Fillers Name |
Origin |
FDA approved |
Needs Ttest tp prior usage |
Use for: |
Average Cost |
How long does it last? |
Drawbacks |
Added Local Anesthetic to Decrease Pain? |
Zyderm Zyplast |
Bovine (Cow’s) Collagen |
Yes, since 1981. |
Yes, 1 month wait. |
Fine and deep wrinkles. |
$400.00 |
4-9 months |
|
Yes |
Cosmoderm Cosmoplast |
Bioengineered from living human tissue. |
Yes, since 2003. |
No |
Fine and deep wrinkles. |
$600.00 |
4-9 months |
|
Yes |
Radiance |
Gel mixture of synthetic calcium hydroxy- lapatite. |
No. Available in Canada and Europe. |
No |
Fine and deep wrinkles |
$1,000.00 |
Long Lasting |
|
No |
Fat |
Patient’s own |
Yes |
No |
Wrinkles, tissue asymmetry and facial contouring. |
$1,200.00 to $1,500.00 |
30% of injected fat remains in a permanent state |
Often needs re-injection |
No |
Alloderm |
Cadaver |
Yes |
No |
Tissue augmentation. |
$1,000.00 |
Months to years |
Re-absorption |
No |
|
New Fill |
Polyactic acid filler, acrylic hydrogel. |
No. Available in Canada and Europe. |
No |
Fine and deep wrinkles. |
|
Months |
|
No |
Artecol |
Microspheres of PMMA (polymethyl methacylate) suspended in bovine collagen. |
No |
Yes |
Fine and deep wrinkles. |
$1,200.00 to $1,500.00 |
Permanent |
Formation of granulomas, not suitable for lip augmentation. |
Yes |
Isolagen |
Patients own cells, grown and cultured for expansion. |
Yes |
No |
Fine and deep wrinkles. |
$2,000.00 |
Long Lasting |
Requires 3 treatments. Requires prior biopsy to obtain patient’s cells. |
No |
Restylane Perlane Hyalaform |
Non-animal stabilized hyaloronic acid. |
No. Marketed in Europe since 1996, and Canada since 2001. |
No |
Fine and deep wrinkles. |
$300.00 |
6-12 months |
Pain and swelling. |
No |
Ravidon |
Suspension of dextran beads in collagen. |
No. Available in Canada and Europe. |
Yes |
Fine and deep wrinkles. |
|
Long Lasting |
|
No |
Cymetra Dermalogen Facian |
Cadaver |
Yes |
No |
Tissue augmentation. |
$1,500.00 to $2,000.00 |
A few months to long lasting. |
Significant safety concerns. Reabsorption |
No |
 |
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