Cosmetic Fillers

Young skin is smooth and elastic and contains a large amount of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally hydrating substance that helps the skin look healthy. As we grow older, the ability of the skin to produce hyaluronic acid decreases resulting in the skin becoming drier, thinner and less able to restore itself.

As we age, our skin changes. The amount of collagen and hyaluronic acid (HA) decreases and the elastic fibers become looser and tend to gather in formations, creating wrinkles and folds, like those "parentheses" lines around your mouth.

Cosmetic fillers, also called dermal fillers, help reverse the changes associated with aging by replacing the HA your skin has lost. Cosmetic fillers are injected directly into the skin in small amounts with an ultrafine needle. During your initial treatment consultation, Jonathan C. Lowry, M.D., will discuss treatment options available and develop a personal care plan customized for your desired results.

Botox and dermal fillers are used to correct wrinkles in different ways. Cosmetic fillers are injected into the skin, adding volume to smooth wrinkles, raise scar depressions, enhance lips, and replace soft-tissue volume loss. In contrast, Botox relaxes the muscles that cause fine lines and wrinkles.

Juvéderm®

Juvéderm® is a smooth hyaluronic acid gel - a naturally occurring substance in your skin that helps to add volume, hydrate your skin and smooth away wrinkles and folds. A breakthrough in HA dermal fillers, Juvéderm® is the first smooth-consistency HA gel and the only HA filler that's FDA approved to last up to a year.

Juvéderm® gel is delicately injected under the skin to smooth away facial wrinkles and restore your skin's more natural volume. So, if you would like to get rid of those "smile lines" or "parentheses" near you nose and mouth, now you have an option to restore and enhance your facial beauty. Juvéderm® provides a smooth, natural look and feel—so everyone will notice (but no one will every know)!

Restylane®

Restylane® is made of hyaluronic acid. In the human body, natural hyaluronic acid provides volume and fullness to the skin. The water loving nature of the hyaluronic acid molecules in Restylane® and their three dimensional structure allows them to bind many times their own weight in water. As hyaluronic acid begins to degrade, each molecule binds to more water which helps maintain its volume for about six months.

Overtime, Restylane® is broken down and eliminated by the body. Restylane® has been used in over 1.4 million treatments in the US and is available in more than 70 countries.