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Injectable Comparison Chart

There are a wide variety of dermal fillers in use today. Each has its own benefits and purpose. Below is a chart for general reference purposes. The best thing to do if you are considering injectables/dermal fillers is to consult with a physician knowledge about there use who can advise you on what may be best in your particular case.

  What it Treats Substance Length of Effectivenes Area it Treats
Artefill® Facial creases and lines 20% PMMA microspheres,80% purified bovine collagen (0.3% lidocaine)

Permenant Forehead, mouth, eyes, nasolabial folds
Botox® Dynamic Facial Wrinkles, Hyperhidrosis Purified Botulinum Toxin 4 to 6 months for wrinkles, up to 1 year for hyperhidrosis

Forehead Lines, Crow's Feet, Eyebrows, Hyperhidrosis
Collagen
Injection / Zyderm® & Zyplast®


Superficial lines (Zyderm) to deeper wrinkles (Zyplast)

Bovine Collagen 2 to 3 months Around Face
CosmoDerm® & CosmoPlast® Fine lines, wrinkles, and scars

Purified Human Collagen 2 to 3 months Throughout face on lines and wrinkles
Fat Fillers Volume loss, fines lines and depressions Patient's own fat is used (removed from buttocks, abdomen, thighs)

3 months to 1 year Upper and lower face
Radiesse® Deeper Wrinkles, some Acne Scarring Calcium Hydroxylapatatite (CaHA) Particles Suspended in a Hyaluronic Acid Gel

Approx. 1 year Throughout the facial area
Restylane® Lines in lower face, under eyes, increase lip size Hyaluronic Acid Lips: 3 to 6 months, Other: 6 to 9 months Lips, underneath the eyes, lines such as frown lines and creases

Juvederm® Moderate to Deep wrinkling Hyaluronic Acid 4 to 9 months Lips, Mouth Wrinkles, Facial lines

Sculptra® Volume loss in the face. Depressed cheeks.

Poly-L-Lactic Acid Up to 2 years Cheeks, Hollow Eyes, Facial Indents
PerlaneTM Facial wrinkles, lips, lines and creases on the face (often in conjunction with Restylane)

Hyaluronic Acid 3 to 6 months Lips, fines lines around mouth and eyes, face

 
 
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Last Modified: June 26, 2008

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