subject: Collagen Treatments Can Give You A Youthful Look [print this page] Natural collagen is a protein that is in your skin, tendons, bone and cartilage. As you age, it starts to break down, which will cause wrinkling and sagging of your skin. A cosmetic procedure using collagen injections beneath your skin, or into and around your lips, can be used for augmentation for firmer, less wrinkled skin and plumper lips.
Collagen is a natural dermal filler consisting of either animal or human collagen. There are two types of collagen treatments available: Bovine and Human.
Collagen treatments have FDA approval and are deemed safe for wrinkle treatments and cosmetic use. Although collagen treatments are often thought of as plastic surgery, there is no surgery involved. The injections are done with a fine gauge needle, on an out-patient basis at the facility of your plastic surgeon.
The treatments normally only take from a few minutes up to an hour. There is little pain associated with collagen treatments, except for the typical slight stinging of the needle as the collagen is injected.
Basically, there is no real recovery time, and you are able to resume your normal activities immediately following the treatment. There might be a little bruising, swelling, and/or redness, but this dissipates rapidly.
The risks of collagen injections are: scarring, lumpiness, infection, sores, peeling of the skin, abscess, and misshapen or irregular contouring. These risks are rare and considered minimal.
Collagen treatments normally last anywhere from several weeks to six months or more. A rule of thumb is that the animal based collagen injections dont have the same duration as human based collagen. However, the down side to this is that the human based collagen treatments are almost always more expensive.
You are a good candidate for collagen injections of you are in reasonably good health, have reasonable expectations of the treatment, do not have an autoimmune disease, are not pregnant, or are not allergic to any of the components of collagen.
Your plastic surgeon will pre-test for allergies, especially if you are planning to receive bovine collagen injections. Collagen injections are not usually the treatment of choice for deep wrinkles and folds. If you want a more youthful, rejuvenated appearance with your wrinkles dramatically minimized or fuller, plumper lips--collagen treatments will help you to attain that look!
by: Daniel Beasley
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