Dermal filler injections are among the most popular cosmetic procedures in the United States with over a million injections performed every year. Within the dermal filler category, hyaluronic acid fillers are by far the most popular due to their good safety profile and versatility.
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Dermal filler injections are among the most popular cosmetic procedures in the United States with over a million injections performed every year. Within the dermal filler category, hyaluronic acid fillers are by far the most popular due to their good safety profile and versatility. Two filler manufacturers offer hyaluronic acid fillers–Restylane and Juvederm. Both are about equal in usage and most providers offer both. Northwest Face & Body offers the best Juvederm Bellevue and Kirkland provides.
Juvederm is a type of cosmetic injectable known as a dermal filler. It is injected for two main purposes: to fill hollows and wrinkles or to augment areas of the face. Primarily used on the face, dermal fillers like Juvederm are among the top non-surgical procedures for anti-aging. With millions of filler injections performed every year, it is an extremely popular and versatile tool for looking younger and achieving your ideal facial aesthetic.
Within facial fillers, some subcategories refer to what the filler is made out of. Juvederm belongs to the largest and most used classification: hyaluronic acid fillers. This means that Juvederm is lower risk than semi-permanent fillers and can treat more places such as the lips.
The master injectors at Northwest Face & Body are masters at using Juvederm to artfully augment and fill in facial features. Northwest Face & Body provides the best Juvederm Bellevue and Kirkland offers.
Juvederm has many applications across the face. Some of the areas Juvederm can treat include:
Patients can usually treat multiple areas at once. Juvederm also pairs well with neurotoxin treatment such as BOTOX or Dysport. Your master injector will discuss which areas you are a candidate for treatment and the best Juvederm filler for each area.
Hyaluronic acid is found naturally in the body, the largest concentrations of which are in the eyes and joints. Therefore, while rejection or allergy to the filler is possible, it is highly unlikely. Another major benefit of hyaluronic acid filler is that they have a natural reversal agent, hyaluronidase.
When injected, it breaks up the filler. If you experience major side effects or complications or end up unhappy with your new look, there is an easy antidote. This also increases the safety of hyaluronic acid fillers when compared with other types of fillers. If occlusion (the injection of filler into a blood vessel) or an adverse event occurs, it can be immediately addressed in the office.
While it may not seem like an advantage at first, the temporary nature of hyaluronic acid fillers allows patients to stop treatments whenever they want, try out various filler options, and try out different looks each time. This experimentation allows patients to find the exactly right filler option and technique for them.
Juvederm makes a few different fillers that each have a slightly varied consistency and tend to be used in different areas. The main Juvederm offerings are Juvederm Ultra, Juvederm Ultra Plus, and Juvederm Voluma. Your master injector can discuss each option with you in detail and help determine which is best for the area you are treating and your goals.
The first step for undergoing Juvederm filler injections in Bellevue is to attend a consultation with a master injector. At this appointment, your master injector will ask you about your goals, medical history, history with fillers, and lifestyle. They may also briefly examine the area to evaluate the skin quality, thickness, and other factors that influence the filler choice and process.
If they believe you are a good candidate for your chosen procedure, they will discuss the many fillers you have to choose from. In some cases, you may undergo filler injections the same day. Otherwise, you can schedule your appointment at your convenience or before leaving the office.
First, your master injector will prep the injection sites. This involves disinfecting the areas with alcohol and cleansing them of any makeup or environmental debris. After this, they will likely apply topical numbing cream. This will sit for around ten to twenty minutes. During this time, your injector will prepare the Juvederm.
Your master injector will then begin the filler injections. Depending on the treatment, they may use a needle or cannula. If using a needle, they will start injections immediately. With a cannula, they will make a small entry point for the cannula using a small needle. After inserting the needle or cannula they will slowly inject the filler. They may move the needle within the injection point or inject at multiple sites to add volume evenly for the ideal results.
For most areas, the injections themselves do not take longer than about ten to fifteen minutes. You can have multiple areas treated at the same time. Along with the topical numbing cream, the Juvederm contains a small amount of lidocaine to help ease the filler as it is injected.
