Danilo De Gregorio
Postgraduate University Masters in Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery Perugia Area, Italy
Title: F.A.C.E. G.I.F.T. (face aged contour enhancement with global infiltration in filling treatment) our experience in the off-label use of calcium hydroxyapatite in global facial rejuvenation.
Biography
Biography: Danilo De Gregorio
Abstract
Introduction: Calcium hydroxylapatite is one of the most studied materials in the world for its use in various surgical branches and a dermal filler (FDA approved) widely used both for the correction of wrinkles, and moderate or severe facial folds, and to reconstitute lost facial volumes. The abstract exposes our personal experience in the off-label use of calcium hydroxylapatite in the global rejuvenation of the face due to the volumetric increase of the chin, and of the labial-mental groove, correction of the marionette lines, of the pre-jowl furrow , of the zygomatic-malar area, of the peri and supra-orbital and temporal area through a few key access points.
Aims: The objective of this work will consider the evolution in a short period in the use of calcium hydroxylapatite [Radiesse (®)] in aesthetic medicine, providing a new methodology of approach to facial rejuvenation in its three-dimensionality with a protocol of detailed injection with a few key access points for a global approach to facial aging.
Materials and methods: The technique that uses a few key points of access through the cannula limits the formation of hematomas of the face due to its minimum traumatic, allowing the product to be distributed to the deep and superficial anatomical layers. The calcium drossiapatite vials are used in pure or diluted form (off-label procedure) with 1% physiological saline/lidocaine hydrochloride solution in 1: 1 or 1: 0.7 ratio using Luer-lock connectors and syringes from 5 ml.
Results : This article is our personal up-to-date review of the injective procedure of calcium hydroxylapatite [Radiesse (®)] in aesthetic medicine through its use in pure or diluted form (off-label), including a detailed injection protocol using a few key- point for a full face liquid lifting Thanks to the unique properties of calcium hydroxylapatite and its stimulating and restructuring action, it is possible to provide a stimulus to the production of linking and elastic, and to the increase of the dermal matrix, with a relaxing effect, toning and firming of the face.
Conclusions: Calcium hydroxylapatite [Radiesse (®)] is a very effective filler for the restoration of the volumes of many areas of the face and its use is associated with a good standard of safety established over the years: its use with an off-site method thanks to its characteristics of high elasticity and viscosity, the label exploits its ability to induce the long-term formation of the dermal matrix rich in collagen and elastin, making it an ideal agent for an approach to the restoration of facial volumes in a global manner.