Neurotoxins & Dermal Fillers
Injectables
Neurotoxins & dermal fillers can help restore the look of youth to your face. Neuromodulators work by freezing muscles that cause deep wrinkles caused by repeated facial expressions and sun damage, whereas fillers are effective in restoring the volume that age has depleted.
There are a variety of augmentative fillers and neuromodulators available today, which can be discussed during a consultation. All injections at Farkas Plastic Surgery & Medical Spa are performed by by our board-certified plastic surgeon in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Dr. Jordan P. Farkas.
Dermal Fillers
The goal of augmentative fillers is to raise the wrinkle and/or sunken area to the same surface of the surrounding skin by filling it with a replacement material.
What areas of the face are the fillers used?
- Nasolabial folds (smile lines)
- Glabellar lines (forehead frown lines)
- Lip augmentation
- Vertical lip lines
- Marionette lines (mouth corners)
- Facial depressions
- Deep wrinkles
- Facial scarring
- Sunken cheeks
- Indentations
- Hollow eyes
- Nasal defects
What are the fillers made of and how long do they last?
Hyaluronic Acid Fillers are naturally occurring substances in your skin that are broken down by the body over a 6-9 month period. No permanent injectables are used at Farkas Plastic Surgery and if for whatever reason you are unhappy with your results, non-invasive treatment fillers are completely reversible by injecting a hyaluronidase to dissolve the product instantly. You will go over your needs and goals with Dr. Farkas during your consultation and together come up with the best treatment plan tailored to your anatomy and desires.
Neuromodulators
Neuromodulators or neurotoxins are used to soften deep dynamic wrinkles that occur in your skin over time from repetitive muscle contraction. Common areas treated at Farkas Plastic Surgery are the forehead, brow, and crow’s feet (sides of the eyes). The forehead muscle or frontalis is a flat muscle spanning over the entirety of the forehead that is responsible for lifting or elevating the eyebrows. The corrugator and procerus muscle are the muscles located in the eyebrows and between them and are the brow depressors are muscles involved in pulling your brows down towards your eyes. The crow’s feet or squinting muscles is the orbicularis muscle and extends around the entire eye and is responsible for blinking. Only the outer 25% of this muscle is treated as to avoid any issues with the patient’s blink. Sometimes selected muscles of the face around the nose or chin may also be recommended for treatment depending on patient anatomy.
What neuromodulators are available?
The two types of neuromodulators utilized at Farkas Plastic Surgery are BOTOX® Cosmetic and Jeuveau®. Both are excellent products that typically last 12-16 weeks and should have no residual or additive effect. The treatments take up to approximately two weeks to take effect and are the strongest over the period of 6-8 weeks, at which time the body should metabolize the product over the remaining 6-12 weeks until the treatment has completely reversed.
Getting on a routine program can increase the potential for a lasting result and a continued youthful appearance. All injections are performed by Dr. Farkas.
