Some areas of the face and neck, especially around the mouth and jaw, are more susceptible to aging. Although these changes are gradual, wrinkles and other signs of aging can make you look older than you really are.
Polylactic acid is a precursor of collagen and fills the emptied face, it reduces folds and wrinkles and gives you a more youthful and well-groomed appearance.
The polylactic acid Sculptra is a biocompatible filler that is used primarily to make thicker the dermis of patients with thin fine wrinkles that are spread on large areas of the face.
Collagen is the skin matrix. After the first thirty years the skin becomes to deplete the collagen and deconstructs. Dr. Borra can remedy this with the polylactic acid Sculptra that increases skin collagen.
It can be a very simple reason, to remove wrinkles. You’re not alone, because it is the main reason why we resort to Sculptra. If this is your case, Dr. Luca Borra can help you decide exactly on which wrinkles to intervene.
The loos of much weight will change the shape and volume of your face. If you’ve lost weight and your cheeks are flushed, fillers help you to get it back in shape.
Sculptra is not a filler such as hyaluronic acid, but a restructuring of the skin matrix. It can be used in two ways.
Dr. Borra uses this classic technique to treat younger and fine wrinkles. Sculptra is injected into the dermis under wrinkles.
With microcannulas Dr. Borra realizes under the skin a polylactic acid mask that maintains and moisturizes. Sculptra is injected in layers on the line along the jaw to give definition to the oval. The face is treated to remove wrinkles and give support. The result is a total lifting.
Whatever you want to stay yourself and Dr. Borra knows this very well. You do not want to change, and with him you will give yourself a fresh face without overdoing it.
Using Sculptra can take immediate action on the signs of aging with a treatment without surgery: no hospitalizations, stitches or dressings.
You feel good about yourself, but too much signs start to bother you. Polylactic acid is perfect. You’ll look back from a vacation.
If you decide not to undergo more treatments, it’s not a problem, you won’t become worse than before. Indeed it usually takes many years for wrinkles to reform.
Fillers have been used for over twenty years and are perfectly compatible to your face.
``When I approach a face using fillers I always say one thing to patients: less is better. There is always time to add more and a policy of small steps has never disappointed anyone.``
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Dr. Luca Borra is a plastic and aesthetic surgeon in Lugano. Deals with cosmetic surgery, cosmetic medicine and cosmetic lasers.
