What it is
A thin, soft hyaluronic acid filler is placed just under the skin to fill fine lines, for example above the upper lip, on the cheeks or on the neck. The filler is made to lie close to the surface and evenly, without adding visible volume.
Filler against Superficial lines
from 30 min
3,490 kr
A thin hyaluronic acid filler for fine, superficial lines in the skin.
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Applied to Face
About the treatment
At a glance
- Duration
- from 30 min
- Pain level
- Most people rate the discomfort 2–4 out of 10
- Downtime
- Usually 1–3 days of swelling
Benefits
- Smooths fine lines
- A subtle result without visible volume
- A short treatment
- Can be dissolved if needed
Expected results
The lines become less visible straight away. The result often lasts 6–9 months.
Overview & Procedure
What the treatment is and how it's performed
- Usually 0.5–1 ml per area.
- A check-up after two weeks.
- Some people need another treatment after four weeks for an even result.
- The practitioner goes through your health, your wishes and what is realistic.
- With your consent, photos are taken before the treatment.
- The skin is cleaned and disinfected. Numbing cream can be applied.
- The filler is placed in small amounts with a fine needle or a blunt cannula.
- The practitioner checks the shape as they work and finishes with cooling.
- Avoid alcohol for the last day, and supplements such as fish oil and ginkgo for the last week. This can mean fewer bruises.
- Come without make-up on the area.
- If you have had cold sores, tell the clinic before treatment around the mouth.
The treatment itself takes 20–40 minutes. With the consultation and numbing cream, the appointment takes about an hour.
Experience & Recovery
Pain level, downtime and healing
Most people rate the discomfort 2–4 out of 10. Many fillers contain a local anaesthetic, and the practitioner can also apply numbing cream.
- Common: swelling, redness, tenderness and small bruises where the needle went in. These usually settle within a few days to a week.
- Uncommon: small lumps or irregularities. They often even out by themselves, and the practitioner can adjust them at the check-up.
- Rare: infection, a delayed inflammatory reaction with lumps that appear weeks or months after the treatment, or a bluish tint in the skin if the filler lies too close to the surface.
- Very rare: the filler can block a blood vessel. This can damage the skin and, at worst, the eyesight. The practitioner must therefore know the signs and be able to treat it at once.
- Do not touch, press or massage the area for the first six hours unless the practitioner asks you to.
- Wait until the next day before wearing make-up.
- Avoid hard exercise, saunas, steam rooms, hot baths and alcohol for the first 24–48 hours.
- A clean cold pack in short sessions can reduce the swelling.
- Sleep with your head slightly raised for the first nights.
- Wait two weeks before dental treatment and other facial treatments, such as laser and peels, unless the practitioner advises otherwise.
Usually 1–3 days of swelling. Small bruises can last up to two weeks. Most people can go to work the next day. Have the treatment at least two weeks before an important event.
Expectations & Safety
Who it's for and safety information
- Filler adds volume and contour. It does not lift sagging skin, and it does not soften expression lines the way muscle-relaxing treatment does.
- The body breaks hyaluronic acid down over time. If needed, a doctor can dissolve the filler with an enzyme.
- It is safer to build up the result over two treatments than to place a large amount at once.
- The final result is assessed after two weeks, when the swelling has gone down. The practitioner can then adjust if needed.
- Fine lines that show even when the face is at rest.
- Lines above the upper lip, on the cheeks or on the neck.
- Anyone who wants a subtle result.
- Lines that only show when you use your facial muscles. Muscle-relaxing treatment often suits better.
- Deep folds that need more volume.
- Anyone who wants a result that lasts forever.
Thin fillers break down faster than firm fillers. The result often lasts 6–9 months.
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Infection, wounds, cold sores or inflammation in the area.
- Known allergy to hyaluronic acid or local anaesthetics, or an earlier reaction to filler.
- Bleeding disorders. If you take blood-thinning medicine, tell the clinic, but do not stop taking it without agreeing this with your doctor.
- Active autoimmune disease or medicines that suppress the immune system, unless a doctor has cleared you.
- Permanent filler already in the area.
Contact the clinic at once if you get severe or increasing pain, pale, white or bluish skin, a net-like pattern in the skin or blisters in the area. Call 113 if your vision becomes blurred or lost. Also contact the clinic if you get a fever, increasing redness, warmth or pus, which can be signs of infection.
