Hi everybody! Today I want to talk about cheek fillers. Cheek fillers are a really,
really popular treatment amongst a variety of ages and they're also really popular with both men and
women. They're one of our favourite treatments in the clinic because that there's a lot you could
do with cheek fillers and in the right hands, a lot can go really long way. First of all,
what are cheek fillers? Well, these are dermal fillers, so in our case Juvederm hyaluronic
acid dermal fillers and we use them to add volume to the cheeks, lift the mid and lower face by
doing that, we use them to define the cheek area so we augment the cheek bone, we
use them to shape the cheek bones, we use them to sculpt the appearance of the face, we can add
curvature, we can add depth, so it's a really really exciting treatment and it really allows
you to do quite a lot without a lot of filler. With Juvederm, the reason we use it is it's
a hyaluronic acid filler so it's temporary and it is safe, it's been around for many many years, it's
quite a famous brand, it's the same company that make Botox and with Juvederm fillers what we
do is we use a thicker one for the cheek area and we inject quite deep, just above the bone. That's a
nice and safe area, it reduces the risk of bleeding or bruising and it also gives a
really natural lift that goes with your face, if you inject it in the right area, without
looking puffy or overdone, which is sometimes what happens when people inject too superficially or
in the wrong place. With these fillers, what we tend to do in clinic is we just come up
with a really personalized plan for every single person that would like them and we come up with
that plan based on talking with you, examining you, what your main concerns are, what you
would like to achieve from the treatment and what we think can be done with the treatment based on
our experience. And then what happens during the treatment is the area that we want to inject in is numbed
and where we inject depends on where we want to improve, what we want to do.
Our doctors use either a needle to inject or a little microcannula, which is a little tube, or a combination
of both, depending the appearance we want, depending on what we want to do.
This is one of the really important points to say about any filer treatment or any aesthetic
treatment; very person's treatment is likely to differ and that's a good thing, so
if you go to someone who knows what they're doing, who cares, your treatment will differ from someone
else's probably, because your face is different to someone else's. With people who do
the same approach for everybody, then you don't tend to get a very natural-looking result
because it's not customized or tailored to your face. So that's one thing that's important
to bear with cheap fillers. So, what are the results that you can get from cheek fillers?
Well, if you're curious and interested, you can go to our website and I've put the
page below and you can have a look at some of the before and afters, but there are a range of
things that you can do. So, in people where the problem is aging and volume loss, you actually
can redefine the face, give it a little bit more volume in the middle so it looks a little bit
more youthful, but also that tends to lift up the appearance of the face and it lifts up
even the jawline upwards, it makes everything look a little bit more lifted. If
the concern is having a flat or sunken face and not having much definition, then we can
really augment that area so that it looks like you have a more defined cheek line, so that
your cheeks have more depth, there's more definition in that area. There's a lot we can do
and it just depends on what the initial concern is and what the aims are and
that's why it's important to have a detailed consultation. How long do the treatment lasts
is a question I get asked all the time and the short answer is, although they're temporary, it varies from
person to person. We normally tell people generally around six months, some people a tiny bit less than
that, other people a little bit more than that, for the type of Juvederm fillers we use.
We tell people, if it lasts a bit longer that's great and when people ask us when should
I have a top-up, we always respond you'll kind of know. I don't like people topping up just
because it seems like it's the time to do so, because actually the treatment may
continue to work for a little bit longer. So I tell people, the minute you notice, that's when you kind
of book a consultation with us and then we can have a look and see if it's the time to
repeat the treatment. In terms of the treatment itself, it's pretty low maintenance. After you
have the injection, we apply a protective balm but you can see most of the results straight
away. Occasionally some people may have a little bit of bruising and we give you advice on that.
If you have a bit of bruising, to ice the area so that it settles down. Swelling-wise, some people do
experience some swelling with fillers, it's not huge with cheek fillers, just because of the depth of
the injection but that's something to think about. So if you're someone who's prone to swelling or if
you have a super important event the next day, we'd advise you to have the treatment when you
don't have something like that, just in case you're one of the people that might have a bit of
swelling. If you do have swelling, you it does settle down after a few days and that's one of
the reasons we're very keen to offer a follow-up, because we think it's a good
way to monitor it if there is any swelling, and help give you advice to reduce it. What
I advise most people is you see the result pretty much straight away, but we tell people to wait for
a few weeks till the filler completely settles, so it may be that it looks a little bit less after
it settles down than what you immediately see. The vast majority of people, the result
that they see is pretty much close to what they end up with straight away. So it's quite a lovely
treatment. With fitness sometimes I get asked how many mil of filler? Well, that
depends on what type of correction is needed. As I said, in our clinic we're very keen
to do as little as possible to get the maximal results, so we always say to everyone, we start with
1 ml of filler. It's rare that someone, if you're just looking for a bit of definition, to need more
than that. If you're looking for volume loss and definition, then 2 ml
of filler is probably what you're looking at, but actually there's no need to rush and have all of
that together, you can always have 1 ml and then come back at your follow-up and then have
the second treatment there and then. This is just to make sure that you always get
the most for the least treatment with the least product, because we think that's a good way
of looking at these products and it's a good way of ensuring you get a really natural result.
Finally, there's nothing in terms of instructions at home and we always give everyone a
list of things to expect, what things to contact us about if there's a problem and we really hope that
that's generally what most people do in other places, because I think it's quite important to
give people advice. That's the main thing with cheek fillers, so what
I'd say, if you're interested in cheek fillers, do have a look at our page links below and our
post on the guide to cheek augmentation and general information.
Do your homework really well and for any of these treatments, go somewhere where you
have a rapport with the doctor treating you, you feel that you'll have a treatment that's designed
around you and also that you'll get follow-up if you need or if there's a problem or anything like
that. If you have any question, leave a comment below and if you would like me to
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