Understanding the Difference for Radiant Skin
When you’re exploring aesthetic treatments to rejuvenate your skin, you’ll likely come across terms like “dermal fillers” and “Profhilo.” Both are fantastic for enhancing your appearance, but they work in very different ways and address distinct concerns. It’s easy to get them mixed up, but understanding their unique purposes is key to choosing the right treatment for your skin goals.
I often explain these differences to help our clients make informed decisions for achieving beautifully natural, radiant results.
Dermal Fillers: For Volume, Contouring, and Structure
Think of dermal fillers as sculptors for your face. Primarily made from hyaluronic acid (HA), a substance naturally found in our skin, fillers are designed to:
- Restore Lost Volume: As we age, we lose fat and bone density in the face, leading to hollows (e.g., in cheeks, temples) and a more drawn appearance. Fillers strategically replenish this lost volume.
- Enhance and Define Features: They can be used to add definition to areas like the lips, jawline, and chin, creating better facial harmony and balance.
- Smooth Deep Lines and Folds: Fillers can effectively soften deeper static lines, such as nasolabial folds (lines from nose to mouth) and marionette lines (lines from mouth to chin), by plumping the skin from beneath.
- How they work: Dermal fillers are injected beneath the skin in precise locations to add immediate volume and structure. They come in various thicknesses, allowing us to choose the perfect filler for different areas and desired effects, from subtle lip enhancement to significant cheek augmentation.
- Best for: Addressing specific areas of volume loss, defining contours, enhancing features, and smoothing deep wrinkles.
Profhilo: For Skin Hydration, Firmness, and Overall Glow
Now, imagine a powerful, injectable moisturiser that also stimulates your skin to produce its own youth-boosting elements. That’s a good way to think about Profhilo. Also made of hyaluronic acid, but in a very different concentration and molecular structure to dermal fillers, Profhilo is designed to:
- Deeply Hydrate the Skin: It spreads beneath the skin’s surface, drawing water and providing intense, long-lasting hydration from within.
- Improve Skin Laxity and Firmness: Profhilo triggers your skin’s own natural production of collagen and elastin – the proteins responsible for skin’s strength and elasticity. This leads to improved skin quality, firmness, and a subtle tightening effect.
- Boost Overall Radiance and Texture: By enhancing hydration and stimulating collagen, Profhilo leaves your skin looking smoother, plumper, and with a luminous, healthy glow. It’s fantastic for areas suffering from crepiness or general dullness.
- How it works: Profhilo is strategically injected at specific points on the face (or neck, hands, body). Once injected, it doesn’t stay in a lump but diffuses and spreads throughout the skin’s layers, initiating its bio-remodelling action over several weeks. A typical treatment involves two sessions, one month apart.
- Best for: Improving overall skin quality, hydration, firmness, and achieving a global revitalisation and ‘glow’ effect, particularly for skin laxity and crepiness. It doesn’t provide significant volume or structural change.
Which Treatment is Right for You?
The choice between Profhilo and dermal fillers (or indeed, a combination of both!) depends entirely on your individual concerns and aesthetic goals.
- If you’re looking to redefine your jawline, restore volume to hollow cheeks, or plump your lips, dermal fillers are likely your primary solution.
- If your skin feels dull, saggy, or you’re noticing fine lines and a loss of overall radiance and firmness, Profhilo could be the perfect choice for a fresh, healthy glow.
Often, the most comprehensive and natural-looking rejuvenation combines both. For example, dermal fillers might be used to restore cheek volume, while Profhilo simultaneously improves the overall skin quality and texture for a truly harmonious result.
I believe in a personalised approach. During your free initial consultation, Dr Noreen will meticulously assess your skin, discuss your concerns, and recommend a bespoke treatment plan that aligns with her philosophy of subtle, natural enhancement.
Ready to achieve your most radiant skin yet? Book your free consultation with me today to discover the perfect treatment path for you.
