Due to the microsphere support structure, your skin will continue to improve for 12 months, and patients have a 90% satisfaction rate at this point. It's likely that even after 5 years your skin will continue to look healthy and smooth. Many people experience results that can last as long as 8-10 years after injection.
Yes, use Bellafill once to fill in smile lines and it'll last up to 5 years. Unlike hyaluronic acid fillers, which often dissolve within a few months, Bellafill creates a lasting improvement in your skin. Its tiny, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microspheres are suspended within a base of smooth collagen gel.
While your body's natural processes also break down collagen, the Bellafill crystal, which persists for at least 5 years, continues to stimulate newer collagen production at a faster rate than older collagen is broken down.
PMMA Microspheres
In this filler, PMMA acts as structural support for the skin, like scaffolding for a building, working to hold up the skin and fill in lost volume. PMMA takes several years to be metabolized by the body, which is a large part of why this treatment lasts so long.
Bellafill - A Collagen Stimulator
When Bellafill is injected, the PMMA and collagen gel provide immediate correction. Over time the collagen gel dissipates and fibroblasts migrate in and around the PMMA microspheres.
Granulomas, lumps, and swelling have been reported in Bellafill® patients and may form years after injection. Granulomas, lumps, and swelling frequently resolve over time or with treatment.
Bellafill is considered a long term, semi-permanent dermal filler. This means that once it is injected, it cannot be dissolved or removed from the treated area. Unlike hyaluronic acid dermal fillers that can be removed or dissolved with hyaluronidase injections, PMMA stays put in the skin once it is injected there.
As a 5-year filler, Bellafill won't go away nearly as fast as Restylane or Juvederm. Many doctors only prefer Restylane and Juvederm, not because these temporary fillers are any better than Bellafill, but because they know that if they make a mistake, a temporary filler goes away quicker.
Hyaluronidase will not help with fillers such as Radiesse, Bellafill, and Sculptra. In certain patients, a steroid injection may help reverse the effects of some of these fillers to an extent, but the only surefire way to “undo” the results of these fillers is to wait for them to be absorbed by the body.
Bellafill cannot be removed once injected but will be metabolized by the body after a few years.
For instance, a 39 year old with deep lines might achieve full correction with just 1 or 2 filler syringes whereas at age 66, the same person might require 4 or 5 syringes to adequately treat the same areas.
The microspheres settle in, causing collagen production to be ramped up. The fibroblasts of collagen build up around the microspheres causing your body to naturally rebuild the strong structure of your skin. These microspheres are not absorbed by the body, so you enjoy results for up to and even over five years.
Many plastic surgeons say that Juvederm and Restylane are the most durable and longest-lasting fillers available. Both contain hyaluronic acid and are good for smoothing wrinkles and lines. Hyaluronic acid carries 1,000 times its weight in water and makes the skin look young, supple, and soft.
Each syringe of Bellafill has 0.8cc of Bellafill in it. That means you need 6.25 syringes of Bellafill for each side if you need about a teaspoon of volume to get good jaw definition on each side.
In response, the skin is stimulated to produce collagen over time. Dermal fillers are metabolized by the body. Once Bellafill has been metabolized, you'll still enjoy the results of your improved collagen production, which means you'll have softer, more supple skin over the long term.
Due to the microsphere support structure, your skin will continue to improve for 12 months, and patients have a 90% satisfaction rate at this point. It's likely that even after 5 years your skin will continue to look healthy and smooth. Many people experience results that can last as long as 8-10 years after injection.
Granulomas and nodules that develop following Bellafill injections can be managed with a series of injections of triamcinolone and 5FU, which are designed to shrink the nodules down. Surgery is a possible, yet infrequent, course of action for granulomas.
Answer: Can Bellafill be dissolved? No. Bellafill is a permanent filler that lasts over 5 years. When nodules or granulomas appear, steroid or saline injection into the area can help resolve these issues.
Yes, this filler works beautifully to erase the appearance of sagging, wrinkles, puffiness, bags, and dark circles under the eyes. It is much more predictable than under-eye fat grafting and lasts far longer than dermal fillers made with hyaluronic acid (HA).
It is especially great at improving the upper and mid-face to a youthful size and shape, which results in an improvement of the appearance of under-eye hollows, temples, sallow cheeks, deep nasolabial folds, as well as jowls.
A published journal article states that higher doses [of hy'dase] can lead to damage of native extracellular matrix glycosaminoclycans, leaving a gaunt appearance with poor skin texture (Figure 4). Patients are increasingly presenting with hyaluronidase-related damage, which is often untreatable.
Bellafill® contains non-absorbable PMMA microspheres. Implantation can only be physically removed. Sometimes there is a tweaking that needs to be performed (massage, adding more) in the month following the injection to have optimal results.
You can try massage, it won't hurt but probably won't do much. Poorly placed Bellafill almost always needs surgical excision.