Individual wrinkle treatment: Botox®, Filler & more

Substantial individual diagnostics and a detailed consultation discussing suitable skin care, analyzing the type of wrinkles as well as the different treatment options and – many a times – a computer-aided simulation of possible treatment results is the first step towards a successful wrinkle treatment.

The following types of wrinkles are differentiated (distinguished) in dermatology and plastic surgery:

• Dynamic wrinkles (mimic wrinkles) such as Crow's feet
• Static wrinkles, such as fine lines around the mouth, lips
• Gravitational wrinkles
• Deep grooves and creases, such as pronounced naso-labial wrinkles
• Changes of skin's micro-topography

Botulinum toxin is the therapy of choice for many dynamic wrinkles. Single pronounced wrinkles can be additionally treated with facial fillers in order to improve the overall appearance.

Plastic-surgical interventions such as the traditional facelift are the gold standard in order to improve pronounced gravitational wrinkles and undesired alterations of facial contours (skin sagging). Another option is the "featherlift", the augmentation by means of inserting non-degradable threads (e.g. Aptos-threads). In many cases the results can be further enhanced by the Taylor-designed use of degradable filler or botulinum toxin. Furthermore hautok offers a "soft facelift" that firms facial contours by means of radio frequency therapy.

Changes of skin's micro-topography are caused by a degeneration of the connective tissue and are most commonly treated – according to their depth – with microdermabrasion or chemical peels.

Perioral wrinkles and pronounced creases such as naso-labial wrinkles are best treated with either dermabrasion, laser-resurfacing and/or different facial fillers. Facial fillers are distinguished into two types: permanent fillers, and degradable fillers (biological or synthetic). hautok offers in addition to wrinkle augmentation with manufactured fillers such as different hyaluronic acids or collagen, augmentation with fat injections (taken from another part of your own body), or injections with plasmagel.

Recently hautok is conducting a broad clinical study investigating the longevity and tolerability of different facial fillers in order to give even better advice on different fillers and their properties within the near future.