Dermal fillers are also a non-surgical way to enhance and rejuvenate the Face without Surgery. It can also be used to maintain surgical results such as Face lift & Neck Lifts.

There are many types of dermal fillers, ranging from non permanent, semi permanent and permanent dermal fillers. The non permanent fillers are made from Hyaluronic acids (HA); these are natural non human and non animal based products, a compound found in our own body. They are used to increase the volumes of regions of the face such as the lips, and to non-surgically remove deep wrinkles particularly around the mouth and from the nose to the corner of the mouth.

Typically most patients will opt and begin with non permanent HA's, these normally last between 9 – 12 months and maybe as long as 24 months. The Hyaluronic acids are very soft or particularly thick products, the difference being that they are used for fine to deep lines respectively.

Juvederm® and Restylane® products are examples of Hyaluronic acids commonly used in Dr. Bobby Kumar’s Sydney and Port Macquarie practices.

There are Semi Hyaluronic acids or Non Hyaluronic acids that are also used; some patients tend to favour these products because of the duration of action. They can be semi permanent to permanent, and patients decide to use such products to maintain a particular enhancement or augmentation for much longer (duration of action 2-2.5 years).

With the Semi permanent to permanent fillers patients need to be aware that removal of these products may not be easy and require a surgical procedure if the result of the enhancement or augmentation is not to their liking.

An anaesthetic nerve block will be required as the injection does sting for some of the Dermal Fillers; other common adverse reactions are swelling and redness for 1-2 days and bruising.

Juvederm® now has a range of Dermal Fillers with the local anaesthetic mixed in with the filler. The advantage being that patients no longer require Facial blocks and therefore patients no longer experience the problems associated with smiling, drinking liquids and swelling seen with fillers that do require a Facial or Dental Nerve block.

An example of a semi permanent is Radiesse® and permanent filler is Aquamid®. Aquamid® is considered an Implant and therefore should be only injected with a sterile technique and by very experienced injectors such as Dr. Bobby Kumar.

During your consultation Dr. Bobby Kumar will explain the benefits of dermal fillers as well as their limitations. Some patients will need to consider a Surgical option such as Face lift to achieve a natural and aesthetic result and rejuvenation of the face.

Complications of dermal fillers are bleeding, haematomas, pain swelling, redness, uncommonly infections, lumps or granulomas.