can have undesirable consequences when swallowing, with vocal cord function and eye movements, including double vision.

Do you have to keep getting fillers once you start?

If you love the look of your fillers, you'll have to keep going back for more. After about six months, the hyaluronic acid fillers are naturally broken down by the body. So, you have to get touchups once or twice a year to maintain the look.

What are the high risk areas for filler?

Top 5 Danger Injection Zones for Dermal Fillers
  • Between the eyebrows and just above the nose. It is recommended that you use a Low-G filler around this region using the serial puncture technique. ...
  • Temple area. ...
  • Lines between the corner of nose and the mouth. ...
  • Infraorbital region. ...
  • Nasal Augmentation.

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