Cosmetic Surgery & Beauty #72
Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty is the definitive consumer guide to aesthetic enhancement in Australia. Written by medical journalists and industry experts CSBM covers everything you need to know and with hundreds of untouched before and after photos it is the authoritative information source.
Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty is the definitive consumer guide to aesthetic enhancement in Australia. Written by medical journalists and industry experts CSBM covers everything you need to know and with hundreds of untouched before and after photos it is the authoritative information source.
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feature<br />
Building &<br />
contouring<br />
Deep volume fillers can restore facial contours or<br />
add volume where it is needed. These fillers have<br />
a distinct volume-enhancing effect, and are used<br />
to treat folds and facial depressions, as well as<br />
filling deep contours and hollows.<br />
‘There are certain fillers specifically designed<br />
for volumisation and to increase facial contour<br />
and projection,’ Dr Liew explains. ‘These fillers<br />
are firmer and are essentially placed on the<br />
surface of the bone. They are used on the nose,<br />
cheek and chin.’<br />
Commonly, these fillers act more like facial<br />
implants and, once injected, integrate fully<br />
with the facial tissue. Because of their high<br />
viscosity, deep dermal fillers do not migrate from<br />
the injection site and results can last from 12 to<br />
18 months.<br />
Recent statistics<br />
highlight how<br />
anti-wrinkle<br />
injections have<br />
become a very<br />
familiar and<br />
“normal” antiageing<br />
treatment<br />
all about<br />
anti-wrinkle<br />
injections<br />
Commonly known under the brand names Botox,<br />
Dysport and more recently Xeomin, botulinum toxin has<br />
become one of the biggest players in the field of cosmetic<br />
enhancement.<br />
The treatment offers patients an effective non-surgical<br />
alternative for reducing lines such as frown lines and<br />
wrinkles to rejuvenate the appearance of the face and help<br />
reverse a prematurely aged appearance.<br />
What is it?<br />
Botulinum toxin is a protein produced by the bacterium<br />
Clostridium botulinum. In cosmetic procedures, botulinum<br />
toxin works by blocking nerve stimulation to wrinkle-causing<br />
muscles, which prevents the muscle from contracting and<br />
significantly reduces wrinkles and fine lines.<br />
As a muscle relaxant, it is commonly used to treat<br />
crow’s feet around the eyes, the frown lines between the<br />
eyebrows (glabellar lines) and the worry lines across the<br />
forehead. In addition, it can be used to produce the effect<br />
of a brow lift by relaxing the muscles that drag down the<br />
brow and even in the masseter muscle to create a slimmer<br />
looking jawline.<br />
Botulinum toxin is used by thousands of women<br />
and an increasing number of men to help rejuvenate the<br />
appearance of the face, most often to reduce a tried or<br />
over-worked expression when the face is static.<br />
According to the most recent statistics by the American<br />
Society for Plastic <strong>Surgery</strong> (ASAPS) botulinum toxin<br />
injections ranked number one in the top five minimally<br />
invasive procedures performed in the US in 2015.<br />
Although Australia doesn’t currently have definitive<br />
data about cosmetic surgery trends, we seem to<br />
follow American statistics to provide an insight into<br />
emerging and changing trends. These statistics highlight<br />
that this age-defying, wrinkle-busting powerhouse<br />
has become a very familiar, accessible and ‘normal’ antiageing<br />
treatment.<br />
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