Your Personal Fountain of Youth: Fighting the Signs of Aging with Cosmetic Injectables

YOUR PERSONAL FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: Fighting the Signs of Aging with Cosmetic Injectables COSMETIC INJECTABLES FACTS BOTOX RESTYLANE ACTIVE INGREDIENT ACTIVE INGREDIENT Sterile and purified complex of botulinum toxin type A Hyaluronic acid TREATABLE AREAS TREATABLE AREAS Tear troughs; laugh lines; lip lines, lip augmentation Forehead wrinkles; frown lines between the eyebrows, LASTS crows feet 6 months - I year LASTS 3-6 months 1 YEAR 1 YEAR RADIESSE JUVEDERM ACTIVE INGREDIENT Calcium-based microspheres ACTIVE INGREDIENT Cross-linked hyaluronic acid TREATABLE AREAS Deep laugh lines (Nasolabial Folds), cheekbones, loss of volume mid-face, sagging cheeks, deep marionette lines (puppet lines) TREATABLE AREAS Best for wrinkles in the lower third of the face: laugh lines; marionette lines; parentheses, lip augmentation, lip lines LASTS Up to I year or more. Lasts longer with small touch-ups LASTS Could smooth lines and wrinkles for 6 months to I year 1 YEAR ! YEAR BELOTERO ACTIVE INGREDIENT SKIN STATISTICS Hyaluronic Acid TREATABLE AREAS 5.7 MILLION: Soft, smooth filler best used for fine superficial lines to face and lip line wrinkles. Not often used for deep folds, the number of Botox patients in the U.S. 12.2 MILLION: deep wrinkles, loss of volume the number of cosmetic or cheekbones minimally invasive procedures in 2011 LASTS 6 -8 months 1 YEAR 6% increase in number of cosmetic minimally invasive procedures from 2010-20 || Infographic Provided by Rejuvenation Center 754% increase in number of cosmetic minimally invasive procedures since 1997 LIVE WELL BEAUTY www.rejuvenationcentermedspa.com/whats-new SOURCES http://www.restylaneusa.com/the_restylane_family/about_restylane_and_perlane.aspx http://www.radiesse.com/en-US/resources/ http://www.juvederm.com/views/faq http://www.botoxcosmetic.com/FAQS.aspx www.plasticsurgery.org/Documents/news-resources/statistics/2011-statistics/2011_Stats_Quick_Facts.pdf www.plasticsurgery.org/Documents/news-resources/statis- tics/2011-statistics/2011-top-5-cosmetic-minimally-invasive-procedures-statistics.pdf http://www.nursingcenter.com/inc/JournalArtide?Article_ID=8145358Journal_ID=496448&lssue_ID=814510