3 Graces Med Spa offers Aesthetic Dermal Filler treatments and Botox®

Injections performed by a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Dermal fillers and Botox® are being used more and more to help reverse the changes associated with aging. Because the goal is to return the dermis to its original youthful state, dermal fillers can give a more natural appearance than surgical face lifts. Dermal fillers are being used to reduce or eliminate wrinkles, raise scar depressions, enhance lips, and replace soft-tissue volume loss.


Botox®
The Anatomy of the Wrinkle
The lines that appear between your brows (glabellar lines) actually result from muscle movement and the passage of time. You may have heard the expression "wearing your emotions on your sleeve," but in reality you wear them on your face. If you're angry or annoyed, for example, you knit your brows together. Underneath your skin, your facial muscles contract, cause a pleating of the overlying skin, and then, as anyone can see, you're frowning.

After years of crinkling and wrinkling, those glabellar lines start to linger longer and can become more pronounced. For women, whose faces tend to be more animated than men's, and whose skin is typically more delicate, these lines may appear exaggerated and more permanent.

Fortunately, there is a way to temporarily reduce moderate to severe glabellar lines. Treatment with BOTOX® Cosmetic can visibly smooth and soften moderate to severe frown lines between your brows. An improvement can be seen within days and may last up to 4 months, although results may vary. In clinical trials, nearly 90% of men and women surveyed rated the improvement in the appearance of frown lines between their brows as moderate to better 1 month after treatment.



BOTOX® Cosmetic is a simple, nonsurgical, physician-administered treatment that can temporarily smooth moderate to severe frown lines between the brows in people from 18 to 65 years of age. It is the only treatment of its type approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

One 10-minute treatment a few tiny injections and within days there's a noticeable improvement in moderate to severe frown lines between the brows, which can last up to 4 months. Results may vary.

BOTOX® Cosmetic is a purified protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium, which reduces the activity of the muscles that cause those frown lines between the brows to form over time.

In 2005, almost 3.3 million procedures were performed with FDA-approved BOTOX® Cosmetic.

BOTOX® commonly treated areas and pricing

BOTOX® can also be used for the area above the lip (lipstick lines), under eye area, brow lift, used with a filler to help with smile lines. these prices vary and can be anywhere from 4 - 15+ units.


Juvederm
Juvederm is a hyaluronic acid gel in malleable smooth gel based formulation. It is used for the correction of facial wrinkles and folds. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2006. Juvederm has been approved in three different gel formulations providing the physician a high level of control and allows the physician to tailor treatment based on the facial rejuvenation needs of the patient. Results last for up to six months or longer.

Radiesse® is the first filler with advanced calcium-based microsphere technology that not only provides volume replacement to wrinkles, folds and sunken depressions but also stimulates the body to produce new collagen. This unique action restores the fullness and contours of a youthful, healthy appearance with sustained results that last an average of one year or more

Side effects of dermal fillers are limited to mild swelling and bruising for about 2-7 days.

Juvederm $565