Replace Volume & Enhance The Cheeks With Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby,Mansfield & Chesterfield

High cheekbones are a sign of youth and beauty, but as we age the cheeks can start to lose volume, and though loose skin often gets the blame for facial ageing, it's the loss of volume that's really the main cause.

The structure of our face changes as we grow older, not just the skin's quality but also the underlying support, including the bones, muscles and the fat. The face can begin to shrink in some places which makes the fat and muscle become thinner and more elastic, and gravity will cause fat to slide downwards, leading to jowls and nasolabial lines from the corner of the nose to the corner of the mouth.

People have different face shapes, some have flat cheeks, others have high cheekbones or maybe they might have apple cheeks. If someone's said to have a baby face they will typically have fuller cheeks, which can make them look younger than others of a similar age. Genetics can decide the shape of the cheeks, as well as bone structure, muscle and fat distribution. The reason some people have full, defined apple cheeks and others have cheeks that are flat is down to gravity. It's a pad of fat under the cheeks which causes the fullness, and it's this that tends to slide lower down the face as we get older.

Hollows in the cheeks are caused by loss of fat from beneath the skin, which on a more mature face can look very ageing. Cheek enhancement by a cosmetic practitioner can restore the fullness using dermal fillers. A subtle enhancing of your cheeks can create the kind of bone structure which we all want to show off.

Benefits of cheek filler injections:

* Treatment uses safe market-leading dermal fillers
* Free consultation with a practitioner who is highly trained in aesthetic facial treatments
* Quick treatment time and immediate results
* Virtually pain-free treatment, as a topical anaesthetic numbs the area being treated
* Minimal bruising and down time
* Excellent after care treatment

Many people think that high cheekbones are a very attractive facial feature and adding volume with dermal filler can give the face a natural-looking symmetry, balance, and a more feminine appearance. Cheek augmentation can enhance your facial contours and balance your features. Dermal fillers can also reshape the face, reducing signs of ageing and by adding volume to the cheeks it will give the face a natural-looking symmetry, and a youthful balance.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Replace Lost Volume in the Cheeks With Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

A youthful face has plump apple cheeks, smooth contours and a natural glow, but as we get older, we lose volume due to the loss of collagen, which takes away this natural glow. Keeping our face looking youthful is achievable using injectable treatments and dermal fillers are one of the most popular choices available today.

Dermal fillers can enhance your cheeks by filling in lost volume and bringing back a smoother, fuller and healthier look to your skin. Filler containing hyaluronic acid is a very good choice because of its excellent compatibility with the human body, making it ideal to erase facial wrinkles and lines and replace volume loss. Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance found the body and when used in a filler it acts as a network that transfers essential nutrients from the bloodstream to the skin cells.

Filler is used to:
*  Create higher cheekbones
*  Minimise harsh angles creating a smoother cheek contour
*  Give the cheek a natural curve
*  Fill in hollow cheeks

High cheekbones are a thing of beauty, but unfortunately they don't come naturally to everyone. Loss of volume will diminish the cheek, making them seem hollow and gaunt but using facial filler to add volume to the cheeks could rectify this, and bring the back the symmetry of the face. The three main landmarks on the face are the nose, cheeks and chin, and the facial structure might seem unbalanced when one of these is out of proportion.

A practitioner will inject dermal filler into the hollow areas, and you'll immediately notice the difference as the wrinkles vanish and the sunken areas get more volume. When our body's own collagen starts to decrease, hyaluronic acid fillers will replace the deteriorating supporting layers of the skin, and temporarily replenish the skin's volume.

Facial fillers are a simple solution and they offer many benefits:

• They're minimally invasive
• Results are instantly visible, although the full results may take a couple of weeks to appear
• Procedure takes less than an hour
• Minimal downtime required after the treatment
• Results will last from nine months to a year

The dermal filler will plump up the apples of the cheeks and sculpt the cheek bones. Higher, fuller cheeks can enhance your appearance, balance your other facial features and instantly restore your face to a more youthful appearance. Dermal fillers are ideal for those who want to look younger and fresher without the need for invasive surgery. They can work wonders for skin that has wrinkles and volume loss and these treatments are a wonderful option to fight the signs of ageing.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Facial Fillers Erase Wrinkles & Add Volume - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Hyaluronic acid, hydration and water retention in our body decreases as we get older causing our skin to lose its plumpness and begin to get drier. Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance that occurs in the body, it holds water, which hydrates and gives volume to the skin, but unfortunately as we age this production of hyaluronic acid starts to diminish.

