Enhance and Rejuvenate: The Benefits of Filler and Botox for Facial Beauty

Millions of women and men undergo injectable therapy (Botox® and dermal fillers) every year to reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles, plump up lips, and gently lift their cheeks and midface region. In fact, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that nearly 15 million treatments are performed yearly.

It’s a good bet that these treatments wouldn't be so popular if they didn’t offer some amazing benefits. E. Jacob Simhaee, MD, reviews some of the most essential benefits to help you decide if injectable treatments are right for you.

How fillers and Botox work

Fillers and Botox both treat wrinkles and lines, but the way they do it differs significantly. They’re so different they’re used to treat various wrinkles: Botox treats “dynamic” wrinkles that form from facial movements. In contrast, fillers treat “static” wrinkles caused primarily by sagging skin and sun damage.

Botox in a nutshell

Botox is a neuromodulating agent that alters how your nerves communicate. During treatment, we inject Botox into specific facial muscles, blocking nerve signals that cause those muscles to contract. When the muscles don’t move, they don’t tug on your skin, and they don’t cause lines and wrinkles.

Botox is the go-to injectable for crow’s feet, brow lines, and other wrinkles around the eye and forehead area. It’s also used to treat “pucker lines” around your lips and lines and wrinkles in the chin area. (It’s worth noting that Dr. Simhaee also offers other neuromodulating agents, including Dysport® and DAXXIFY®.)

Dermal fillers 101

Dermal fillers work by plumping up lines and wrinkles, restoring lost volume so your face looks and feels smoother and younger. Depending on where your lines and wrinkles are located and other factors, fillers use a variety of agents. They can also plump up your lips, fill in scars, and restore volume under your eyes or in your cheeks.

Dr. Simhaee offers several fillers, including Juvederm®, Restylane®, Sculptra®, and Teoxane RHA®. Each has subtle differences that make it ideal for specific applications. Dr. Simhaee “matches” the best filler option to your specific goals for beautiful, natural-looking results.

The “liquid facelift”

Botox and fillers work beautifully alone to smooth out lines and wrinkles and restore a youthful appearance. But for many people, the real magic happens when the treatments are combined.

For many young people, the first signs of aging are crow’s feet, those pesky lines that form at the corners of your eyes. Botox is an excellent solution for those early wrinkles. But as we age, we develop static wrinkles, too — and the number of dynamic wrinkles seems to spread, too.

What’s excellent about neuromodulators and fillers is that they can be used alone or together, which means you can treat static and dynamic wrinkles from your forehead to your chin. In fact, the combination of these agents is so effective that it has gotten a nickname: liquid facelift.

Liquid facelifts are extremely popular because they can help rejuvenate your entire complexion without surgery (or the long recovery time, cost, and infection risk associated with invasive procedures). They’re also completely customizable and can be fine-tuned to your goals and your skin’s unique needs for beautifully natural results.

Learn more about injectables

Looking your best means feeling your best, too. To learn how injectables can help you achieve your aesthetic goals, request an appointment online or over the phone with Dr. Simhaee and his team at his Manhasset and Forest Hills, New York, practices today.