Beyond Botox: 3 Surprising Uses for Dermal Fillers You Haven't Considered

When most people think about cosmetic injectables, their minds immediately go to Botox®. This treatment is highly effective for certain types of wrinkles, such as those on your forehead or between your eyebrows.

It’s not your only option for using a syringe to improve your appearance. At our office on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, Hilla Steinberg, MD, and our team also offer facial fillers. These give you a way to transform your appearance in a few significant ways. 

Dr. Steinberg uses facial fillers to:

#1: Improve the contours of your cheeks

Fillers let you add volume to your face. Many people choose this as an anti-aging treatment because the face naturally loses volume over time. This can cause sagging skin and other issues. The change most people notice, though, centers around the cheeks. 

Over time, your cheeks might start to sag or look more hollow. With facial fillers, Dr. Steinberg can replace the volume you’ve lost, helping you restore the contours of your youth.

In fact, you can use fillers even if you’re not concerned about age-related volume loss. If you’ve wished your cheek contours were more pronounced or symmetrical, Dr. Steinberg can apply this cosmetic injectable to move you toward your desired look. 

#2: Smooth lines on the lower half of your face

Botox works extremely well for certain types of lines: dynamic wrinkles. These are the wrinkles that form because of repeated facial expressions. You might get forehead lines from raising your brows, for example. 

Botox works by temporarily blocking the nerve signals that cause muscle contraction, allowing the skin above the wrinkle to relax. But it’s not effective on the lower half of your face, where folds form due to volume loss. 

That’s where fillers come in. With this treatment, Dr. Steinberg can plump the skin under marionette lines or vertical lip lines, smoothing them. 

#3: Plump thin lips

Your lips get thinner as you get older. Whether you’ve noticed this unwelcome sign of aging or you’ve always wished you had fuller lips, talk with Dr. Steinberg. 

With fillers, she can add more volume to your lips, giving you the plumper pout you want. Dr. Steinberg has extensive experience with fillers, so she can help you find the sweet spot where your lips look full but not overfilled. 

Getting fillers only takes about an hour, and downtime afterward is minimal (you might have a little bruising or swelling, but it should fade quickly). With many fillers, the results last about a year. 

If you’d like to go beyond Botox and use fillers to move toward your ideal cosmetic outcomes, schedule a consultation with our team. Call our office or book an appointment online today.