Collagen Treatments

• A procedure that blurs the line between plastic surgery and dermatology and fills a new category called cosmetic, or aesthetic plastic surgery, collagen injections are most often used to treat facial wrinkles and hollows.

• These creases and lines form when the underlying collagen and elastin fibers break down, which is a natural part of the aging process.

• Collagen treatments are the most common procedure used to fill wrinkles and lines. And it they are increasingly being used to fatten up thin lips. It’s simple: collagen is injected into the skin and it quickly plumps and fills in furrows, lines, and depressed areas. It can also be used to even out a scars.

• The results last anywhere from a few months up to a year or two. Most patients have three or four touch-up treatments per year.

• The procedure lasts from 15 minutes to an hour. Sometimes a series of injections are needed, such as two or three treatments over a three-month period. Patients are usually fully awake and treatments take place in outpatient settings.

• Side affects are few and include short-term, localized puffiness, bruising, redness, stinging, and throbbing.

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