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Collagen Replacement Therapy has been proven safe and effective for more than 15-years. Collagen implants are natural products derived from highly purified bovine collagen that is injected just under the surface of the skin. Like your own collagen, your body eventually absorbs this collagen so ongoing treatments are necessary to maintain results. If you discontinue treatments, the new collagen is simply reabsorbed and your face gradually returns to its natural contours.

While healing time varies, many people return to work the same day. People absorb collagen at varying rates, but treatments generally last 2 to 5 months. Two skin tests (two weeks apart) must be administered 4 weeks prior to treatment to screen for a preexisting allergy to collagen. Collagen is primarily used in the lips, smile lines and down turned lip lines.

Other options for soft tissue augmentation is the Autologous Fat Transfer which is successfully performed by Dr. Amron. Dr. Nassif uses permanent implants which fill out lips and smile lines.

Injectable Calcium Hydroxylapatite (Radiance)

Injectable Calcium Hydroxylapatite ( " Radiance ") is a new injectable long lasting product for soft tissue augmentation. Radiance is a 35% solution of Calcium Hydroxylapatite in a Sodium Methylcarboxycellulose gel carrier. It has been used to augment the lips, radial lip lines, nasolabial folds, corner of the mouth, marionette lines, glabellar creases, acne scars, depressed scars, small soft tissue cheek defects, chin augmentations, and areas of facial atrophy. Whereas most available products such as Collagen only last 3 to 6 months , Radiance has the potential to last for years. The product is FDA approved for other uses ( vocal cord injection, tissue marker), and the company (Bioform, Inc.) is working with the FDA for approval for these indications.The off-label use of a medically approved device by the FDA is allowed because of the 1997 amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 6 which states: " Nothing in (FD&C Act) shall be construed to limit or interfere with the authority of a healthcare practitioner to prescribe or administer any legally marketed device to a patient for any condition or disease within a legitimate health care practitioner-patient relationship." This is therefore an off-label but acceptable usage of this implant.

In vivo animal studies have shown that the implant has remained for 3 years with only some specimens showing microsphere degradation. It has been present on X-ray and shown persistent correction of urinary incontinence in patients 7 years after injection in the bladder neck. The longest follow-up for soft tissue augmentation has been 2.5 years in an Italian study which has also demonstrated remaining correction of the areas injected.

Injectable Calcium Hydroxylapatite for soft tissue augmentation was first introduced in the US by Dr. Miles Graivier and Dr. Dave Jansen in their instructional course "Lip Augmentation: State of the Art" at the American Society of Plastic Surgery meeting in November, 2002. As of May, 2003, more than 250 patients have been treated by these two doctors with the longest follow-up 12 months. So far the response to Radiance injections has been very positive. The process is simple with the injection taking 15 to 30 minutes in the Dr.'s office. Swelling and bruising are variable with more in the lips, but most people can put on make-up and be out in public within 24 to 36 hours.

Radiance appears to offer a simple and long lasting solution for soft tissue augmentation. 

CosmoDerm™ & CosmoPlast™

Sometimes, no matter how youthful you feel, your face tells a different story. Sunlight, natural aging and lifestyle factors can diminish the collagen layer that supports the skin. And where collagen diminishes, unwelcome lines and wrinkles may appear.

Now, for the first time ever, you can replace collagen through innovative new treatments made from natural human collagen. They're called CosmoDermT and CosmoPlastT, and they're changing the face of beauty.

Drawing upon the latest breakthroughs in skin science, CosmoDerm and CosmoPlast contain natural human collagen grown under controlled laboratory conditions. This natural human collagen is similar to the collagen normally found in the skin. So there's no need for a pre-treatment skin test.

And here's the best part. No more skin testing means no more weeks of waiting for the results. Instead, you can smooth away telltale lines and wrinkles or add definition to the lip border with just one quick visit to your physician. And since recovery time is short, you can easily sneak in a treatment during your lunch hour.

Immediate treatment. Immediate results.

CosmoDerm and CosmoPlast are injected just below the surface of the skin, filling in unwanted lines and wrinkles and adding definition to the lip border.

Treatment results are immediate and typically last three to six months. Without ongoing treatments, the natural collagen is gradually absorbed by the body and your face returns to its original contours.

As the only commercially available dermal fillers in the world made from natural human collagen, CosmoDerm and CosmoPlast offer important advantages:

Your doctor will work with you to develop a treatment program to meet your individual needs. With CosmoDerm and CosmoPlast, you can get started today!

CosmoDerm and CosmoPlast are from INAMED Aesthetics, the only company in the world with more than 20 years of providing safe and effective collagen treatments.

Restylane and Perlane soon to be FDA approved and on the market

Beverly Hills collegan procedures.