Injectable Fillers:: Principles and Practice

Dermal fillers are the fastest growing tools in the cosmetic physician's armamentarium for refreshing the appearance of patients. This book demonstrates effective, best-practice use for superb patient results. Augmented by a DVD of procedural videos, it shows you how to match patient, treatment, and filler for maximum results.

Taking a patient-centered approach, Dr. Jones reviews the advantages and disadvantages of each filler according to anatomical application.

An extensive chapter on complications from soft-tissue augmentation of the face explains how to avoid and manage peri-procedural issues. Closing chapters supply a cheek enhancement guide for the aesthetic injector and a review of the clinical applications of hyaluronic acids, which are currently the most commonly used fillers.

With careful coverage of basic science, safety and efficacy data that have led to FDA approval, safe and effective injection Lechniques, and appropriale indications for each filler, this concise volume provides a dependable source of important information for dermalologists, aesthetic medicine practitioners, plastic surgeons, and all praclitioners who work with injectable fillers.

Edited by Derek Jones, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California at Los Angeles; Founder and Director, Skin Care and Laser Physicians of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA