Collagen-stimulating injections

Collagen-stimulating injections

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Injections with a collagen stimulator, for example on the neck, that stimulate the skin's own collagen production.

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Applied to Face, Neck and throat, Hands

About the treatment

At a glance

Pain level
Most people rate the discomfort 2–4 out of 10
Downtime
Usually 1–3 days of swelling

Benefits

  • Firmer skin on the neck and hands
  • A gradual, natural result
  • Several products to choose from
  • Often lasts one to two years

Expected results

The skin becomes gradually firmer over two to three months. The effect often lasts one to two years.

Overview & Procedure

What the treatment is and how it's performed

What it is

Collagen-stimulating injections signal the skin to form new collagen. On the neck, face and hands, the skin becomes gradually firmer and thicker, and fine lines softer. The practitioner chooses the product, for example Radiesse, Sculptra or Karisma, for your skin and the area.

  • Usually one to three treatments four to six weeks apart, depending on the product.

  1. The doctor or practitioner assesses your skin and face shape.
  2. The skin is cleaned and disinfected. Numbing cream can be applied.
  3. The product is placed with a fine needle or blunt cannula, often in a fan pattern under the skin.
  4. The area is massaged to spread the product.

  • Avoid alcohol for the last day and supplements such as fish oil for the last week. This can mean fewer bruises.
  • Come without make-up.
  • Stop using retinol and acids three days before the treatment.

The treatment itself takes 30–45 minutes.

Experience & Recovery

Pain level, downtime and healing

Most people rate the discomfort 2–4 out of 10. The product often contains a local anaesthetic, and numbing cream can be used.

  • Common: swelling, tenderness, redness and small bruises.
  • Uncommon: small lumps under the skin that can be felt but are rarely seen.
  • Rare: infection or inflammatory lumps that appear weeks or months later.
  • Very rare: the product blocks a blood vessel. This can damage the skin and, at worst, the eyesight.

  • Follow the practitioner's advice on massage. After some products you need to massage the area for several days.
  • Avoid hard exercise, heat and alcohol for the first day.
  • Avoid strong sun until swelling and bruising have gone.

Usually 1–3 days of swelling. Swelling, tenderness and small bruises usually settle within a week.

Expectations & Safety

Who it's for and safety information

  • Biostimulators work gradually. The result builds up over weeks and months as the skin forms new collagen.
  • Products with calcium hydroxylapatite or poly-L-lactic acid cannot be dissolved with an enzyme the way hyaluronic acid can.
  • Biostimulators are not placed in the lips.

  • Thin or lax skin on the neck.
  • Hands with thin skin and visible tendons and veins.
  • A face that has lost firmness.

  • Anyone who wants an immediate result.
  • A lot of loose skin. Surgery may suit better.
  • The lips and the area just under the eyes.

The result builds up over two to three months and often lasts one to two years.

  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding.
  • Infection, wounds, cold sores or inflammation in the area.
  • Known allergy to the contents or to local anaesthetics.
  • A tendency to raised, growing scars (keloids).
  • Bleeding disorders. If you take blood-thinning medicine, tell the clinic.
  • Active autoimmune disease or medicines that suppress the immune system, unless a doctor has cleared you.

Contact the clinic at once if you get severe or increasing pain, pale, white or bluish skin or a net-like pattern in the skin. Call 113 if your vision becomes blurred or lost. Also contact the clinic if you get a fever, increasing redness, warmth or pus.