Fillers are absorbable or non-absorbable fillers, injected into the face to correct certain signs of aging or to restore volume where areas that sag over time. A non-invasive rejuvenation technique that avoids the facelift, a heavier cosmetic surgery operation.

Fillers are injectable fillers and some are absorbable. They are used in aesthetic medicine and make it possible to fill and correct certain signs of aging.

In the majority of cases, the injections “are carried out at the level of the lower two thirds of the face”, explains Doctor Antoine Alliez, cosmetic surgeon in Ajaccio.

Among the most treated areas, we can notably mention:

• the nasolabial fold;
• the lips ;
• the fold of bitterness;
• the valley of tears;
• the cheekbones ;
• the chin.

Each problem has its own technique and filling product, which the doctor adapts according to patient expectations. Cross-linked hyaluronic acid will help fill certain facial wrinkles, while botulinum toxin neutralizes the action of certain muscles to make wrinkles less visible.

Other anti-aging techniques, facial lipofilling consists of taking your own fat – most often from areas that you want to refine – to purify it with a centrifuge, before reinjecting it. The method makes it possible to rejuvenate by filling in certain parts of the face and by restoring the oval of this one. “The technique is often associated with a facelift to avoid ending up with a puffy appearance,” recommends Doctor Franck Benhamou, cosmetic and plastic surgeon in Paris.

The results vary depending on the techniques used by the doctor and the product used. Thanks to fillers we can correct:

• sagging skin;
• loss of volume;
• the oval of the face;
• fine lines and wrinkles;
• the appearance of nasolabial folds;
• the freshness of the complexion.

The injections take place in the doctor’s office and the session usually lasts less than an hour. Less invasive than a cosmetic surgery operation, the fillers offer an almost immediate result and the pain is minimal.

The doctor can also “dose” the quantity to be injected for a natural and targeted result. The cost of injections is more affordable, at least in the short term. Indeed, the products being absorbable, it will be necessary to reproduce the technique more regularly than for a surgical facelift.

Injections given to correct the signs of aging often remain at a fairly superficial level. The surgical facelift is a heavier treatment than the injections, it intervenes in a deep way, by pulling and by repositioning the tissues of the face. The method works on the skin, but also on the fat and muscles of the face.

“The facelift does not have an age threshold to be performed on a patient, but given its action which rejuvenates 10 years suddenly, it is more suitable for people who have reached their forties”, underlines Dr. Franck Benhamou.

The sustainability of the intervention is also to be taken into consideration. Indeed, hyaluronic acid being an absorbable substance, it is estimated that the injections will have to be repeated every 12 to 18 months approximately. The botox will have to be renewed “two to three times a year” while a facelift will only be performed “two to three times in a lifetime”, estimates Dr. Benhamou.

A more ephemeral and less invasive treatment, injections are considered by some patients as a tool to maintain their beauty in the long term, by intervening only on expression lines and the quality of the skin, without going through the scalpel box. .

Administered sparingly, injection techniques now allow precise and more natural results to beautify the face. An evolution of the practice which explains, in part, why the less than 35 years are more and more numerous to push the door of the practices of aesthetic medicine.