Hyaluronic Acid vs. Permanent Fillers: Benefits

Name: Hyaluronic Acid vs. Permanent Fillers: Benefits
Uploaded: 2024-08-09T16:00:03+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: This content was created by Dr. Charles Mok. This content was uploaded by Dr. Charles Mok. This is a YouTube clip titled "Hyaluronic Acid vs. Permanent…

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This content was created by Dr. Charles Mok. This content was uploaded by Dr. Charles Mok. This is a YouTube clip titled "Hyaluronic Acid vs. Permanent Fillers: Benefits" (created 2024-08-09) containing a single speaker explaining the advantages of hyaluronic acid fillers versus permanent fillers. The speaker highlights predictability and safety, emphasizes reversibility (can be dissolved rapidly with the enzyme hyaluronidase if accidentally injected into a vessel), and discusses factors affecting longevity such as repeated treatments, placement in low-motion areas, and protection from reactive oxygen species.

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The upside to using the hyaluronic acids over other fillers are that they are very predictable and they are reversible. That's a big one, because problems occasionally do occur. Once in a while it's injected into an artery or vein. That can be a problem. It can be dissolved with hyaluronidase, which is an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid is pretty much instantaneous. So that's the advantage of hyaluronic acid over some other fillers that might be considered permanent. But we choose to use a hyaluronic acid over the permanent fillers because they have some characteristics of permanence. Again, doing it repeatedly or in areas with low motion, adding something to it to keep it from breaking down from reactive oxygen species. Predictability and safety.