illuma advanced aesthetics Service: Injectables

Your illuma provider will perform a facial analysis and discuss your individual treatment goals. Once you are determined as a good candidate for treatment and a health history is reviewed, treatment can happen the same day. Please allow 30min for your treatment.

Some patients report treatment feeling like a pinch. Ice is provided for comfort if needed

Results vary from patient to patient. Most begin to see results in 5-7 days, with full results in 30 days. Results can last up to 3-4 months, dose dependent.

Treatment requires minimal downtime. Daily routine can be resumed after treatment. We only ask you not lay completely flat for 4 hours, avoid massage or tight pressure to areas treated, and avoid strenuous exercise for 24 hours.

This is patient and treatment area dependent. On average you can expect 5 injections points for each area treated.

We don’t find this to ever be the case. However, we schedule follow up appointments for 10-14 days post treatment to evaluate how your treatment is going. At this time, we can do any touch ups that are needed. If the treatment is simply not what you expected the medication will be metabolized out of your body in 12-16 weeks.

Simply put, no.

Not unless you want to. These treatments do not have to give you a “frozen” face. The goal of these medications is to control muscle movement while still allowing expression without forming creases in the skin. This is why it is important to be treated by a licensed medical practitioner.

The sooner the better. These treatments are very much preventative. We recommend being treated before lines are etched into the skin. Remember the rule of thumb- it’s much easier to prevent than to correct! If you already have etched in lines, don’t worry these treatments will still benefit you.

Dermal fillers are a class of colorless hyaluronic acid gels that are injected into different layers of facial tissue. Dermal fillers restore lost volume, smooth lines, soften creases, or enhance contours. Dermal filler is most commonly placed in the cheeks, jaw, chin, smile lines, and lips.

Your illuma provider will perform a facial analysis and discuss your individual treatment goals. Once you are determined as a good candidate for treatment and a health history is reviewed, treatment can happen the same day. Please keep in mind that multiple syringes are needed and sometimes multiple treatments to get you to your desired goal. Please allow an hour for your treatment.

Some patients report mild discomfort as dull achy pain. Topical numbing cream and ice are utilized for comfort.

Recovery is patient dependent. Some patients experience mild bruising, swelling, and tenderness to the treatment areas but this subsides over the few days following your treatment. You should be able to notice results immediately after receiving filler injections. Please allow a couple weeks for healed results.

No

Once we achieve your desired results, you should plan on receiving dermal filler treatments every 6-18 months depending on the area treated.

Botox or neurotoxins are a class of medications that treat wrinkles caused by muscle movement/expression. Dermal fillers are a class of hyaluronic acid gels that treat volume loss and tissue changes caused by age, typically in the mid to lower third of the face. Neurotoxins are dosed in units. Dermal fillers are dosed by syringes of product.

1 syringe of dermal filler is about the size of a blueberry in volume. This is why multiple syringes are needed to be impactful on restoring lost volume.

When you are ready! There is no set age we should be having these treatments done. Some determine in their 20s/30s they’d like to enhance and maintain their contour or add volume to their lips. Some start feeling in their 40s/50s that their face is “falling” and seek treatment. If you ever question whether dermal fillers are right for you, schedule a consultation.

Depends. You can expect to spend anywhere between $750-$3,750+

We recommend avoiding alcohol and blood thinners 48 hours before and after treatment, avoiding vaccinations and dental work 2-3 weeks before and after treatment, avoiding exercise or wearing make up for 24 hours after treatment, keeping treatment areas clean and dry after treatment. All pre and post care will be discussed at your consultation.

Sculptra is an injectable collagen stimulator containing microparticles of poly-l-lactic acid. Sculptra helps restore and maintain facial structure and skin integrity.

Sculptra is injected into the facial tissue in areas of support; temples, cheeks, base of the nose, jaw. It can also be injected into smile lines, necklace lines, and certain areas of the body.

On average patients will have 2 to 3 treatment sessions over the course of a few months. Treatments are typically spaced out by 4-6 weeks.

Some report seeing results as soon as 4-6 weeks with others at 12 weeks. Sustained results last for up to 2 years. In some cases, maintenance treatments will be recommended.

Recovery is patient dependent. Some patients experience mild bruising and tenderness to the treatment areas, but this subsides over the few days following your treatment. Swelling is present and often noticeable as sterile water must be injected to administer Sculptra. Swelling subsides in 24 hours as the water is reabsorbed by your body.

Massage to the treated areas is required to distribute the Sculptra evenly. A good rule of thumb is 5-5-5. Massage the injected area for 5 minutes, 5 times a day, for 5 days.

This is patient dependent. You can expect to spend about $1,700 on each treatment session.