Cheek enhancement using dermal fillers

For many reasons; maybe age, stress or weight loss, we might find that our face is beginning to look tired, drawn and gaunt. Skin on younger people looks firmer and plumper in comparison, thanks in part to collagen and hyaluronic acid. One of the ways we can combat the signs of getting older, is to replace the hyaluronic acid that is lost during the ageing process with dermal fillers. They create a naturally smoothed out appearance, fill in the fine lines and wrinkles and plump out the grooves and creases.

Dermal fillers are an ideal treatment to improve facial contours, fill out sunken cheeks, reduce wrinkles and fine lines and help people regain their former youthful looks. Before our late 30's, the skin should still keep it's natural contoured nature and volume, without too many wrinkles or sagging, which makes the process a better prospect for middle-aged skin. Although late nights, heavy drinking and smoking can speed up the signs of ageing, so it's possible to need dermal fillers at a younger age.

Dermal fillers on tear troughs

Placing the fillers in strategic places will:

• Add volume to hollowed, gaunt, or sunken areas of the face.
• Give a natural filled out appearance under the lower eyelids, correcting the hollowed eyed look.
• Soften the deep grooves between the side of the nose to the corner of the mouth.
• Add volume to the cheeks, improving the marionette lines from the mouth to the chin.
• Jowl correction will give you a smooth jaw line.
• Will gently thicken skin that has thinned, due to ageing.
• Improve furrows, deep folds and creases.
• Will plump up the apples of the cheeks and sculpt the cheek bones.
• Lip enhancement will give better definition, reduce lipstick bleed, add volume and give a fuller appearance.

Dermal filler on lip lines

The effects of dermal fillers are instant. There's a small chance however, of slight bleeding where the needle enters the skin, and slight swelling or redness at the injection area, although this will go down very quickly and the use of an ice pack will speed up resolution.

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Clinic Manager.

Fast Lunchtime Cosmetic Treatments to Improve Your Image - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

During your normal busy day, you're probably thinking that there won’t be enough time to take a moment to pamper your skin, rejuvenate your face or brighten your complexion, but now, you can think again. There are many treatments for the different face and body worries you might have, which you can easily have done in your lunch break.

These days we're all busy, and between work and family responsibilities, we're left with very little time of our own to sort out our beauty needs. In the working day, our lunchtime might be the only time we have to sort out our personal needs.

Laser treatment for spider veins
Spidery red veins that are visible on the face can cause us embarrassment, because if we don't use make-up to cover them up they are there on the face for everyone to see. Most spider veins don't cause any health problems and they aren't painful, and the safest and most effective treatment for removing them is with laser treatment. Depending on the size of the area, laser treatment takes about 15 to 30 minutes, with the cool tip of the laser slowly passing over the affected area. The laser's energy is preferentially absorbed by the veins, causing them to heat up and collapse. After treatment, the body slowly re-absorbs the veins leaving a lovely clear complexion.

Mole removal - results will improve over 3 months for minimal scarring

Wart or mole removal
If you have warts or moles on the hands, face or body that are either unsightly or maybe catching on your clothes, then a lunchtime appointment at Selston Cosmetic Clinic could be the answer. We use radio surgery which involves high frequency radio waves that generate heat, and this will evaporate the wart or the mole. This treatment takes about 15 minutes and there are no side effects, the results are immediate, improving over the following 3 months and they are permanent.

Microdermabrasion
These treatments are ideal for addressing issues such as fine lines and wrinkles, skin discolouration, dull skin and acne related scars. The treatment takes about 30 minutes and immediately afterwards the skin will look fresher and more youthful. It's advisable that clients keep their skin moisturised and use sunscreen every day on the newly treated skin.

