If you've had dermal filler to face...

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How old are you? Where on face did/do you get the injections? Do you like the results?

[Anonymous]

I started getting fillers to the cheek area around 40. I’m 45 now. I’m thin and looked tired pre-fillers. They make a subtle, but great, difference. I try to keep it natural and not overdo it. When I first started getting fillers, I didn’t tell DH. He commented me that I looked really nice- he couldn’t figure out what was difference but saw an improvement.

Avoid fillers to the lip area. I’ve never seen this look good or natural. I know a lot of people who have gone to top doctors who strive for a natural look but it never works.

[Anonymous]

Currently 40. I started getting fillers when I turned 39. I get my smile lines filled. Love the results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Currently 40. I started getting fillers when I turned 39. I get my smile lines filled. Love the results.

This is what I'm considering. I'm thin and smile a lot creases are there to stay. Does it look natural?

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Anonymous wrote:Currently 40. I started getting fillers when I turned 39. I get my smile lines filled. Love the results.

This is what I'm considering. I'm thin and smile a lot creases are there to stay. Does it look natural?

Yes. The first couple weeks, the area is swollen but only you will notice, unless you have bruising, etc. After the swelling goes down, it just looks normal, like they did before you aged.

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Who is a top doctor in the DC area, preferably MoCo?

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Anonymous wrote:Who is a top doctor in the DC area, preferably MoCo?

For juvederm?

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I'm 37. I started with getting a scar filled above my lip from a dog bite years ago. Ended up getting one more syringe in my lips (it absolutely looked natural and barely noticeable, one syringe in lips is not much and mine weren't thin to begin with). I also got my tear troughs done, that made the biggest difference of all. Going on 2 years and they still look great, though could probably use a touch up soon.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is a top doctor in the DC area, preferably MoCo?

You don't need a doctor to do it. At many places the plastic surgeon doesn't do anything but high risk areas. A nurse injector does it, and really they have more experience because they do it ALL the time. I've been to several different places and always end up with great results. Do an Instagram search and you'll see their "portfolio". I reccomend a Derm Spa type of place over a plastic surgeon's office for the reasons I mentioned.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Currently 40. I started getting fillers when I turned 39. I get my smile lines filled. Love the results.

This is what I'm considering. I'm thin and smile a lot creases are there to stay. Does it look natural?

Yes. The first couple weeks, the area is swollen but only you will notice, unless you have bruising, etc. After the swelling goes down, it just looks normal, like they did before you aged.

I bruised badly for 3 weeks. Looked like I had been in a car accident. Still worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I started getting fillers to the cheek area around 40. I’m 45 now. I’m thin and looked tired pre-fillers. They make a subtle, but great, difference. I try to keep it natural and not overdo it. When I first started getting fillers, I didn’t tell DH. He commented me that I looked really nice- he couldn’t figure out what was difference but saw an improvement.

Avoid fillers to the lip area. I’ve never seen this look good or natural. I know a lot of people who have gone to top doctors who strive for a natural look but it never works.

I could've written the first part of your post but disagree a little with the italicized.

I think the newer, pliable fillers can be OK for lips -if- the woman had naturally large, full lips to begin with. And the injector has an extremely light hand. This is no different than the light touch you're describing for your cheeks — you asked a provider to put back what nature/time took away in your cheek area as you aged.

I am south Mediterranean and have had big lips on a wide mouth my entire life. When the collagen started to go away in my 40s (as yours did in your cheeks), I started ultra-light injections to restore their natural, god-given appearance. No duck lips, no goals to look like some more voluptuous woman I had never been in the first place

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I agree that I've seen lip fillers done well. Many people do want the unnatural, instaface fillers and injectors who have range will be able to do both these and more natural looks.

To answer the question about "top doctors," I don't know who "best of" lists are recommending but I really like Dr Mike Yuan in Rockville. Like a pp said, nurses can be great injectors and I also really like the nurse Jennifer at his practice. On the medspa vs clinic debate, I think it's silly- it's basically marketing and has nothing to do with outcomes. In either a clinic or medspa, you still need to evaluate the skill and qualifications of the injectors. I do find medspas more relaxing fwiw, but it's not really relevant.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Currently 40. I started getting fillers when I turned 39. I get my smile lines filled. Love the results.

This is what I'm considering. I'm thin and smile a lot creases are there to stay. Does it look natural?

Yes. The first couple weeks, the area is swollen but only you will notice, unless you have bruising, etc. After the swelling goes down, it just looks normal, like they did before you aged.

I bruised badly for 3 weeks. Looked like I had been in a car accident. Still worth it.

God, that's awful. I'm curious if they injected with a blunt tip cannula or a needle?

[Anonymous]

To those who have had filler: how long does it last for you / how frequently do you need to get injections?

[Anonymous]

Would you use these for the lines between your eyes and would they do just that? Rough cost? How long would it last?