As we get older, our faces lose fat and get hollow, which makes our skin sag and makes us look older. This may be especially clear for people who are active and have a lean body mass.

A flattening of the “apple” of the cheek, which is rounder and more prominent on younger faces, is one sign of this change. When there isn’t enough support higher up on the face, it can also cause jowls to form lower down. Some people with these changes in facial shape due to aging may be good candidates for facial surgery, but many may be better off with a less invasive option like facial fillers like Juvederm Voluma.

Patients looking to add volume to their face will start with a consultation with their aesthetic physician. During this time, your physician will look at your face and figure out the best way to help you.

A young face and an old face can both be thought of as triangles, but in the young face, the triangle is upside down and the old face, it is right side up. Aging and/or losing a lot of weight can make facial fat pads smaller. Over time, the skin also gets thinner and starts to sag, making the cheeks look flat and the whole face look heavy on the bottom. A skilled aesthetic phyisican can inject Voluma in the right places to bring back the shape of your face when you were younger.

Why Does Skin Change?

Skin that looks and feels young has a lot of good proteins, sugars, and other healthy substances in it. During a person’s younger years, these are kept in good shape by a cycle of breaking down and rebuilding. As time goes on, this process starts to slow down. Hyaluronic acid, a complex sugar, and collagen, a versatile protein, leave the skin faster than they can be replaced. This causes the skin to lose volume, which causes sagging, flattening, and wrinkles. People also tend to lose the subcutaneous fat in their faces over time, which keeps angles from looking too sharp or too round.

Even though it seems to be a natural and unavoidable process, genetics seems to play a role in how, when, and where the most obvious changes happen. Also, things in the environment that hurt the skin, like exposure to UV rays, smoking, and air pollution, speed up the breakdown of collagen and other proteins. Sooner or later, the body won’t be able to replace what it loses fast enough to keep up with the breakdown.

Juvederm Voluma Explained

This product  was made to restore and lift the shape of the cheeks that normal ageing has taken away. It is designed to shape and contour, so it’s a great choice for people who need more than just a few lines and wrinkles fixed.

Like other Juvederm fillers, Voluma is made of natural hyaluronic acid (HA), which is a major element of your skin. Also, Voluma was made to be smoother than other hyaluronic acid fillers. This makes it easier to inject during treatment and gives the skin a smooth, natural look and feel that lasts for a long time. Many women and men choose Voluma because it lasts up to 24 months or longer, which is much longer than any other filler on the market right now. This makes Voluma a great choice for people who don’t want to have surgery but want a fuller, younger-looking face. Also, if it ever needs to be undone, it can be done quickly and easily.

Your Voluma Treatment

To start your Voluma treatment, your aesthetics professional will first clean the area that will be treated and may put an anesthetic on it to make sure you are as comfortable as possible.

Voluma is used in the same way as other hyaluronic acid fillers, and the formula includes lidocaine, an anesthetic that works right away to reduce pain. Voluma is injected into the areas of the face that need more volume, just like other injectable fillers. Some people may have minor bruising or swelling at the injection site, but this will go away quickly. The treatment takes about 30 minutes, and after that, the patient can go back to their normal activities.

After the procedure, your doctor may massage the areas that were treated to make sure the injected material is spread evenly and the results are even. Before you leave, your injector may put ice on the places where you were treated for at least 10 minutes to help reduce swelling, redness, and bruises.

More Fillers In The Voluma Family And More

Allergan, the company that makes Voluma, also makes the other popular Juvederm fillers such as Ultra and Ultra Plus.

• Ultra is made to give softer results, and it works best for gently adding volume to the lips and smoothing out moderate lines around the mouth. Most results last between nine months and a year.
• Ultra Plus is a thicker gel made for deeper nasolabial folds and other similar lines. It has been shown to last up to a year in correcting these lines.

Aside from Voluma and the other fillers in the Juvederm family, there is also Restylane, which uses hyaluronic acid to treat smile lines, marionette lines, and folds around the mouth. Belotero is used to smooth out fine lines, and Radiesse is a unique filler that uses a water-based gel filled with tiny calcium spheres. This filler works by making a base for new collagen to grow on, which naturally adds volume to the area being treated.

Summary

No patient is expected to know which dermal filler or other treatment will work best for him or her before going to the office. The doctors on the team are used to treating each patient as an individual. They will look at the skin and face to see how they look now, and then they will come up with a plan to help each person reach their cosmetic goals. The recommended treatment may only include one dermal filler, like Voluma, or it may include several different injectables, all of which will work together to make the whole face look younger and fresher. Licensed medical professionals can buy dermal fillers wholesale at Health Supplies Plus.