Dermal Fillers in Melbourne

Would you like to add volume to sagging skin? Or perhaps you want to make your facial features more symmetrical?

Maybe you’ve got wrinkles and creases on your face that need smoothing. Or your lips and cheeks that could do with plumping up?

Either way, dermal fillers are a great option.

At Essence Healthcare, we specialise in providing patients with non-surgical, injectable treatments that can give you a more youthful appearance.

Performed by an experienced cosmetic doctor, they make an excellent alternative to other facial treatments because they produce natural looking results.

What Are Dermal Fillers and How Do They Work?

Dermal fillers are nonsurgical cosmetic injections under your skin that restore facial volume by smoothing fine lines and eliminating wrinkles.

This quick, elective treatment usually takes less than an hour to complete, and many people choose to get it done to help them look younger.

What makes dermal filler injections such a popular option is that results manifest quickly, with minimal recovery time, and can often last for years, depending on the location and type of filler used.

Several types of injectable fillers are available, and while, like with all cosmetic treatments, there are some risks associated with the procedure, the changes they bring to facial features can provide a significant boost of confidence.

Common Treatment Areas for Dermal Fillers

Dermal filler skin treatments can be used to treat several areas around the face. Typically, they include the following:

• Plumping lips
• Restoring volume to cheeks that have lost fullness due to weight loss, the aging process or genetics
• Smooth worry links and wrinkles from forehead
• Increase fullness of the chin
• Treat crow’s feet around the eyes
• Reduce the appearance of hollows and dark circles under the eyes
• Restore volume to the jowls
• Correct acne scars on the cheeks
• Treat marionette lines, nasolabial folds, and smoker’s lines around the mouth
• Reinstate volume to the temples

Benefits of Dermal Fillers

Dermal fillers are a minimally invasive cosmetic procedure that can improve the appearance of skin around the face in several ways.

Specifically, these types of injectable treatments can enhance your natural beauty by reducing facial volume loss and the appearance of smile lines. It can also smooth wrinkles and tear troughs, stimulate collagen production, improve the unsightliness of scars and add volume lips.

Many people find dermal filler costs to be reasonable and enjoy quick results. As the procedure is non-surgical and performed under local anaesthesia, it is also seen as a good alternative to plastic surgery.

Essence healthcare is not your average cosmetic injecting clinic. We are an excellence cosmetic center and only count with expert injectors that have been through expert training with Dr Lucas de Siqueira and have been in the industry for long time. As a consequence, all our injectors have an expert understanding of facial aesthetics and anatomy and are able to achieve optimal results.

Types of Dermal Fillers We Use

At Essence Healthcare, we have access to a range of dermal fillers. However, here are the main ones we use.

Hyaluronic Acid Fillers (HA)

Hyaluronic Acid fillers have rapidly become the most common fillers since it started being used in cosmetics due to its safety profile, reversibility, lower chance of complications and allergic reactions, amazing results and ease of administration.

It consists of a soft gel like substance that draws water to itself and promote volumetric enhancement and contouring to the desired areas. This is a natural, linear polysaccharide found in connective tissue, synovial fluid and other tissues in all organisms.

Being a naturally occurring substance in our tissues mean no antigenic specificity, which in consequence means low potential for allergic or immunogenic reactions. Therefore, no allergy testing is required before use and chances of allergic reactions are extremely low!

HA is highly hydrophilic, meaning it retains water. 1g of HA can bind up to 6 L of water!

Functions include space filling, lubrication and shock absorption and in the skin, HA attracts water to create volume and provide structural support.

Which areas can be treated?

The most common treatment areas/concerns these types of dermal fillers address are:

• Lips
• Cheeks
• Chin
• Tear Throughs
• Nose
• Brows
• Nasolabial folds
• Marionette lines
• Downward turned mouth corners
• Temples
• Jaws

Bio-Stimulating Dermal Fillers

Another option for dermal fillers that are not HA are what we call bio stimulating fillers. There are 2 main types:

• Calcium Hydroxyapatite fillers
  • Poly-L-Lactic acid fillers

These consist of substances that work by inducing the body to produce it’s own natural collagen and tissue growth. For the body to produce collagen it takes time, usually at least 3-4 weeks. So results are not immediate like HA fillers, and often we need to do 2-3 treatment sessions about 4 weeks apart for optimal results.

