In the world of noninvasive cosmetic treatments, injectables reign supreme. And while\u00a0Botox\u00a0may be the king of the castle, fillers continue to grow in popularity. According to the\u00a0American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, filler injections increased 78% between 2012 and 2019. (This is compared to only a 60% increase for wrinkle relaxers such as Botox.)\u00a0Dermal fillers\u00a0have a 94% Worth It Rating among RealSelf members, and new types of filler continue to hit the market year after year. Yet not everyone is sold.<\/p>\n
The belief that fillers will \u201cruin\u201d your face is widespread\u2014Googling the term yields no shortage of fear-mongering content. There are scary before-and-afters on social media (not to mention cartoonish filler filters) and entire Reddit threads devoted to the topic. \u201cBefore fillers were popular, people would see someone like Jocelyn Wildenstein and say, \u2018Oh, she had a bad\u00a0facelift.\u2019 They would blame plastic surgery. Now they blame fillers,\u201d says\u00a0Dr. Sarmela Sunder, a board-certified facial plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California. But why? We asked top doctors to weigh in on why fillers can\u2019t seem to shake their bad rap\u2014and why it\u2019s undeserved.<\/p>\n
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The doctors we spoke with call out several contributing factors. Public enemy number one: social media. \u201cIt definitely plays a role in our definition of beauty and aesthetics. People are doing too much because they want to look good in photos. The reality is that you can look great in person, but there are certain lines or folds that will still show up on camera,\u201d explains Dr. Sunder. These are the people who then end up looking overfilled in real life.<\/p>\n
Dr. Sunder also puts some of the blame on some plastic surgeons, who she says may not be as facile with fillers and are threatened by them, so they push a negative agenda. \u201cA lot of it stems from surgeons who aren\u2019t performing filler injections and really aren\u2019t aware of just what fillers can do,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of a turf battle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Heidi Waldorf, a board-certified dermatologist in Nanuet, New York, points out that the fillers themselves are often a scapegoat\u2014 it\u2019s the injector who\u2019s actually to blame. \u201cPatients will often point to a celebrity or mention a friend who had filler and say how unnatural or freaky they look. I stress that it isn\u2019t the paint or the brush but the painter who creates a masterpiece,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n
Dermal fillers have a wide variety of applications, but it\u2019s also important to keep in mind that they\u2019re not the be all, end all. \u201cFillers don\u2019t ruin your face<\/strong>. They just can\u2019t fix everything\u2014and attempting to do so by injecting more and more can look strange,\u201d says Dr. Waldorf.\u00a0 Yes, where the filler is injected is extremely important, but the quantity of filler is what impacts the overall end result most, says Dr. Sunder. You can do a small amount in the wrong place, and it\u2019s not going to be detrimental. But if you put too much filler in one spot or do too much too frequently, not only does the result start to look unnatural, but you also increase the risk for medical ramifications, she explains. (More on that point to come.)<\/p>\n That being said, with many different types of filler available\u2014both in the\u00a0hyaluronic acid and biostimulatory categories\u2014the list of ways they can be used is lengthy, which is part of the appeal for injectors. \u201cFillers have revolutionized the cosmetic industry,\u201d says\u00a0Dr. Raja Mohan, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Irving, Texas. \u201cThey have the versatility to be used not only all over the face but also on certain parts of the body, and they can do everything from re-olumize, to fill in lines, to enhance features such as the jawline or cheeks.\u201d They can also reshape or rebalance facial proportions, and biostimulatory options (Sculptra,\u00a0Radiesse) can even improve skin quality over time, adds Dr. Waldorf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the world of noninvasive cosmetic treatments, injectables reign supreme. And while\u00a0Botox\u00a0may be the king of the castle, fillers continue to grow in popularity. According to the\u00a0American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, filler injections increased 78% between 2012 and 2019. (This is compared to only a 60% increase for wrinkle relaxers such as Botox.)\u00a0Dermal fillers\u00a0have a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[137,135,144,126,130,127,124,125,128,146,145,123,131,129,143,121,138,132,120,134,136,122,133,119,139],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-biofilm-dermal-filler-treatment","tag-cheek-dermal-filler-treatment","tag-dermal-filler-price-in-nigeria","tag-dermal-filler-treatment-areas","tag-dermal-filler-treatment-enugu","tag-dermal-filler-treatment-form-dermal-filler-treatment-cost","tag-dermal-filler-treatment-near-me","tag-dermal-filler-treatment-record","tag-dermal-filler-treatment-to-cheeks","tag-dermal-fillers-in-lagos","tag-dermal-fillers-in-nigeria","tag-dermal-fillers-near-me","tag-dermal-fillers-treatment-in-anambra","tag-dermal-fillers-treatment-in-nigeria","tag-do-fillers-ruin-your-face-dermal-fillers-price-list","tag-do-fillers-ruin-your-face","tag-hyaluronic-acid-dermal-filler-treatment","tag-informed-consent-for-dermal-filler-treatment-what-does-dermal-filler-treatment-involve","tag-juvederm-fillers","tag-side-effects-of-dermal-filler-treatment","tag-tear-trough-dermal-filler-treatment","tag-types-of-dermal-fillers","tag-under-eye-tear-trough-dermal-filler-treatment","tag-what-are-dermal-fillers","tag-what-to-expect-after-dermal-filler-treatment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t