You can see your old self peering out behind increasingly wrinkled and sagging skin, and you miss that face. That’s the face that reflects the youthful vibrancy and spirit you feel on the inside.
The good news is that cosmetic injectables, including dermal fillers, are revolutionizing the way people are addressing aging skin. Gone are the days when a facelift was the only way to get younger-looking skin. Today, millions of people turn to cosmetic injectables to do the work — there were more than 19 million cosmetic injectable procedures in the United States in 2024 alone.
We continue to up the ante with new versions of dermal fillers, including exciting collagen-stimulating fillers, which we offer here at Skin Shop MedSpa. Under the direction of Dr. Tiffany Su, our team can help clients rebuild youthful skin with these next-generation fillers.
Let's first take a look at the role that collagen plays in your skin. Collagen is the most plentiful protein in your body, accounting for about 30% of the total proteins. This protein is primarily responsible for supporting all your tissues and structures, including your skin.
You may not have known it, but your collagen levels in your skin peaked in your late teens and early 20s. After this peak, you lose collagen by about 1% per year, through a natural decline in collagen production and the breakdown of existing collagen fibers over time.
We also want to mention that your skin loses another essential protein over time — elastin — which promotes elasticity in your skin.
As you might imagine, over time, these losses multiply, and you have skin that sags and wrinkles.
To offset this decline in your skin’s support, we turn to collagen-stimulating fillers, which take dermal fillers to the next level.
We offer two brands of collagen-stimulating fillers, and here's what each can accomplish:
Let’s start with Radiesse, which tackles the signs of aging in the lower half of your face, around your jawline, and in your hands. The key ingredient in Radiesse fillers is calcium hydroxylapatite particles that get suspended in a gel.
When we inject Radiesse into your treatment area, the gel provides you with immediate lifting and smoothing results. But your results don’t stop there because the particles also create a scaffold upon which new collagen and elastin can build.
Over the following months up to a year, fibroblasts produce more collagen and elastin with ongoing results that improve gradually.
Another exciting filler in the collagen-stimulating group is Sculptra, which offers results that can last up to two years. With Sculptra, we inject poly-L-lactic acid, which forms a new framework under your skin that smoothes away wrinkles and lifts sagging skin, especially around your cheeks, mouth, and jawline.
Sculptra works gradually to lift and tighten skin — most patients first start seeing results in about a month. Sculptra conducted an in-house study that showed a 66.5% increase in Type 1 collagen after 3 months. And, as we mentioned, these results can last up to two years.
If you want to hit the reset button on aging skin, collagen-stimulating fillers are just the ticket. To schedule your collagen-stimulating filler visit, contact our office in Houston, Texas, at 713-701-1717 today. You can also confirm an appointment online by clicking the book online button on our website.