Chemical peel
A chemical peel is a treatment to get rid of dull skin. Applying chemical exfoliants removes the dead cells from the skin’s surface and leaves behind a brighter looking complexion. We use chemical peels for all types of skin concerns, from fine lines, wrinkles, sun damage, skin discolouration and mild acne scars. The peel takes between 30-40 minutes and the results are immediate. There's no downtime, so you can return to work straight after, and as with microdermabrasion treatments, we recommend our clients moisturise and use sunscreen daily, as the newly exposed skin needs to stay hydrated and protected from the sun.

In our lunchtime our face can look a couple of years younger in as little as 30 minutes, because cosmetic clinics understand that we have busy schedules, they can fit us in for treatment options that we can have done quickly, painlessly and return to work immediately afterwards.

Botox
If you're worried about crow’s feet, forehead and frown lines, or skin bands on the neck, then injecting botox can really help. Botox targets the muscle activity beneath the skin’s surface which is what causes the frown lines and crows’ feet to form. When it's injected into the muscles, it blocks the nerve transmission, temporarily reducing the muscle contractions that cause wrinkles and frown lines.

Cheeks
As we age our upper cheeks become flatter and start to sag, but dermal filler treatment will give your cheeks a lift, plumping up the apples of the cheeks and sculpting the cheek bones. This treatment takes around 20-30 minutes and instantly restores your face, giving it a youthful look.

Dermal filler on the tear troughs

Tear troughs
The sunken area beneath and around the eye is known as the tear trough, and this can add years to your face and make you look tired. When volume is lost in this area, the hollowness creates a shadow, causing a dark circles under the eyes, and this is best corrected using dermal fillers; an injectable treatment taking about 20-30 minutes.

Nose job
If you are really not happy with the shape of your nose, then dermal fillers are ideal to help improve the shape with results that are visible straight away. Dermal fillers can improve a variety of nose worries, such as a bump on the bridge of the nose, a crooked nose, or reducing the nasal tip droop. Nose treatments only take between 20-30 minutes.

Dermal filler for a non-surgical nose job

Lips
Lip filler treatment to restore volume in the lips has never been easier. Strategically injected filler will give natural shaped and balanced lips with a lovely contour. The volume given to the lips is quite subtle, bringing out the natural look. Lip fillers can also treat the fine smoker's lines around the lips, and will also give the lips a more symmetrical shape. The treatment takes about 20-30 minutes.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager

Restore Volume in Sunken Hollow Cheeks using Dermal Fillers - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

When we age it's common to notice hollows beginning to appear in the cheeks and tear troughs and dark circles under the eyes, which can make the face look older and gaunt. As we get older our skin starts to lose its elasticity and begins showing signs of ageing, leading to the loss of shape and definition of the face.

To lots of people, fuller cheeks and prominent cheekbones are attributes which make us look younger and more attractive. Lots of us would just prefer to have fuller cheeks or we want to replace the lost volume that causes sunken cheeks, and both can easily be treated using dermal fillers.

Dermal filler treatment can help to camouflage bags underneath the eyes and add volume to hollow, sagging cheeks. At Selston Cosmetic Clinic we can smooth wrinkles and facial folds and bring sunken skin back up to the surface by adding volume. Dermal fillers are an effective way to restore youthful fullness to the face, and the main areas are the eye hollows, the nasolabial lines from the nose to the mouth, the chin, enhancing the lips and the cheeks.

If you've never been blessed with prominent cheekbones or you've lost some fullness because of ageing, then dermal filler is an ideal solution. It's a minimally invasive treatment and it will leave you with natural looking, tighter skin.

Dermal filler treatment can;

• Add volume to the cheeks
• Fill the hollows of tear troughs
• Enhance the jaw line 
• Define the chin
• Plump the lips
• Reduce the nasolabial folds

The skeletal changes we see over time, can accentuate the sagging areas of the face, like the tear troughs, the jowls, and the nasolabial folds. We can inject filler to correct any hollowing which happens through ageing and it will restore the skin’s natural elasticity, and leave the skin feeling firmer and highlighting the restored facial features.

