Dermal Fillers: Resculpting Faces, Lips and Noses

It is easy to see why Injectable fillers are so popular at every age. With the educated, and artful use of fillers so much is possible: lines and crow’s feet disappear, lips plump up and become youthful again, indentations and troughs created by time, movement and the environment fade away. Modern fillers are more comfortable and long lasting than ever before. Most do require touch-ups. Regrettably, daily facial expressions, sun, free radicals, heredity, weight fluctuations and hormonal changes all break down the support structure of your skin.

We Advocate the Educated Use of Fillers.
The success of fillers in facial rejuvenation is really more determined by “the Indian than the Arrow.” Because of this, we encourage you to transcend the medi-spas and seek out the most experienced hands. Dr. Duffy is proficient in the use of an entire arsenal of fillers, each designed to address a specific type of wrinkle and location. Patients come in asking for fillers by name and price point when in actuality, fillers should be chosen like paints in an artist’s palette. Best to let the doctor select what’s best for you. To learn more about specific fillers, we have included basic descriptions and websites below.

Begin with a “Smart Evaluation.” Careful observation of your face, how it moves and ages is as important as good technique. The doctor may watch you as you speak to see how your movements affect line formation. He may palpate the wrinkle to feel for corrugations. Each face ages differently with changes (gains and losses) in fat, collagen and elastin. Fat generally resides in various compartments deep in the middle face. Refilling these compartments artfully enhances the structure of and lends shape to the face. Poor technique can leave you looking overstuffed and shapeless. Maintaining the age-appropriate contours and expressiveness is the key.

Lip Augmentation and Correcting Facial Anomalies
Dermal fillers give lips fuller contours but plumping up is rarely all that’s needed. Attention must also be paid to perioral lines, the upper lip area and nasial labial folds. The sophisticated approach resculpts the entire lip area. As always, Dr. Duffy’s extensive clinical experience and skilled injection technique will help you get your best result.

With time and trauma, the faces and noses can develop minor irregularities. Dr. Duffy can create better symmetry on nasal tips, to improve the jawline, straighten the bridge of the nose, etc. all using fillers. In the beauty press, this is often referred to as a “Liquid Lift” because it achieves immediate results using liquid fillers, without plastic surgery.