Imagine having the beautiful, full lips you have always dreamed of! Look years younger without surgery. Immediate, beautiful results……

Perlane™, like Restylane™, is a long-lasting gel that, once injected into the skin with an ultra-fine needle, lift and add volume and help diminish fine lines & wrinkles. Made of a natural substance called hyaluronic acid, it is a completely safe treatment. The hyaluronic acid in Perlane™ simply supplements the body’s age-depleted hyaluronic acid to plump-up the lip or to raise the skin and ‘fill in’ the particular wrinkle being treated.

Perlane™ treatments last for between six and nine months, although individuals will have varied results. Perlane™ is an excellent treatment for wrinkle correction, lip enhancement, smile lines and deep folds. Call the office today for an estimated cost of Perlane™ treatments.

Treatments are quick and easy. Recovery time is minimal. The results are immediate and lasting. Perlane™ treatments last about six months.

If you’re considering a wrinkle or lip enhancement treatment and are interested in understanding how Perlane™ can help look younger and healthier we invite you to schedule and click on “Ask the Expert” or “Schedule an Appointment” to learn more about the benefits of Perlane™.

Common Questions About Perlane™?

What is Perlane™?

Perlane™ is a transparent hyaluronic acid gel that is injected into facial tissue to smooth wrinkles and folds, especially around the nose and mouth (nasolabial folds). Perlane™ is made of non-animal-based hyaluronic acid, a natural substance that is produced naturally by the human body.

What is a Perlane™ injection?

Your skin is made of two layers, with supporting columns holding them apart. The area in-between includes the clear-jelly like substance Hyaluronic Acid. While young, the Hyaluronic acid is in abundance. As you grow older, the acid between these layers diminishes, and the skin somewhat caves, causing a wrinkle along the line. The wrinkle would be gone if you filled that area back up with the Hyaluronic Acid jelly-like substance. That’s where Perlane come in.

The Perlane is injected into the skin with a very thin needle. It is injected into this area, and restores the natural volumes underneath the wrinkle. The wrinkle is now lifted up and smoothed out. All of this takes about 30 minutes, leaves no marks or scars, and the results can be seen immediately.

Depending on the results you’d like, you can discuss maintenance with your doctor and the period between injections. Follow up injections typically need less Perlane to achieve the results you want. Time between injections is typically 6 to 12 months.

Perlane™ maintains its shape using the body’s own moisture. The hyaluronic acid in Perlane™ is hydrophilic or “water loving.” As hyaluronic acid gradually degrades, each molecule binds to more water and over time, the same volume can be maintained with less hyaluronic acid. This ability of hyaluronic acid to bind to water is what helps provide long-lasting results.

Unlike other hyaluronic acid-based products, such as those made from rooster combs, only Perlane™ is non-animal-based. This quality virtually eliminates any risk of animal-based disease transmission or allergic reaction

What is a Perlane™ treatment?

The Perlane is injected into the skin with a very thin needle, and restores the natural volumes underneath the wrinkle. The wrinkle is now lifted up and smoothed out. All of this takes about 30 minutes, leaves no marks or scars, and the results can be seen immediately.

What is Hyaluronic Acid?

All living organisms have Hyaluronic Acid in their bodies. In humans this is the substance that creates volume in ones face, giving it a healthy, young appearance. You can imagine what Hyaluronic acid does for a face when you consider the rounded face of a child, which forms into adulthood, and eventually recedes toward the skull causing furrow lines. When these are augmented by Perlane, this crystal clear Hyaluronic acid combines with your own to revitalize the face.

Where can Perlane™ be used?

Hyaluronic acid implantation can be used to improve the skin’s contour and reduce depressions in the skin due to scars, injury or lines.

Facial lines and features that can be corrected using hyaluronic acid implantation:

• Worry lines that run across the forehead (forehead lines)
• Crow’s feet at the corner of the eyes (periorbital lines)
• Frown lines that run between the eyebrows (glabellar lines)
• Smoker’s lines which are vertical lines on the mouth (perioral lines)
• Marionette lines at the corner of the mouth (oral commissures)
• Deep smile lines that run from side of the nose to corners of the mouth (nasolabial furrows)
• Cheek depressions
• Redefining lip border
• Acne scars
• Some facial scars

How long will my treatment take?

Treatment times typically range from 30 to 45 minutes.

What will it accomplish?

Perlane™ will help smooth moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds. In a clinical study most patients needed one injection to achieve optimal wrinkle smoothing; about one-third of patients needed more than one injection to get a satisfactory result. The smoothing effect lasted about six months.

How long will Perlane™ last?

Perlane™ dissolves and is absorbed by your body over time. Your results will depend on several factors including; your skin’s structure, your lifestyle, and your age.

Most people choose to repeat Perlane™ treatment from nine months to a year after wrinkle treatment and within six to nine months after lip enhancement.

Are there any potential side effects?

After receiving a Perlane™ Injection some common side effects may be pain, redness, swelling, itching, discoloration, and tenderness at the point of injection. These side effects typically subside within two days of the Perlane™ injection procedure.

While more severe reactions are rare, occurring in only 1 of 2000 patients on average, some have experienced localized swelling at the injection point, thought to be brought on by hypersensitivity, tenderness, redness, and very rarely acne-like formations have appeared.

Reactions can typically occur only a few days after the injection, or as long as four weeks. When a reaction does occur, its average lifespan is only a few weeks, and is typically described as moderate and mild.

When should it not be used?

Perlane™ should not be used in patients who have:

• Severe allergies marked by a history of anaphylaxis (hypersensitivity to the ingestion or injection of a drug or protein)
• Multiple severe allergies
• Severe allergies to gram-positive bacterial proteins