Small amounts of dermal filler get injected into the cheek areas where there the volume has been lost and the injections work straight away, adding volume and subtly lifting the cheek area, temporarily reversing the loss of collagen. This treatment will plump up the apples of the cheeks and sculpt the cheek bones.

The dermal filler treatment gets done in a single appointment, it takes about 40 minutes and there's no downtime. The injections cause only minimal discomfort and there's anaesthetic in the filler itself, making it a fairly painless procedure. The results are instant and last for up to a year.

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Clinic Manager.

Get Sculptured Contoured Cheekbones with Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

We are all unique. We all have a face, but we all have different features. Eyes might be round, almond-shaped, close-set or protruding, noses can look hooked, roman or snubbed, and the chin can look pointed, square or receding. The cheeks are also individual to each persons face, with flat cheeks, high cheekbones and apple cheeks. Bone structure, muscle and fat distribution determines the shape of the cheeks, as well as genetics.

When we describe someone as having a baby face, they typically have fuller cheeks, which makes them look younger than others of a similar age. The apple is what we call the plumpness of the cheek, which when seen in children's faces, it's described as chubby cheeks. The reason some people have full, defined apple cheeks and others have cheeks that are flat, is gravity. A pad of fat causes this fullness, and it's this, that tends to slide lower down the face as we age.

We can have poorly defined, flat cheeks at any stage of our life, maybe we have a narrow or flat face or a weak cheek structure. It could be that the cheeks just lack definition, but usually lost cheek contour is a side effect of ageing, when the fat pads slide down the face.

Many people think that high cheekbones are very attractive. If someone has high cheekbones, it means that the widest part of the face is just below the eyes, giving the cheekbone a more prominent look as the cheek dips in below the bone. This can cause shadows which will accentuate and give definition to the cheekbones.

It's been said that high cheekbones are a sign of youth and beauty, but as we age, the cheeks begin to lose volume. This loss of volume often results in hollows in the cheeks, caused by loss of fat from beneath the skin. Cheek augmentation can restore the fullness using dermal fillers. A subtle enhancing of your bone structure can create the kind of bone structure we all want to show off.

Benefits

• Treatment using market-leading dermal fillers; Juvederm, Restylane and Teosyal
• Free consultation with Dr Bassi who is highly trained in aesthetic facial procedures
• Virtually pain-free treatment, as a topical anaesthetic numbs the area being treated
• Minimal pain, bruising and down time
• Excellent post treatment care
• Quick treatment time and immediate results

Cheek augmentation can enhance your facial contours, and balance your features. Dermal filler treatment can also reshape the face, reducing signs of ageing. By adding volume to the cheeks it will give the face a natural-looking symmetry, and a youthful balance.

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Mags.

Clinic Manager.

Replace Lost Volume and Enhance the Cheeks - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

We tend to lose volume from our face as we get older and the most common place this happens is in the cheeks. The volume goes from the cheeks, causing a flattening of the mid face and this loss of fat can also exaggerate the nasolabial folds. Ageing is a gradual thing, and because we see ourselves in the mirror every day we don't notice all the little changes happening. It's when we look at old photo's and compare the changes, or maybe we notice ageing signs on other people we haven't seen for a while.

As well as wrinkles, with ageing, we also develop sagging and hollows. Our collagen production slows down so the skin is no longer as thick and firm as it was, which can stop us looking our best. A couple of things can cause the face to deflate with age; the structure of the skeleton thins, making the cheekbones recede and get smaller and the medial fat pads thin out and gravity pulls them downwards.

You can do everything right for your body with diet and exercise, but in the long-term, your face might not thank you for it. It's the fat that gives the face its youthful look, and having high cheekbones is a sign of youth and beauty. It seems that being thin is the goal of most people, but when it comes your face, thin can make you look older.

