What is the Hylaform Wrinkle Filler?
There are a few wrinkle filling injectables of note today in the higher and higher tech world of cosmetic dermatology and anti aging wrinkle filling and anti aging cosmetic techniques. Among them is one called Hylaform, which was FDA approved back in 2004, making it a relative new comer in the wrinkle filling genre.
Wrinkle fillers are injectable fillers that are injected underneath a line or wrinkle, or some other sort of skin depression such as acne scarring, pitting, and ice pick scars, to fill them out for a period of time, until the filler is inevitably absorbed by the body and a new injection is needed to sustain the plumping and filling of the tissue-deprived depression.
Inamed, an innovator in breast implant devices, among other things usually related to cosmetic anti aging and wrinkle improvement, is the corporation that invented and formulated the Hylaform wrinkle filler. It had become the fourth injectable wrinkle filler on the market when it was approved back in 2004, and followed others such as collagen, restylane (which I’ve heard is the best way to go), and another one whose name escapes me at the moment.
I’ve heard that restylane is the way to go if you’re looking for wrinkle plumping, because it is a synthetic form of hyaluronic acid, which is a natural substance that is secreted by the body and keeps the skin young and supple, which of course deteriorates with age.
It is said that restylane actually stimulates collagen production, and it is known for a relatively long life in the skin, so it does not just quickly absorb into the body, being rendered useless as a wrinkle filler, whereas collagen injections have a relative short life because they are so readily absorbed by the body.
I don’t really know much about Hylaform, except that since it’s approval in 2004, I have not heard too much about it, which just leads me to believe that restylane is the superior product even more, because everyone seems to think it’s the way to go if you want to both fill out wrinkles, and help your skin to start producing its own collagen again, as it did in it’s earlier years.
