Juvaderm For The Nasolabial Fold
It is a known fact that age and gravity ultimately causes the gradual lowering of the fat pads of the cheek, causing the formation of deeper and deeper folds running from the sides of the nose to the corners of the lips. These are called the nasolabial fold, or the parenthesis. The formation of the nasolabial fold on each side of the nose causes one to automatically look years older.
The most common treatment for the nasolabial fold is to fill it with Juvaderm (also known as Juvederm or Juviderm), which is a very safe cross linked hyaluronic acid injectable facial filler gel. Juvaderm has been put through a process called hylacross, which renders the gel more smooth and easier to inject.
Injection of Juvaderm is done usually as a lunchtime procedure, the process taking usually less than an hour. Injection is done under local anesthetic, either administered as a locally applied anesthetic gel, or by injection of lignocaine into the regional nerves that supply sensation to the skin around the nasolabial folds.
After adequate local anesthetic, the face filler gel is gradually introduced into the skin under the nasolabial fold, usually in a linear retrograde fashion, and the area carefully massaged and molded as the skin fills up and the nasolabial fold becomes shallower and flattens out. Usually about one syringe of Juvaderm is used for the nasolabial fold on each side. The desired result is when the nasolabial fold has disappeared, together with the deep hollow that exists at the upper end of the fold, next to the nostrils.
After the injection of Juvaderm, the patient is allowed to go back to work with barely noticeable swelling, but with well corrected nasolabial fold. Follow-up is about a week after the initial appointment, in order to assess the results after localised swelling has lessened, and for top-up of more Juvaderm is necessary.
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