Some people often get called baby-faced, and this usually means they have the smooth, rounder cheeks that we see on babies. Lots of us spend our teens and our twenties trying to lose our facial fat to get defined cheekbones, but by the time we reach our middle-age years, a skinny face can sadly look like an old face. The truth is that round, full faces, tend to look younger.

Facial fat is lost gradually over the years, but a massive weight loss will often show a dramatic change in the face. Dermal filler treatment to enhance the cheeks are an effective treatment that will instantly add volume to your cheeks, giving an instant, more youthful appearance.

Cheek augmentation is a popular treatment choice for those with flattened cheekbones or for those who have volume loss around the cheeks. It's a minimally invasive procedure, is almost painless and needs no downtime, although you may experience slight swelling or potential bruising but you can return to work after your treatment.

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Ageing Skin - Why & How It Ages - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

As they are always exposed, the face and hands are the first parts of our body to show signs of ageing. Whether they are facing the cold, wind and rain of winter or the heat of the sun in summer, all types of weather can affect the skin. And it's not just the weather; the pollution and car fumes in the towns can also play a part in ageing our skin.

Dermaroller treatment to rejuvenate skin

Lots of things accelerate the ageing process of the skin:

Stress - signs of stress can show up on your skin, hair and nails
Lack of sleep - those who sleep badly have more fine lines, uneven skin colour and slackening of skin.
Sun damage - the sun is responsible for most visible signs of skin ageing. UVA rays emitted by the sun can cause pigmentation, reduced skin elasticity through collagen and elastin breakdown and skin-texture quality.
Smoking - exposure to smoke, and even second-hand smoke, can cause damage to the elastin fibres causing sagging to the skin, age spots and lines and wrinkles around the mouth.
Pollution and the environment - can cause fine lines, dark circles under the eyes, dehydrated skin, which can leave the skin dry, rough and itchy, and the city dust and dirt clogging up the pores and making the skin look lifeless and dull.

Cheeks, jawline and chin refinement using dermal filler

As a result of normal ageing, one of the main things we notice, is loss of volume. As we age our  facial fat is generally lost, causing the soft tissues to become thinner. Collagen; the dense fibres for strength, and elastin; the elastic fibres for suppleness will become less firm and elastic as we get older, allowing the soft tissue in the face to sag. This results in the face looking thinner and facial bones looking more prominent.

Dermal filler to replace lost volume

• The cheeks - there's less production of collagen and elastin meaning that the ageing skin is vulnerable to the effects of gravity and can sag, resulting in jowls and bags under the eyes. 
• The mouth -  laugh lines deepen and the fine lines that surround the lips, known as smokers lines appear, and we lose definition resulting in the dreaded lipstick bleed.
• The eyes - upper and lower, begin to sag, creating dark circles and tear troughs.
• Facial thread veins - The blood vessels in ageing thin skin are more likely to break, bruise or become permanently dilated, causing thread veins.
• Age spots - this occurs when the pigment cells in the skin increase in certain areas and cluster together, resulting in sun spots, freckles or liver spots.
• The forehead - gains wrinkles and furrows through repetitive facial expression movements, made over time.
• The skin - generalised wrinkling of the face may occur because of thinning ageing skin, and reduced skin cell turnover will result in thinner crepe like skin. More mature skin, also has fewer sweat and oil glands, therefore it is prone to dryness.

At Selston Cosmetic Clinic we offer the latest cutting edge, safe and effective cosmetic medical treatments for anti-ageing of the skin. A little wrinkle, a bit of sagging or dark circle might be making you look older than you really are, but we've got an experienced and fully trained aesthetic team to help you choose from a variety of treatments, and recommend which treatment is suitable for your concerns.

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Clinic Manager.

Restore Volume to Sunken Cheeks With Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Maintaining a youthful face, is achievable using injectable treatments, and dermal fillers are one of the most popular choices available today.

Hyaluronic acid is a very good choice as a dermal filler, to reduce your facial wrinkles and lines and volume loss, because of its excellent compatibility with the human body. Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance found the body and when used in a filler, it acts as a network that transfers essential nutrients from the bloodstream to the skin cells.

