Deep wrinkles can be filled with several different techniques depending on their location and your personal preference. There are several filling substances each having their own characteristics. Depending on the technique, the effect can be permanent or temporary.

WHICH MATERIAL?

• Lipofilling and lipostructure are often the preferred choice. Fat is harvested from the patient. It results in a soft filling which, due to a new centrifuge technique applied to the fat cells, has a very good chance of being permanent.
• Hylaform® and Collagen® injections are temporary, lasting only a few months. Temporary filling substances need to be regularly repeated.
• Dermalive®, Artecoll®, Goretex® and Softform® have a permanent effect. The body makes collagen around the treated area following injection or implantation. This ensures that the filler stays in place. The results using these substances are permanent.
• Autograft dermis is the transplantation of the deeper layers of the skin to fill out the lips or deep creases. The skin needed for preparation of the material is harvested from excised excess during simultaneous cosmetic surgery such as face lift, tummy tuck or body contouring.
• Allograft dermis. The principle is similar to autograft dermis but here commercially available processed human donor skin is used in cases where harvesting patients skin would cause additional scarring.

LIPOSTRUCTURE AND LIPOFILLING

These two treatments give new structure to an area using the body’s own fat.

Fat is harvested from the stomach or thigh region and, after purification, injected into the area requiring filling and more structure. Loss of structure can be genetic or caused by aging or scarring.
Injection of the body’s own fat for rejuvenation is a temporary solution. The aging process continues, even if we use a permanent filling technique.

LIPOFILLING

Fat is first harvested and immediately injected into the treatment area without being purified. During the first week 50-70% of the fat disappears into the body. Therefore more fat is injected into the area than is necessary for the correction. Another treatment is often needed for the desired result.

LIPOSTRUCTURE

Harvested fat is first purified using a sterile centrifuge. This new technique insures that only viable fat cells are injected into the treatment area. This gives a more exact and lasting result.

The bodies’ own fat is a soft and natural filling substance. Because it is the patient’s own, the possibility of rejection is reduced. After about 6 weeks the fat is “grafted” onto the treated area and, in most cases, permanent.

LIPOSTRUCTURE and LIPOFILLING are indicated for filling of:

• deep wrinkles and grooves in the face.
  A face looks younger when the grooves between the nose and mouth, sunken cheeks and
  hollows underneath the eyes are filled out.
  
• the lips.
  This natural soft substance is suitable for giving lips more volume.
  
• the hands.
  With aging the tendons and veins of the hands often become unsightly. The skin becomes
  thinner and shows aging spots. Lipostructure combined with a peel and/or stripping of
  prominent veins can offer the solution.
  
• sunken cheeks.
  A solution for very thin or emaciated people.
  
• dents or other irregularities of the face or body