How Long Does It Take For Dermal Fillers to Settle?

Dermal fillers offer a way to enhance your facial features and are highly customizable depending on your aesthetic goals. They come in a wide range of formulas, allowing your Coolspa injection expert to choose the ideal one for your needs. With some dermal fillers, you will see results immediately, while others take time to develop full results.  

What Are Dermal Fillers?

Dermal fillers are injectable treatments that boost facial volume in targeted areas. Each dermal filler formula works best for a particular use, such as sculpting the cheeks or contouring the jawline. We offer a large range of fillers, so we can choose the right one to achieve your desired results. 

Some dermal fillers, such as Restylane®, Juvederm®, and Belotero®, are made up of a substance called hyaluronic acid. This molecule occurs throughout your body, including in your skin, and helps to lubricate your joints. It attracts and binds water molecules, giving it a natural-looking plumping effect. Radiesse® uses calcium hydroxylapatite, another molecule found naturally in the body. Microspheres of this material suspended in a gel trigger collagen development and increased volume. 

How Long Do Dermal Fillers Take to Settle? 

You may notice increased volume immediately when you receive dermal filler injections, especially with hyaluronic acid fillers. Some of this may come from minor swelling from the injections. Hyaluronic acid dermal fillers take about two weeks to integrate with your tissue and settle into position. Because Radiesse® works by triggering collagen development, results take four to six weeks to appear. 

What Can Dermal Fillers Treat?

We use dermal fillers to provide a smoother, more sculpted appearance to almost any area of the face. Dermal fillers can help you accomplish goals, including:

• Plump and define your lips
• Sculpt and add fullness to your cheeks
• Enhance and contour your jawline
• Smooth wrinkles around the mouth and nose
• Refresh fine lines around the lips

Depending on your provider and desired results, dermal filler results can range from subtle to dramatic. Our philosophy focuses on incremental improvements that provide natural-looking enhancements. You can always have touch-ups to your dermal filler to adjust until you achieve your goals. 

Is There Any Downtime With Dermal Fillers?

You may return to most of your daily activities immediately. However, we do recommend avoiding exercise for the remainder of the day following treatment. You might notice minor sensitivity or bruising in the injection area. You can decrease your risk of bruising by avoiding medications and supplements that can increase bleeding. This includes over-the-counter medications such as ibuprofen or aspirin. 

Am I a Candidate for Dermal Fillers?

Dermal fillers offer a safe, non-surgical treatment for restoring volume, shaping, and enhancing facial features. Some may feel that they are not good candidates for dermal fillers because they have a fear of how they will tolerate the treatment or look unnatural after treatment. At Coolspa, we offer a range of options that can make dermal filler treatment easy and comfortable. 

These include topical numbing ointment, oral sedation, or IV medication.

Coolspa providers take a “less is more” approach to their injectable treatments and take pride in enhancing, not changing or distorting, natural facial features. After dermal filler treatments, most of our patients report feeling that their enhancements make them appear like a refreshed, well rested version of themselves. Once you see how anxiety-free your experience can be, you may become a dermal filler regular!