In the days following the injections, you may notice some common side effects such as:
For the most part, these side effects should clear up in a week or two. For a day or two following Juvederm injections, your master injector may recommend avoiding strenuous exercise, alcohol, and certain blood-thinning medications and supplements.
Your filler will continue to settle for about two weeks. If you still notice lumps, unevenness, or the result does not fit your goals after two weeks, our master injectors can perform a quick touch up.
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Anti-aging treatments tend to focus on the face and neck. Still, it is not only these areas that are susceptible to aging. The entire body ages. For example, fat tends to descend and accumulate easier, skin thins, and various areas of the body can lose or gain volume disproportionately. One of the areas not often thought about–but is highly visible and often causes patients distress–is the hands. Unable to avoid looking at our hands, patients tend to notice quickly when their hands become wrinkled. Luckily, in most cases, there is a quick, simple, and non-surgical way to address aging hands: dermal fillers. Northwest Face & Body offers the best hand filler Bellevue and Kirkland provide.
Hand fillers address one of the main causes of hand aging, volume loss. While changes and damage to the skin also contribute to aging hands, those who experience hollowing, new prominence of veins, or the visibility of tendons, often can benefit from hand filler. Though, treatments for the skin can often be carried out concurrently.
Dermal filler injections for the hands work similarly to facial fillers. Using a needle or a cannula (though more commonly a cannula for the hands), your injector plumps hollowed areas of the hands. This usually results in hands that look more vibrant and youthful. It also disguises veins and tendons. The exact technique and filler used will depend on various factors determined during a consultation.
Beyond fillers, there are many treatments and procedures that can prevent and treat the aging of the hands. Many can be combined with Bellevue hand filler injections for optimal results. The right procedure or combination of procedures depends on the state of your hands, anatomy, medical history, and your individual goals.
Below are some of the most common and popular procedures to treat aging hands. Let’s review the pros and cons of each hand rejuvenation option.
Hyaluronic acid fillers are widely considered the safest and most frequently used filler in the United States. It is estimated that over three million people in the United States get filler injections every year. The vast majority of these injections are hyaluronic acid fillers.
Made of a naturally occurring substance in the body, hyaluronic acid fillers have a low complication rate and are used all around the face, including in the lips, cheeks, temples, and chin. In 2018, Restylane Lyft was the first hyaluronic acid filler to gain FDA approval for the hands.
There are many benefits to choosing hyaluronic acid based fillers for the hands. Among them include:
Like any elective, cosmetic procedure, using hyaluronic acid fillers does come with a few drawbacks, such as:
Semi-permanent fillers are a class of fillers that tend to last more than one year and promote the production of volume as they dissolve. This lessens the need for treatments in the future and promotes long lasting results. In this case, Radiesse was the first FDA approved dermal filler for the hands.
Radiesse contains calcium hydroxylapatite microspheres within a gel carrier. Calcium hydroxylapatite is a naturally occurring form of calcium found in your teeth and bones. After the injection, your body will slowly break down the filler over several months. As it does this, it produces collagen for longer lasting results.
Benefits of using a semi-permanent filler such as Radiesse for hand rejuvenation include:
The drawbacks of using semi-permanent fillers for the hands can include:
Fat transfer to the hands is a more permanent, surgical procedure that involves liposuction to harvest fat from elsewhere on the body. The fat is then purified and injected back into the hands. Once fully healed and recovered, patients typically keep anywhere from fifty to seventy percent of the transferred fat permanently.
The benefits of a fat transfer to the hands procedure include:
The main cons of this procedure mainly have to do with the required downtime and recovery. The drawbacks of undergoing fat transfer to the hands may include:
When it comes to treating the surface of the hands, there are various possibilities. These procedures are sometimes combined with hand filler in Bellevue to provide both restoration of volume and rejuvenation of the skin. One of these procedures is laser resurfacing which involves removing dead skin and the upper layers of skin to reveal new, more youthful skin beneath. This also stimulates collagen production which has many benefits like promoting the filling in of wrinkles and repair of damaged skin.
Other benefits of hand laser resurfacing include:
Disadvantages of this hand restoration technique include:
Chemical peels are a non-surgical skin treatment that uses various acids to chemically resurfacing the skin. Like laser resurfacing, it removes layers of skin and dead skin for more youthful skin and collagen induction. This is also a great way to prevent hand aging.
