What do you know about Filler injection in Turkey? Have you ever thought that your facial skin can look smoother and younger? Even if a surgical procedure, such as a facelift is not an option for you, you can still reduce these wrinkles over your face, remove fine lines under your eyes and get a youthful and bright look.

Filler injection is a common non-surgical alternative to the facelift and a powerful method to refresh your facial skin.

What is dermal filler treatment?

Skin is primarily supported by three components: collagen, hyaluronic acid, and elastin. While the person is getting older, his skin starts to lose these critical factors, creating wrinkles and lines around the face. However, injectable cosmetic fillers can compensate for this loss, restoring youthful skin.

Filler injection is a cosmetic procedure that helps plump up the tissues under the skin, shrink the facial wrinkles, and get firmer and smoother skin. This procedure is carried out simply and requires local anesthesia only, using either synthetic or natural fillers.

Synthetic fillers are common fillers for facial skin. They are made to look like the natural components which include collagen hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxyapatite that play a crucial role in keeping the skin firm and smooth. While the natural fillers are autologous fat which is taken from certain parts of the body to be injected into the facial skin.

Who is a good candidate for dermal filler treatment?

The right candidate should :

• Be in good general health, and do not have any chronic or immune system diseases. 

• Enjoy elastic skin and have no evident allergies to filler injection.

• Suffer from significant wrinkles or fine lines.

• Want to refresh his facial skin to look younger.

• Lose the natural volume of the face and want to restore its symmetric features.

• Women should not be pregnant or breastfeeding.

• The candidate should be a non-smoker.

Pre-operative instructions for dermal filler injection

To prepare for filler injection, you should follow some important recommendations:

• If you are a smoker, you should stop smoking for at least a month before the injection.

• You should avoid blood-thinning medications or supplements, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, Aleve, Motrin, and Vitamin E, which can increase the risk of bleeding during the injections for two weeks before the procedure.

•  Stop drinking alcoholic beverages for 24 hours before the injection.

• Avoid waxing, bleaching, or tweezing two days before the injection.

• Stop using Retin-A for two days before the treatment.

• If you have treated your skin with a laser, chemical peel, or any active dermal response procedure, you should wait a week before filler injection.

• You should not wear makeup on your appointment day.

How does dermal filler injection work?

Typically, a filler injection procedure goes through the following steps:

1. Firstly, your facial skin is evaluated, determining the target sites of your face which will be injected.

2. The target areas are cleansed with an antibacterial product before being numbed with local anesthesia to ensure that the patient feels no pain during the injection process. 

3. Finally, the determined sites of your face are injected by filler strategically, the filler injection process often takes 15 to 60 minutes, depending on the facial skin situation.

Post-operative instructions for dermal filler injection

To avoid the risk of possible side effects or any complications after filler injection, you should follow these important instructions:

• Avoid touching or massaging the treated area after the treatment.

• Avoid direct sun or high heat for three days after the injection.

• Keep your head in a vertical position for two hours directly after the treatment.

• Avoid strenuous exercise for 24 hours after the procedure.

• Avoid smoking or consuming alcohol for a while after the injection.

• Take your medications prescribed by your doctor. Usually, the medicines include some antibiotics and painkillers.   

• If you experience any swelling, you are recommended to use an ice pack to reduce it and feel more comfortable.

Dermal filler injection side effects

Filler injection is associated with side effects: 

• Itching and rash

• Pain 

• Blood vessels injury. 

• Bruising and swelling.

• Infection.

• Leakage of the filler 

How much does dermal filler injection cost in Turkey?

Filler injection cost depends on several factors, such as the quality of materials and the target areas. Generally, the cost of filler injection in Turkey is between $150 and $1500.