Restylane - Another Wrinkle Remover?

Restylane has been touted as another major breakthrough in face lift.

To be effective facial line filler, a cosmetic product must meet the following criteria demanded by the general public:

• It has to be safe.
• It has to be lasting.
• It has to be the least invasive.

Restylane comes close to being the ideal wrinkle eraser to date.

What is Restylane?

Restylane is a clear gel injected into your skin to soften your facial contours, and to remove lines and wrinkles on your face.

Restylane comes from a product that is as biocompatible and biodegradable as the natural hyaluronic acid (HA), which is naturally found in your body. Hyaluronic acid, present mainly in your skin, is a substance that gives your body its structure and volume by attracting and holding on to the water in your skin. Therefore, it is most ideal for line or wrinkle filler. Your body’s hyaluronic acid declines as you age; by age 50, your skin may have lost more than half of its hyaluronic acid.

Restylane has several advantages over other similar products to remove wrinkles.

• Because hyaluronic acid is naturally found in your body, Restylane eliminates any rejection risk by your own body. As a matter of fact, a skin test before initial application of Restylane is not even required.

• Restylane, unlike Botox, does not paralyze your facial muscles. For this reason, Restylane can be injected anywhere on your face, while Botox is effective only on wrinkles on your forehead or around your eyes, but ineffective on facial lines around your mouth.

• Compared to collagen, which is an injection of body fat to fill out wrinkles on your face, Restylane lasts much longer (up to a year) than collagen (usually up to 3 to 4 months) does. Although Restylane costs 40 to 50 percent more than collagen does, it is in fact more cost effective due to its lasting effects.

Nowadays, many physicians use Restylane to smooth out wrinkles, and Botox to prevent wrinkles from re-forming.

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Stephen Lau