CHOOSE YOUR TREATMENT Body Fillers
For those of us looking to create curves, body fillers do exactly what it says on the tin – they’re fillers for your
body.Most commonly used for breast and buttock augmentation, they can also be used in hips and calves.
Who does it? Who is suitable?
● Plastic Surgeon ● Breast Surgeon ● Cosmetic Doctor
If you’ve been thinking about a boob job, but don’t fancy full-on surgery, or just want to go up one or two cup sizes, body fillers could be the answer.
They also provide a really great non-surgical solution for buttock augmentation - buttock implants can be a nightmare to recover from, while injectable treatments represent very little downtime.
Body fillers are also particularly good curve creators for those of you who aren’t candidates for fat transfer, because you don’t have enough fat elsewhere.
What’s the treatment like?
Although this is a non-surgical treatment, you should make sure that it is carried out in sterile conditions, as any complications which do arise from body fillers tend to be associated with infections at the site of injection, rather than an issue with the filler itself.
A local anaesthetic will be administered first to ensure that treatment is as comfortable as possible, then a very small incision is made and the product is injected behind the
tissue.The whole process usually takes about 30 to 40 minutes and a short dose of antibiotics may be prescribed to minimise the chances of infection.
There are two major players in the UK body filler market
at the moment: Macrolane and Aquamid (see box). Macrolane is a hyaluronic acid based filler from the makers of Restylane. It represents a temporary solution and will need to be re-injected after nine to 12 months.
However, if you are looking to increase your bust by more than a cup size or two, body fillers won’t be the right option for you, and Aquamid cannot be used in the breasts at the moment, although some surgeons say it’s only a matter of time.
What happens afterwards?
There may well be some swelling or bruising, so although it is often advertised as a ‘lunchtime’ treatment, don’t go straight to the gym to show off your pert new bum!
Any swelling or bruising should have calmed down within a week and you should be able to hit the treadmill again after a fortnight. Before then, you may feel a little tender in the treated area.
Will I have a scar?
Nope.As with most non-surgical treatments, any tell-tale signs disappear within a couple of weeks.
Cost From £1,500 to £5,000
The cost will depend very much on the area you want to have injected and which product you go
for.As a rule of thumb, the larger the treatment area, the more you will pay, and Aquamid tends to be more expensive than Macrolane – although you do only need to pay once.
Plastic surgeon Mr Chris Inglefield on body contouring with Aquamid
Aquamid is made of 97.5 per cent water and 2.5 per cent polyacrylamide and is one of very few long-acting products available for facial volumising in the UK.
It also comes in a more viscous form,Aquamid Reconstruction, which is designed for use in areas which need a greater volume of product so offers a safe, long-term solution for body contouring.
Unlike most fillers, it doesn’t break down over time, but actually bio-integrates with your tissue, meaning that, to all intents and purposes, it becomes a part of your own body.
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Aquamid integrates well with tissue, it feels natural and it lasts a long time. It has a 90 per cent patient satisfaction rate five years after the initial injection, which is very impressive. Breast implants have a five year satisfaction rate of probably 86 per cent, so an injectable product that has 90 per cent satisfaction at five years is pretty good.
www.lbps.co.uk Body filler is an off-label use for Aquamid. For more information on Aquamid in facial contouring
and volumisation,
visitwww.aquamid.co.uk or call Contura UK on 020 7887 1972
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