The first area to start ageing is usually the upper cheek -just below the eyes. It will loose volume and make the rings under the eyes look bigger. Some people will feel that they look more tired. With advancing age the mid cheek and the temples will also loose volume.

Dermal fillers are a non surgical and popular treatment that helps to replace the lost volume in your cheeks making you look and feel younger. Dermal filler treatment of the cheeks will also have a lifting effect on the lower face enhancing your jawline and giving your nasolabial fold (the line between the nostril and the corner of your mouth) a softer appearance.

Why have dermal fillers for the cheek become so popular?
The main reason is that dermal fillers for the cheek do make your face look younger and most people feel that they have enhanced their appearance with the help of a relatively small, in office procedure with no additional downtime.

Cheek fillers last for 12 to 18 months and they are not permanent. If you change your mind about them you are not stuck with the result. Dermal fillers can also easily be dissolved by injecting an enzyme (hyaluronidase) into the area where the filler was placed.

Cheek fillers carry a very low risk of serious complications and infection. They are less expensive than invasive plastic surgery for making your cheeks more defined.

What type of dermal filler for the cheeks do you use at SATINI?
At SATINI our preferred dermal filler product to lift the cheeks is Teosyal® Ultradeep. This is a dermal filler with very high lifting capacities that is ideal to add volume to your cheek, add contour to your cheekbone and lift the upper and lower face. A smoother filler (RH 4 of the Teoxane® line) will then be added into the more superficial layers of the skin on top of your cheeks. This is called the two layer technique.

Teosyal® dermal fillers from the company Teoxane® in Geneva, Switzerland, are made of hyaluronic acid (a natural sugar that occurs in your skin) like most other dermal fillers on the market. But the company used a new, patented technique to preserve the natural characteristics of hyaluronic acid. The filler adapts better to the daily movements of your face making it look more natural and tends to last a bit longer compared to other products on the market.

What is the procedure like?
It really is a minimally invasive, minimally painful procedure that takes about 30 minutes. If you are concerned about the level of pain you may experience, please come and talk to us during your initial consultation. We have got different options to provide pain relief. We can apply numbing cream approximately 10 minutes before the procedure and we usually inject a little bit of local anesthetic at the injection side. The dermal filler itself contains a local anesthetic that makes the procedure a lot more comfortable. On top of that we use a medical vibration device that relaxes the pain nerves telling your brain to feel pain.