The best kept secret in Cosmetic Medicine-The liquid facelift

The ‘Liquid facelift’ refers to a TGA approved cosmetic treatment that provides facial rejuvenation, tightening and lifting without surgery. Considering the benefits, it is surprising it has not become a household name. So why haven’t you heard of it, what is this product and how does it work?

What is a ‘liquid facelift’?

liquid: the treatment involves injection of a ‘liquid’ collagen stimulating product into the skin.

facelift: the liquid stimulates skin fibroblasts to produce collagen where it is injected. The increased skin collagen results in tightening, lifting and filling of facial aging i.e. the sagging, folding and wrinkling we do not like.

Why has it remained a secret?

The liquid facelift has been approved for cosmetic treatments in Australia since 2002, it has a well established safety profile so why has it failed to become as famous as other cosmetic injections?

* TGA regulations in Australia restrict naming of this product as it is a class S4 medication to be administered by a Doctor or Nurse with training. This in part explains why you might not have heard of it, however these regulations apply to all medical cosmetic injections and some have become quite famous. No need to mention the B word.
* It has only been accepted for cosmetic use in America recently. This is perhaps the biggest reason. America has different regulations on advertising of medical treatments and they can name and discuss the product freely. It appears in the past it has been press from the USA which has fed us medical brand names and treatments. (Once it appears on Oprah the whole world will know about it.)

‘Liquid facelift’- what can you achieve?

Depending on the area of sagging and wrinkling or lines that concern you, the collagen stimulant is injected across the whole face, so a total rejuvenation is achieved. The product works over months creating a slow progressive lift of the face as new collagen is laid down.
• redefining of jaw line- lifting of jowls,

• filling nasolabial lines

• filling marionette lines and returning a new uplift to the mouth

• treating wrinkles across cheeks

• treating of wrinkles around the eyes

• refining the cheekbones.
In fact most grooves, lines and wrinkles, folds and sags can be filled,
tightened, plumped, lessened and rejuvenated over a series of injections.

The ‘Liquid facelift’: an affordable alternative to cosmetic surgery.

Comparatively a series of three treatments can cost about $2200 against $10,000 for a surgical facelift. The cost is broken down into smaller payments as you receive each injection treatment, making it more affordable to a broader group of people.

Superior outcome for many people.

With a surgical facelift the skin is pulled tighter, but it does not address the underlying cause of facial aging, the loss of collagen and other support structures of the skin
Many Doctors who use the ‘liquid facelift’ believe the outcome is superior to surgical facelifting for many people. Because it stimulates increase in collagen it addresses the underlying problems with facial aging: the volume loss.
For further information on this product Surgery free face lift

Or on anti-aging treatments in general Aging with beauty

Thankyou Leigh for allowing me to contribute to ‘All for Women’. If you are interested in further skin care or information on Cosmetic treatments visit our blog.

Dr Jo Turner
Skin Revision

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