Ageing and weight-loss are contributing factors when our face begins to look older and worn-out day by day. Collagen is the reason our skin looks fresh and tight, but over time our body will lose vital components such as collagen fibres and elastin, when it gradually starts decreasing in our skin. When our body's own naturally occurring collagen starts to decrease, hyaluronic acid fillers will replace the deteriorating supporting layers of the skin and temporarily replenish the skin’s volume.

High cheekbones are a thing of beauty, but unfortunately, they don’t come naturally to everyone. Loss of volume will diminish the cheeks, making them seem hollow and gaunt, but using dermal filler to add volume to the cheeks could rectify this. The three main landmarks on the face are the nose, cheeks and chin, and the facial structure might seem unbalanced when one of these is out of proportion.

At Selston Cosmetic Clinic, when we inject dermal fillers into the skin where the fine lines, wrinkles and sunken areas are, you will immediately notice the difference, as the wrinkles vanish and the sunken areas achieve more volume. 

The filler treatment plumps up the apples of the cheeks and sculpts the cheek bones. Higher, fuller cheeks can improve your appearance, balance your other facial features, and instantly restore your face to a more youthful appearance. Dermal fillers are ideal for those who want to look younger and fresher without the need for invasive surgery.

Dermal fillers are a simple solution that offer many benefits :

• The injectable fillers are minimally invasive.
• The results from dermal fillers are instantly visible (full results may take a couple of weeks to appear)
• The procedure takes less than an hour
• There is minimal downtime required after the treatment 
• The results from dermal fillers will last from  9 months to a year. 

Dermal fillers can work wonders for skin which has wrinkles and volume loss, and these treatments are a wonderful option to fight the signs of ageing.

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Clinic Manager.

Cheek Lift Enhancement to Give a Youthful Appearance - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

The more we age, the more we notice the changes happening to our skin. With the onset of time, many ageing effects happen that can make us look tired and less youthful. Ageing causes the facial skin to sag when gravity pulls the skin on the cheek downwards. The fat pad slides down from the cheek bone into the face, which gives the effect of sunken cheeks, on and below the cheek bones.

A plump, full high cheek is a hallmark of a beautiful face. When we lose volume in the cheeks, it can leave us with a gaunt appearance and this is especially true of those who manage to lose lots of weight and others who are naturally slender.

Once upon a time only a facelift or cheek implants could help with restoring facial volume, but these days we have a number of effective, non-surgical treatments. Older skin loses fat and collagen which causes a change of our facial contour, resulting in hollowed cheeks, sagging skin and wrinkles, leading to an overly aged, drawn appearance.

An attractive face is defined by smooth, round contours and high cheekbones. Ageing leads to loss of definition on the cheeks and jaw-line and you might notice shadows around the cheek bone that's associated with loss of fat. Over time your face might change, but dermal filler injections will allow you to subtly control your looks as you age.

Dermal fillers are ideal for smoothing away facial lines and wrinkles, creating fuller lips and shaping facial contours like the cheeks and chin. People seek cheek augmentation to correct flatness, asymmetry, or to improve the overall balance of the facial shape. The cheek filler treatment plumps up the apples of the cheeks and sculpts the cheek bones. This instantly restores your face to a youthful appearance.

The most common areas treated are:

• The cheeks - to add volume and contour the face
• The nasolabial folds - the nose to mouth lines
• The glabella lines - between the eyebrows
• The lips - adding shape and volume
• The chin and jaw-line - adding definition.

Dermal fillers work by boosting the skin’s own supply of hyaluronic acid, and dermal fillers revitalise and add volume to the skin, instantly diminishing the lines and wrinkles and giving a softer natural look. Dermal fillers are a soft injectable gel consisting of hyaluronic acid which is tissue-friendly and closely resembles the hyaluronic acid that exists naturally in the body. It is long-lasting but not permanent.

At the Selston Cosmetic Clinic, cheek enhancement is one of the most common treatments requested, and we have many clients returning for repeat treatments. Dr Bassi has developed great expertise delivering this treatment over the last 10 years.

