How Long Do Hyaluronic Acid Fillers Last?

Injectable hyaluronic acid is a type of temporary dermal filler. Hyaluronic acid is found naturally through out the body, with its highest concentrations in the joints, eyes, and skin. In the skin hyaluronic acid attracts water, which helps the skin to become more hydrated. As people age, the fat, muscles, bone, and skin in their faces begins to thin. This loss of volume can lead to either a sunken or sagging appearance in the face along with fine lines, wrinkles, folds, and thined lips. Injectable hyaluronic acid fillers can be used to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, folds, and to create structure, framework, and volume in the face and lips. The effects of injectable hyaluronic acid fillers are seen immediately.

Collagen injections, which have been used in the past, are now replaced by hyaluronic acid based fillers and some other fillers with different compounds. Hyaluronic acid-based fillers have become quite popular and are widely used today because they are safer and more durable and provide better amd more predictable results.

Injectable hyaluronic acid fillers, can create volume in the face, enhance features, create definition and fullness. Filler injections to the face can be easily administered easily and quickly without pain with the use of local anesthetic creams. One of the things that people who are considering to get lip fillers are curious about is the durability of these fillers. To simply summarize, the durability of hyaluronic acid fillers can be between 6 and 18 months depending on the type of product used and the metabolism of the patient. As some people’s metabolism can process and absorb the fillers more rapidly in the body, the duration that the fillers stay in the body is not the same with everyone. As there are also a variety of filler products, some products tend to last more than the others.