At the same time due to being a natural collagen production, results are often much more natural.

What are the differences between HA Fillers and Bio-Stimulating Fillers?

HA filers use hyaluronic acid, which is a naturally occurring substance in the skin to bind water to it. By contrast, bio-stimulating fillers inject a substance that triggers the body’s natural collagen production.

While they do not directly stimulate collagen or fibrin production, HA fillers provide immediate results for treating fine lines and wrinkles.

Bio-stimulating fillers provide longer-lasting results and are considered better for treating larger areas of the face.

How to Prepare for Dermal Filler Treatment

If you are scheduled in for cosmetic injections, the best way to prepare for it is to avoid alcohol and nicotine at least 24 hours before your treatment as they can increase bruising and the degree to which dermal fillers hurt.

Additionally, you should also refrain from using harsh skincare products like retinoids, and make sure to cleanse your face thoroughly before your appointment.

To reduce bruising and swelling, it is also important to not take medications or supplements that have blood-thinning properties like aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), other NSAIDs, fish oil (Omega-3 supplements), Vitamin E, Ginkgo biloba, and St. John’s Wort.

Aftercare Instructions for Dermal Fillers

Once you have had the filler injections procedure performed by our cosmetic doctor, it is important to follow these aftercare instructions.

First 24 hours

In the first 24 hours after the procedure you should keep the treated area clean and refrain from touching it, as doing so can increase the risk of infection or the filler spreading to another muscle.

If you need to put on make up you should only use a quality mineral type and apply it with a clean brush. You should also avoid heavy exercise, intimate relations, and saunas that may cause sweating.

You should also drink plenty of water, avoid alcohol and not use active skin care products.

3 days after the appointment

You are recommended not to do any strenuous exercise or have any face down massages.

Additionally, you should avoid medications like ibuprofen and aspirin, and not spend too long in the sun.

2 weeks after the appointment

Do not have face down massages for at least seven days and refrain from using peels, facials, waxing, or laser hair removal in the treated area.

You should also not have any other facial or aesthetic treatments to the area where the dermal fillers were injected and apply SPF 30+ sunscreen every time you go out in the sun.

Cost of Dermal Filler Treatments in Melbourne

The cost of your filler treatment will depend on several factors, including what type and amount of dermal fillers are used, the area that is being treated, and if a local anaesthetic is used.

Our team will provide you with a fully itemised and transparent quote for the procedure prior to it taking place.

Why Choose Essence Healthcare?

At Essence Healthcare we provide optimised individual comprehensive facial assessment rather than the usual in and out injectable clinics. We pride ourselves for being and excellence cosmetic clinic which only counts with expert cosmetic injectors that have been in the industry for long time and are well recognised as industry leaders lead by Dr Lucas de Siqueira, a nationally and internationally recognised cosmetic trainer. At Essence you will have time to talk about the procedures, discuss best options available, and count with a variety of services that combined will give you the best possible outcomes.

Because we count with expert injectors, we are one of the few clinics in Melbourne that provide dermal filler application in advanced/complex area, such as noses and forehead. Dr Lucas is an advanced filler trainer and one of the only practitioners that have the knowledge and  expertise to provide training for such areas.

Dermal filler treatment can go especially wrong and cause very unnatural results when performed by professionals that are not properly qualified and trained. At Essence Healthcare we pride ourselves for providing natural results and bringing out the best version of yourself, without giving you the overfilled look.

Further to that, on rare occasions patients may have serious complications such as lack of blood supply to a certain area causing necrosis, blindness and other permanent injuries. So it is particularly important to choose your injector wisely.