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Clinic Manager.

Anti-Ageing Methods and Dermal Fillers - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

There are many things we can do as we age, to help keep us looking younger. The anti-ageing methods we use, fall somewhere between wrinkle cream and a face-lift... and let's face it, we'll try anything!

Creams and Serum

The makers of anti-ageing creams claim to be able to give you a face several decades younger, but which ones do we choose? The vast range of face creams, gels and serums that promise to keep us looking younger, are mind-blowing, especially the choice; anti-wrinkle, de-creasing, radiance, anti-ageing, age-defying, plumping up, mega-hydrating ... and on, and on. When using skin care products, there are certain ingredients you should look for;

Matrixyl - This skin-perfecting peptide stimulates collagen, restores elasticity and encourages skin repair.
Pro-Vitamin B5 - This ingredient can attract and hold on to moisture, leaving the skin supple and hydrated.
Retinol - this works by stimulating collagen production and increasing the turnover of skin cells.

Vitamin E - is moisturising, anti-inflammatory and can protect skin against sun damage.
Vitamin C - can help reduce inflammation, reverse sun damage and boost collagen production.

Sunscreen - A moisturiser with SPF 25 or higher is the best defence against wrinkles, dullness, brown spots and the loss of firmness.

Fake Tan
Get yourself a healthy glow. We all know that "real" sunbathing is ageing for the skin, but a subtle tan obtained by using either self tanning lotions and wipes, spray or fake tan, will give you a boost of confidence. Alternatively, a tinted moisturiser will give the skin a nice glow. There is no denying that tanned skin makes you look and feel younger, thinner and more beautiful.

Teeth Whitening
Nothing is more rejuvenating than a beautiful, white smile. It’s astounding how many years a decent smile can take off your face. People with stained and dull teeth tend not to smile because they are uncomfortable or embarrassed about their teeth. According to a recent study, having whiter teeth makes you look more successful, more employable, more attractive and at least five years younger.

Haircut and Colour
A good haircut can make you look ten years younger. We've all seen the make-over programmes on TV, where a new cut and colour instantly turns a frumpy mother into a yummy mummy! Every five years you need to reinvent yourself, not drastic major changes, just little tweaks. You can have the same basic hairstyle forever, but you do need to change it up a bit. There are plenty of changes you can make to instantly take years off your look. Maybe changing your parting, adding layers, having a fringe cut in or by choosing softer-coloured hair highlights.

Dermal Fillers
Fillers will add volume to the face by filling in the wrinkles and lines, and sometimes by plumping up areas of the face, giving your face a younger look. Area's like the cheeks, under-eye area and temples, that over time have lost volume, causing the skin to sink and sag are ideal places to fill. Small amounts of dermal filler get directly injected into the skin using a fine needle. No recovery time is needed after dermal filler treatment and you can return to usual activities straight away. Some slight swelling or bruising might be experienced at the injection area, but this doesn't usually last longer than 48 hours. Your doctor will discuss your recovery and what to expect when you attend your appointment.

Under-eye area  (Tear Troughs) before and after dermal filler treatment

We should always aim for subtle results, leaving our friends and family believing that we are simply just looking our best! Dermal fillers really are like a mini face lift!

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Clinic Manager.

Cheek Lift for High Cheeks & Facial Volume - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Spring is the time for renewal and change, which makes it the best time to sort out your facial issues. Full cheeks and high cheekbones are one of the signs of a youthful face, so, after a long winter, how nice would it be to look and feel refreshed by restoring the face's lost volume. Sagging and sunken cheeks can have a huge impact on the rest of the face. Over time everything seems to shift downwards and the face can start to look permanently drawn, unhappy and tired.

Cheeks and cheekbones are an important part of facial beauty, as defined cheeks create balance, improve the profile, and give a youthful impression. Some people lose facial volume with age, while others have never had contoured cheeks, but both would like to achieve fullness and a lift to the cheeks to give a more youthful appearance.

