The look of your skin depends, amongst other things, on the substance hyaluronic acid, which gives your skin its volume. Ageing, diseases and injuries are some of the factors that weaken the amount and quality of hyaluronic acid. Until now, it has not been possible to use hyaluronic acid in the skin without using a product of animal origin. Now Q-Med Aesthetics are available for treatment of lips, wrinkles and folds. All products are non-animal based.

How does it work?

All products are based on a hyaluronic acid gel that is injected into he skin in order to lift up wrinkles or add volume to the lips.

What is hyaluronic acid?

Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance that is found throughout the body. It gives, for example, volume to the skin, lubricates the joints and gives the eye its shape.

How were Q-Med Aesthetics' Products developed?

In 1994, after more than 20 years of research, the company Q-Med in Sweden managed to develop a way of using a non-animal hyaluronic acid to replace lost skin tissue. Before this, collagen made from cow skin and hyaluronic acid or hylaform, originally derived from rooster combs had been used.

What kind of wrinkles can be treated?

Common areas are the glabellar lines (between the eyebrows), the nasolabial folds (from the wing of the nose to the angle of the mouth) and the wrinkles around the lips and around the eyes, but other sites can also be treated.

What results can be obtained from lip treatment?

The vermilion border can be accentuated and the lip can be given more volume.

What is the treatment like?

The treatment is a very easy and quick process. Since no pre-test is required, the treatment can be carried out immediately and takes between 15 and 30 minutes. The result is instant.

Is it painful?

This is very individual depending on how sensitive to pain you are. The injections may prick a little but normally no anesthesia is needed for the treatment of wrinkles. Lip treatment can be quite uncomfortable and therefore a freezing such as Lidocaine (dental freezing) may be injected prior to the treatment.

How long does the effect last?

Since Restylane and Perlane are made of a substance very similar to your own skin, the same ongoing process (such as aging) that change the structure of your skin will also alter the implant. Eventually the implant totally disappears from the body. How long the effect of the treatment lasts is very individual. It depends on many factors, such as the structure of the skin, lifestyle and ages as well as on the degree of perfection demanded by the individual. Most patients choose to have touchup treatments done within 6-12 months of the original treatment. For lip augmentation, new treatment is normally needed after about 4-8 months. If you choose not to do touch-up treatments, the correction will gradually disappear until your skin looks just as it did before the treatment.

Perlane and Restylane Aesthetic Treatment