Dr. Charles Mok explains biostimulation: injecting ingredients under the skin to trigger collagen growth. Calcium hydroxyapatite (Radiesse) was FDA-approved as a filler in 2006, and doctors have used thinned versions to stimulate collagen for about 10 years.
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Then there's a concept of bio stimulation with different products. Biostimulation is adding an ingredient to the skin to help grow collagen, to stimulate collagen growth. So what do we use for that? Well, there's really three main products that we use. There's other products that our use use better lure. We use three main product products. One is called Calcium Hydroxy Appetite. The brand name is Radiesse. And Radiesse was designed as a filler and it came out in 2006, FDA approved for filling, filling the cheeks and whatnot. Then we found that if we if we take radius and thin it out and spread it evenly underneath the skin, it causes significant bio stimulation. That's been a technique that's been used for about 10 years.