Combining Botox® and Dermal Fillers for the Ultimate Liquid Facelift

Botox® and dermal fillers are two of the most popular cosmetic treatments on the market, and it’s not difficult to understand why. 

Signs of aging like wrinkles, fine lines, and sagging skin show a life well-lived, but it’s not always easy to get on board with these obvious indicators of growing older. For decades, the only solution to rejuvenate aging skin was facelift surgery, but cosmetic injections like Botox and dermal fillers have provided a way to restore a youthful appearance without incisions or long recovery times. 

At North Texas Cosmetic Surgery in Frisco, Texas, board-certified cosmetic surgeon Alan Greenberg, MD, leads our team in offering a variety of aesthetic services to help you feel your very best, including Botox and dermal fillers. 

In this month’s blog, we explore how each of these injections works and how you can combine them for incredible results. 

Understanding Botox and dermal fillers

Botox and dermal fillers can both eliminate wrinkles and smooth out your skin; however, that’s actually the only similarity these injections have. 

Botox is a neuromodulator that blocks nerve signals to the muscles in your face. So, when Botox is injected into specific areas, those targeted muscles that respond to your colorful facial expressions are temporarily paralyzed, resulting in a softer and smoother complexion. This cosmetic injection works best for crow’s-feet, eyebrow lines (11s), and forehead lines.

Dermal fillers are made of hyaluronic acid and act like liquid implants for your face. Instead of freezing muscles, they fill in areas that have lost volume and shape due to aging and collagen loss. Dermal fillers can effectively address laugh lines, thin lips, and sunken cheeks.

When to consider combining Botox and dermal fillers 

If you only have forehead lines or simply want to fill in thinning lips, you can just get Botox or dermal fillers on their own to address your one concern. But if you have several areas around your face you want to correct or you simply want to rejuvenate your whole complexion, you may want to combine both treatments. 

Botox and dermal fillers treat different things and use different ingredients. So, they actually work very well together and complement one another. Botox works to eliminate dynamic wrinkles that are caused by facial expressions and dermal fillers erase static wrinkles that develop from age and collagen loss. 

A huge benefit of combining these treatments is that you can get all the necessary injections in a single appointment at North Texas Cosmetic Surgery. This means you can transform your appearance in one day with no downtime or surgical risks. Even though you will see some results immediately, full results will develop over the next several days. 

To learn more about how to get the results of a facelift without committing to surgery, schedule a consultation by calling our office or using our online booking feature today.