Tissue fillers & Botulinum Toxin Treatments (Botox)

Soft tissue fillers are generally used to "plump up" or reduce wrinkles, furrows and hollows in the face, giving the skin a smoother and more pleasing appearance.  Filler substances include bovine collagen and related materials, autologous fat (fat removed from another part of a patient's body) and polymer implants.  Fillers are very effective at contouring specific locations on the face, such as around the lips and mouth, and correcting depressions and scars.

Another approach to improve lines and wrinkles associated with facial expression in Botulinum Toxin Type A.  This muscle blockade is injected in very tiny amounts into specific muscles to treat vertical lines between the eyebrows and on the bridge of the nose, forehead lines and furrows, and crow's feet at the corners of the eyes.  It is also used to immobilize the muscle bands sometimes visible on the neck.