It's a fact that in our youth our cheeks are rounder, smoother and have more volume. The reason for this is down to collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid in the skin, as well as fat within the facial contours. These elements are lost as we grow older which means we lose the high cheeked look. With ageing our cheek bones look less pronounced and after the age of 30 the skin can lose 1% of its collagen and thickness. Dramatic weight loss, extensive exercising, stress and illness can all contribute to loss of fat in the face, leaving us with a gaunt, hollow-cheeked look.

One way to improve the structure of the face is by using dermal fillers as they are a great way to help restore volume. A cheek lift procedure involves injecting a dermal filler into the cheeks to replace lost volume, plump up the cheeks and help to lose the gaunt look that ageing brings about. Lifting the cheeks can give dramatic results, achieving a more youthful appearance, but doing so in a subtle way that makes it hard for others to put their finger on exactly what you've done that is different!

The ageing process can result in our upper cheeks becoming flat and saggy and it's the correction of these with dermal fillers which gives you a 'cheek lift' . This treatment instantly restores your face, giving it a youthful appearance by plumping up the apples of the cheeks and sculpting the cheek bones. Cheek enhancement is one of the most common treatments requested at the Selston Cosmetic Clinic and we have many clients returning for repeat treatments.

With over 10 years experience as a specialist cosmetic practitioner, Dr Bassi has performed thousands of injectable treatments and tailors his facial filler and remodelling treatment to each patient, to help them look and feel their best. A local anaesthetic is used to numb the area and the procedure takes about 20-30 minutes and you can go back to work the following day. The results are immediate and last between 9-12 months.

Call the Selston Cosmetic Clinic for a free consultation and we will help you retrieve that lost volume, after all, plump, full, high cheeks are the hallmark of a beautiful face.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Cheek Filler using Dermal Fillers - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield and Chesterfield

Cheek Enhancement using Dermal Fillers

As we age, our skin loses collagen and fat which changes the facial contour. The cheeks can become hollow, and skin can sag and wrinkle, which results in a drawn and aged appearance. Non-surgical cheek enhancement is a process where dermal fillers are used to improve the appearance and shape of the cheek, without the need for surgery or cheek implants.

Pillow face, chipmunk cheeks and piggy eyes (where the eyes nearly disappear during a smile, or worse, without a smile, which happens when too much dermal filler is injected into the cheek area) are words used to describe faces that have been overfilled with fillers.

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After

Celebrities, such as singer Madonna and actresses Ashley Judd and Nicole Kidman are some of the most obvious examples of stars whose new, youthful glow seems to suggest they may have had fat or filler implants in their cheeks, causing the pillow face effect.

Ashley Judd

Madonna seems more puffy in the face

Increasing numbers of celebrities are now going for the plumped-up look, as opposed to the wind tunnel effect of a face-lift or the frozen Botox look.  Since it was realised that lifting sag and filling wrinkles wasn’t everything, and that volumizing made faces look younger, certain celebrities seem to have gone to town with the volume!  But it gets to the point where the face and cheeks look puffy and over-stuffed, hence the term pillow face. Which would suggest that restraint is vital!

Less is more, and patients should be really happy with the vast improvement fillers can achieve and be happy to just leave out that last little 10%. Over-filling is just not necessary.

At the Selston Cosmetic Clinic we have had great success with using fillers. We recommend Restylane range and Radiesse for cheek bone enhancement. It restores lost facial volume in the cheeks, cheekbones and chin. It was developed to be smoother than other hyaluronic acid facial volumizers, making it easier to inject during the filler treatment and resulting in a smooth, natural look and feel.

Before

After

As we age our upper cheeks become flatter and saggy, and correction of these with dermal fillers gives you a 'cheek lift'. This treatment plumps up the apples of the cheeks and sculpts the cheek bones. This instantly gives your face a more youthful appearance. Cheek enhancements are one of the most common treatments requested at our clinic and we have numerous clients returning for repeat treatments.

Dr Bassi is a fully trained cosmetic practitioner in advanced filler techniques. As no two faces are similar, he tailors his facial filler and remodelling treatment to each individual patient , to help them look and feel their best.

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Mags. Clinic Manager.