As we age, our skin breaks down, loses its strength, becomes thin, dry, crinkled and non elastic. Such skin is often found in aging around the mid and lower face, skin on the abdomen around the belly button, the neck area, back of the upper arms, inner thighs and just above the knees and buttocks. Building collagen in aging skin can be done by injecting filler in a hyper diluted form using a specific filler known as Radiesse into the skin. Radiesse is a unique filler as it has CaHA (calcium hydroxyapatite).
When injecting diluted Radiesse Filler superficially under aging skin in a scaffold-like pattern, these injected lines provide a stronger structural support system for the skin. More importantly, this diluted filler acts as a biostimulator. This means that the filler stimulates the body’s own biomolecular mechanisms to create and lay down new collagen, elastin and create new capillaries for the purpose of rejuvenating skin and underlying tissue. It stimulates long term skin tightening and progressive natural dermal thickening. The tone, elasticity and pliability of skin is markedly improved resulting in a reduction of fine lines, crepiness, and skin laxity.
The skin rejuvenating effects from this treatment are pronounced and visible, with collagen and elastin production starting as early as 4 weeks after injection with best results in 6 months.