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Efficacy and safety (tolerability) of hydrophilic gel in facial plastic surgery
Abstract
Background Plastic surgery currently shows a tendency to use minimally-invasive injection procedures with application of highly safe and long-lasting dermal fillers.
Study objective In this study the authors aimed to prove the safety and efficacy of the hydrophilic gel Aquafilling® through the long-term post-treatment monitoring of patients who had received facial soft tissue contouring and volume correction procedures.
Study design This retrospective multi-centre reference-controlled study included 367 patients, who underwent facial procedures with the application of an hydrophilic gel.
Results All 367 patients underwent 432 treatment procedures in total.
Conclusions Hydrophilic gel is a highly safe and effective tissue filler. The gel proved its long-lasting efficacy.
M
any surgeons will eventually confront with the problem of unsatisfactory
surgical results, and undesired effects or complications after conventional soft tissue augmentation using the silicone or other implants. Until recently, surgeons did not have a substance with which to perform minimally-invasive surgery that resulted in effects, such as long-term results, safety and high tolerability. Over the last 20 years, new
products and modern technologies have made the augmentation of soft tissue a standard clinical method for the correction of facial age-related changes and soft tissue defects.
The use of filling substances for wrinkle correction, as well as revolumisation, is especially suited
for those who would prefer non-surgical methods of facial wrinkle correction. Plastic surgery science searches for the best way in which to make soft tissue (breast, buttocks, lower leg deformities, congenital or acquired atrophy zones) revolumisation less traumatic, safer and with a shorter downtime. By using minimally-invasive procedures, surgeons can achieve the highest possible result with the smallest trauma. In order to achieve this goal, a new dermal filler is available. In this research study, the authors assessed the safety and efficacy levels for the hydrophilic gel Aquafilling® in facial plastic surgery.
Materials and methods This was a retrospective, multi-centre, reference-controlled study that included 367 patients, who underwent facial procedures
ARTUR ZLENKO, MD, 'Medicap' Medical Centre, Luhansk, Ukraine; SERGIY USOV, MD, ISAPS member, IPRAS member, Luhansk State Medical University, Luhansk, Ukraine; IRYNA VASYLENKO, Product Manager, Biomatrix, Ltd., Czech Republic.
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www.aquafilling.com
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prime-journal.com Lip enlargement (A) before and (B) after treatment with Aquafilling
using an application of hydrophilic gel. This clinical retrospective study was based on the outcomes gathered from a number of institutions that carried out dermal filler injections, including with the Aquafilling gel. As this was a retrospective study of clinical cases, the selection of patients was conducted in no particular order. Every patient who consulted a doctor was examined in compliance with the clinical requirements and admitted to the clinic after signing a Patient Informed Consent Form. The changes to patients' clinical
for statistical analysis included 432 surgical procedures performed on 367 patients over the 2006– 2011 period.
Subjects and treatment There were 367 patients aged 18 years and older; men = 1.1%, women = 98.9%1
. All patients were
divided into four groups according to Fitzpatrick skin type: ■ Skin type I was observed in 9.5% of cases
■ Skin type II = 31.7% ■ Skin type III = 52.1 % ■ Skin type IV = 6.7%.
"By using minimally-invasive procedures, surgeons can achieve the highest possible
result with the smallest trauma.
features were estimated and supported with photographs, patient diaries, questionnaires, and medical screening. The data
140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
127 82 61 47 42 18
Nasolabial folds
Periorbital folds
Perioral wrinkles
Glabella wrinkles
enlargement and form correction
Lip contouring
Cheek- bone
17 corners
'Bitter' folds in lip
16
Frontal wrinkles
13 contouring Cheek 3 33 haemiatrophy
Correction during facial
depressive scars
Figure 1 Facial areas treated with the hydrophilic gel (number of procedures)
Correction of
Correction of the nose
All patients treated gave
permission for the use of their photos to show the outcomes in reports and publications.
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