Juvéderm™ (Hyaluronic Acid Filler)

Juvéderm™ is a smooth consistency gel made of hyaluronic acid—a naturally occurring substance in your skin that helps to add volume and hydration. Your Epione health care professional eases Juvéderm™ injectable gel under the skin to provide a smooth, natural look and feel.

Collagen, Cosmoplast, Cosmoderm, Perlane, Radesse, Fat Transfer and Coolaser™ are alternatives to Juvéderm™.

Hyaluronic acid plays an important role in the way your skin looks, feels, and functions. A natural complex sugar found in all mammals, it's a major component of the connective tissue matrix in the dermis—the dense, inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis. This matrix is made up of hyaluronic acid as well as two connective fibers—collagen and elastin.
By its nature, hyaluronic acid retains water like a sponge, absorbing more than 1,000 times its weight. This helps to attract and maintain water within the extracellular space, hydrating your skin and increasing its volume and density. Hyaluronic acid is also involved with the transport of essential nutrients to the skin's viable cells. Hyaluronic acid provides volume, helping to contribute to the skin's overall appearance.
As you age and your skin is exposed to environmental pollutants and the sun's ultraviolet rays, your cells gradually lose the ability to produce hyaluronic acid. Studies have shown that older skin typically has lower levels of hyaluronic acid than younger skin. As you age, your skin tissue becomes dehydrated and the collagen and elastin fibers lose their structure, resulting in a loss of skin volume and the formation of the facial wrinkles and folds that are common characteristics of aged skin.
Hyaluronic acid dermal fillers like Juvéderm™ injectable gel can help to temporarily replace the lost hyaluronic acid and restore your skin's volume and smooth, natural appearance.

The results of Juvéderm™ treatment are immediate and can last between 4-9 months.

Most side effects of Juvéderm™ treatment are mild or moderate in nature, and their duration is short lasting (7 days or less). The most common side effects include, but are not limited to, temporary injections site reactions such as: redness, pain/tenderness, firmness, swelling, lumps/bumps, bruising, itching, and discoloration. As with all skin injection procedures there is a risk of infection.

Immediately after Hyaluronic acid treatment, there may be a slight redness, swelling, tenderness or itching sensation at the treated area. This is only normal cause of the injection and the inconvenience is temporary, it generally goes away in a day or two.

Pain during Juvéderm™ treatment is different for each patient depending on their sensitivity to pain. Thought the injections may prick a little normally no anesthesia is needed for treatment of wrinkles and folds. Most people report that the injections are relatively painless. Your doctor may choose to numb (anesthetize) the treatment area to further minimize discomfort.

Because it is similar to your naturally-occurring hyaluronic, there is no need to have a skin test prior to Hyaluronic acid treatment.

Keep an icepack on the treated area for 15 minutes to reduce possible swelling. You may take arnica (under the tongue) every two hours for the first day or two if any bruising occurs.