Main description:

Soft Tissue Augmentation, 3rd Edition helps you make optimal use of these techniques and provide the optimum results your patients expect. Drs. Alistair and Jean Carruthers provide you with evidence-based, procedural how-to's and step-by-step advice on proper techniques, pitfalls, and tricks of the trade, equipping you to successfully incorporate the very latest procedures into your busy practice!

Contents:

CONTENTS

Series Preface vii

Series Preface (First edition) ix

Preface xi

Contributors xiii

Acknowledgements xvii

Dedication xix

1 Introduction 1

the Future 3

3 NASHAT Family 10

4 Juvéderm® Family 17

Belotero®/Esthélsis® and Teosyal® 23

6 Radiesse®/Radiesse® with Lidocaine 28

7 Poly-L-Lactic Acid 34

Collagen Soft Tissue Filler 41

Polyethylene Oxide (PEO) 53

10 Liquid Injectable Silicone 62

11 Aquamid® 70

12 Bio-Alcamid® 75

Pre-mixed with Lidocaine 81

14 Glabella / Central Brow 88

15 Volumetric Treatment of the Brows 100

16 Infraorbital Hollow and Nasojugal Fold 105

17 Nose 112

18 Cheeks 123

19 Perioral Filling 132

20 Lip Augmentation 140

21 Melomental Folds 147

22 Hands and Feet 155

23 Buttocks 160

24 Earlobe Rejuvenation 166

25 Tower technique of fi ller injection 170

26 Complications of Temporary Fillers 179

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27 Complications of Permanent Fillers 188

28 Reversers 200

29 Consent for Photography: Legal Issues 208

30 Pre- and Post-Treatment Photography 214

31 Conclusions 223

Index 225