Drawing upon the latest breakthroughs in skin science, cosmoderm and cosmoplastt contain human collagen grown under controlled laboratory conditions.
This natural human collagen is similar to the collagen normally found in the skin, so there's no need for a pre-treatment skin test. Which means cosmoderm and cosmoplast offer patients the convenience of collagen replacement therapy in just one visit.
Collagen is a natural supporting structure in the skin. Wrinkles occur when natural collagen begins to thin and deplete. Many environmental factors can play a part in this process, but simple aging may be the most common factor behind collagen depletion. If lacking enough collagen, lines and wrinkles form wherever the skin moves.
Collagen is the natural protein building blocks of the body. All of the body's organs and tissues are made with collagen fibers. It gives the body its strength and structure.
Collagen was the first of the injectable fillers for facial lines and folds and was first introduced to the public in the late 1980's. The injectable version is bovine derived and puffs out lines and lips from the inside by acting as structural filler to the skin.
Collagen Replacement Therapy replenishes the skin's collagen layer, which results in smoothing of lines and wrinkles. This therapy also can add definition and correction to lip borders and wrinkles, and can improve the appearance of scars. The results are immediate, last several months, and you can apply your make up and go about your business immediately.
Collagen can be injected into almost any location on the face where wrinkles occur. Most commonly, it is used to fill the nasolabial folds, smile lines, laugh lines and lines of the forehead. It has also been very popular for lip augmentation.
The procedure will help plump up creased, furrowed, or sunken facial skin and add fullness to lips and backs of hands. Works best on thin, dry, light-colored skin.
Since collagen is a protein, there is a small risk of an allergic reaction. Therefore, a skin test is required for all patients who are considering collagen injections. This will help to screen out those who are amongst the 3% of the population that are allergic to collagen.
Surgeons recommends that each patient undergo 2 skin tests over a 6-week period. It usually only takes about 15 minutes for a collagen treatment and the benefits typically last for 2 to 4 months.
Side effects to this procedure may include temporary stinging, throbbing, or burning sensation. Faint redness, swelling, excess fullness.
Risks may include allergic reactions including rash, hives, swelling, or flu-like symptoms. Possible triggering of connective-tissue or autoimmune diseases. Contour irregularities and/or infection.
Author Resource:-
Dave Stringham, the President of LookingYourBest.com writes about plastic surgery in San Diego, California and plastic surgery procedures like san diego collagen, lip augmentation, tummy tuck, breast augmentation, face lift, liposuction, and nose job.
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