Benefits of using chemical peels on your hands include:
Disadvantages of using chemical peels on the hand may include:
RF microneedling–also known as radiofrequency microneedling–uses tiny needles and radiofrequency waves to create controlled damage to the skin. This can promote collagen production, improve the look of sun damage, and help tighten and thicken crepey, thin skin. Similar to chemical peels, this non-surgical procedure can be performed in about an hour.
Benefits of RF microneedling for the hands include:
Some drawbacks may include:
Meeting with your injector for a consultation, they will discuss the concerns you have the what you want to achieve with hand filler injections. Your injector will then review your medical history and aspects of your lifestyle before determining if you are an ideal hand filler candidate. If you are, it may be possible to commence with treatment on the same day or within a couple of weeks. If not a good candidate, they will likely suggest other treatments.
For your hand filler injections in Kirkland, your injector will start by disinfecting the injection sites with alcohol. They will then apply a topical numbing cream to keep you comfortable during the procedure. It takes approximately fifteen to twenty minutes to become sufficiently numb for treatment.
After you are numb and the filler is prepared, your injector will begin injecting filler into the hands. The specific injection sites depend heavily on the anatomy of your hands and how they have aged. Common spots include between the fingers and angled towards the fingers from the wrist. Filler is only injected into the back of the hand and not the fingers or palms.
The injections take around ten to twenty minutes. Your injector will also lightly massage the filler into place during the procedure. Overall, patients remain fairly comfortable during treatment, with some experiencing very little pain at all.
You may experience some minor swelling and discomfort after the procedure. This should subside within two weeks. Your injector may instruct you to gently massage the filler. Results depend on the type of filler you chose. Both hyaluronic acid fillers and semi-permanent fillers will show some immediate results.
With hyaluronic acid filler, the filler will settle over the next couple of weeks and swelling goes away. However, this usually does not result in a dramatic change in the look of your hands. Frequently, the changes patients see are the flattening of bumps and swelling subsides.
Semi-permanent fillers may look somewhat overfilled at first. In the coming weeks, the results may shrink before slowly building up results again through natural collagen production. However, your hands will continue to look rejuvenated and less hollowed the entire time.
Anyone who has experienced fat loss in their hands and is in good general health is likely a good candidate for hand fillers in Bellevue. Most medical conditions do not interfere with candidacy unless they are not well controlled, are a bleeding disorder, infecting the treatment area, or otherwise serious enough to warrant non-treatment.
Age is not a major factor. The patient must only be a legal adult and possess anatomy that could benefit from hand filler injections. During your consultation, your injector will determine if you are a viable candidate.
When you age, your skin naturally slows collagen production. This can lead to thinner skin, more visible or unrepaired damage, and lessened skin quality. Additionally, areas with little fat such as the hands, under eyes, and temples frequently lose volume with advancing age. Other factors include sun damage and exposure, medical conditions, and if you smoke.
On average, between one and three syringes of filler are necessary for the hands. The most commonly used amount is one syringe per hand.
Side effects can occur. Most are minor, temporary, and treatable. They usually clear on their own within two weeks. Side effects you could experience include:
The cost of filler ranges based on the filler you choose, the provider, and how much filler you use. On average, patients can expect to pay anywhere from $525 to more than $2000. Visit our price list and Price Simulator® for more pricing information.
Northwest Face & Body is a premier plastic surgery practice and medical spa located at beautiful Carillon Point in Kirkland. Having served the Eastside’s cosmetic needs for over two decades, Northwest Face & Body provides the best hand filler Bellevue and Kirkland offers. They are also one of the top providers of cosmetic non-surgical procedures in the Pacific Northwest.
Our injectors come from a variety of educational backgrounds and have decades of combined experience. Having trained directly under expert plastic surgeons, they developed gentle and effective techniques. Understanding that filler injections bridge art and science together, they use their medical knowledge and artistic flair to cater each hand filler procedure to the individual patient.
To schedule a consultation, call us at 425-576-1700. You can also connect with us online via our Price Simulator®, chat, and contact forms.
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