Soft tissue volume loss is an inevitable process that ages your face and skin. Luckily, you don’t have to live with it — board-certified dermatologist Dr. Patrick Keehan and our team at Keehan Dermatology in Fort Worth, Texas, can restore lost facial volume and reverse the most common signs of aging with long-lasting Restylane® and Sculptra® dermal fillers.
Here's how the right FDA-approved injectable filler can rebuild and fortify your skin’s underlying collagen scaffold to help you turn back the hands of time in no time flat.
Fine lines and deep wrinkles may show up on your skin as time goes by, but they aren’t just a surface issue. As you get older, your face loses some of its subcutaneous fat in a natural process known as “age-related facial deflation.” This soft tissue volume loss helps set the stage for skin sag and conspicuous lines and creases.
To put it another way: Beneath every luminous, youthful-looking complexion, there’s an underlying scaffold of strong and resilient proteins — collagen and elastin — that keep your skin smooth and supple.
Unfortunately, your skin produces less of these proteins as you age, gradually losing the very building blocks that keep its dermal structures healthy and youthful. At the same time, your face also begins to lose some of its subcutaneous fat. The result? Flattened cheeks, thinning lips, reduced skin laxity, fine lines, and wrinkles.
From Botox® and laser therapy to microneedling and chemical peels, you have your choice of nonsurgical treatment options to help you reverse common signs of skin aging and turn back the hands of time.
Of all your anti-aging solutions, dermal fillers are the only treatment that restores lost facial volume as it rejuvenates your skin. These minimally invasive injectables are made with collagen, hyaluronic acid, and other pure bioactive substances that revitalize your complexion from the inside out.
When skillfully injected into just the right areas, dermal fillers actively stimulate collagen production and elastin renewal to help reverse age-related facial deflation, erase fine lines, and smooth out deep wrinkles and furrows for many months — or years — at a time.
At Keehan Dermatology, we only use top-tier fillers that are approved by the FDA:
Restylane is one of the most popular fillers available, and for good reason: It creates beautiful, natural-looking results every time. As a leading collection of hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers, every Restylane product is made of a pure, crystal-clear gel that restores volume to specific facial areas — without surgery.
HA is a natural substance that gives your skin volume, elasticity, and suppleness. We can use Restylane to smooth wrinkles around your eyes, nose, or mouth; volumize and redefine your cheeks; enhance the contour of your jawline; or subtly plump your lips, with results that last from six months up to one year.
Sculptra is a collagen-boosting filler that works to enhance your natural facial contours and smooth out lines, creases, and wrinkles to effectively reverse some of the most noticeable signs of aging. Its success lies in its main ingredient: Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA).
PLLA is a biocompatible, biodegradable, synthetic material that’s gradually absorbed by your body. It’s also a potent collagen stimulator that steadily releases its microparticles into your deep dermal tissues, prompting your skin cells to ramp up their collagen production — for up to two years at a time.
In other words, Sculptra harnesses your skin’s very own anti-aging mechanism — its collagen production potential — and gives it a major, long-lasting boost. In this way, Sculptra works with your skin to actively restore epidermal structure and volume, erasing fine lines and smoothing deep wrinkles along the way.
It’s not surprising that fillers are one of the most requested aesthetic treatments; they deliver immediate anti-aging results with little to no downtime and few potential risks or side effects.
To find out how Keehan Dermatology can use the right dermal filler to help you reach your anti-aging goals, call or click online to schedule a consultation with Dr. Keehan today.
