Juvederm is a injectable gel filler used which settles under your skin to instantly smooth out wrinkles. Juvederm is injectioned into the skin for correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds. After getting FDA approval in 2006, the juvederm treatment has been widely used by both men and women for cosmetic purpose like to improve facial look and form more youthful appearance.
How does it work?
Juvederm is dermal filler and the gel is injected into patient’s skin with a syringe. The gel helps to improve the skin’s appearance by lifting and adding volume to facial wrinkles and folds.
After six to nine months, the biocompatible compound becomes naturally reabsorbed into the body.
Where can Juvederm be injected?
With juvederm, area that are often treated are outer edges of the eye area, lines between eyebrows, worry lines, smile lines, nasolabial folds, Lip augmentation and vermillion lines—border of the lip line is outlined.
How much time does juvederm treatment take?
It will take approximately 30 minutes per area to treat and produce a long lasting and natural improvement of the targeted area.
Is it painful?
Juvederm treatments are provided with minimal discomfort or no discomfort. Anesthetic agents or local anesthesia are also used to provide patients maximum comfort.
What are the possible side effects?
Most side effects are mild or moderate in nature with durations short lasting 7 days or less. The most common side effects include, but are not limited to, temporary injection-site reaction such as: redness, pain/tenderness, firmness, swelling, lumps/bumps, bruising, itching and discoloration.
As with all skin injection procedures, there is a small risk of infection.
