Dermal Fillers

• Avoid using aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (such as ibuprofen), St. John’s wort, fish oil supplements or high doses of vitamin E supplements. These agents may increase bruising and bleeding at the injection site.
• Talk with your healthcare professional if you have previously suffered from facial cold sores. They may prescribe a medication to minimize recurrence.

• Use cold compresses to reduce swelling.
• Avoid exposure to intense heat (sun lamp or sunbathing) or cold.
• Reduce the risk of facial cold sore recurrence that could be caused by needle punctures. Talk with your healthcare professional about medications that may minimize the likelihood of an outbreak.
• Avoid taking aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (such as ibuprofen), St. John’s wort or high doses of vitamin E supplements. These agents may increase bruising and bleeding at the injection site.
• If you’ve received a treatment in the back of your hands, avoid heavy or strenuous use of your hands immediately following treatment.
• After treatment, you might have some swelling, redness, pain, bruising, headache, tenderness, lump formation, itching at the injection site and impaired hand function. These are typically mild in severity and normally last less than 7 days in nasolabial folds and less than 14–18 days in lips. Swelling may be more likely in patients under 36 years, and bruising may be more likely in patients over 35 years.
• Remember to ask about follow-up appointments.

Juvéderm and Restylane are two types of dermal fillers; they both contain hyaluronic acid, a substance that has plumping effects for the tissue. Juvéderm injections are made with lidocaine, which helps decrease pain during the injections without the need for a separate topical anesthetic. All dermal fillers offered at GLOW 365 contain Lidocaine.

Juvéderm and Restylane have similar long-term results and both offer immediate results. Juvéderm may last longer with the use of Juvederm Voluma.

Juvéderm tends to work particularly well for eye bags and it can also be used to plump up the lips and smooth surrounding wrinkles. While Restylane is used to treat the same areas of the face as Juvéderm, it tends to work particularly well for the lips as well as the folds around the nose and cheeks. Your provider might recommend one filler over another based on your needs and the area being treated.

After your treatment, you may experience side effects, such as swelling, redness, pain, bruising, headache, tenderness, lump formation, itching at the injection site and impaired hand function. These are typically mild in severity and normally last less than 7 days in nasolabial folds and less than 14-18 days in lips. Swelling may be more likely in patients under 36 years, and bruising may be more likely in patients over 35 years.

Vascular occlusion is a rare but potentially detrimental complication of hyaluronic acid filler injections. It results from accidental injection of filler into an artery, or compression of the artery from surrounding filler. Vascular occlusion can rapidly progress to tissue necrosis if not identified and treated quickly. Medication is kept available on location to dissolve dermal fillers if this should occur.

The Restylane family of products should not be used by people who:

• Are pregnant, breastfeeding, or under 22 years of age
• Have recently used drugs that thin the blood or prevent clotting
• Have had previous bad allergies, particularly to microorganisms known as gram-positive bacteria
• Have serious allergies to drugs that have previously required in-hospital treatment
• Have bleeding disorders
• Have a known allergy to lidocaine, if using Restylane Silk, Restylane Lyft, Restylane, Restylane Refyne or Restylane Defyne or any Juvederm products.

The Juvederm family of products should not be used by people who:

• Have a history of severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis),
• Are allergic to lidocaine or the proteins (Gram-positive bacterial proteins) used to make hyaluronic acid (HA) in injectable gel fillers