True or False? 10 received ideas about Hyaluronic Acid injections

• FALSE It is also used to treat articulations or to rehydrate the skin and to rejuvenate the hands (skinbooster). If you are interested, it is here: Mesotherapy products online

• TRUE Hyaluronic acid is particularly present in the dermis, its role is to capture water and maintain it in the deep layers of the skin. With age, the production of this acid decreases, the skin dries out and loses density: it's skin aging!

• TRUE AND FALSE There is no real age to start injections. Some people mark more quickly than others, and their faces show signs of fatigue at a young age. On the other hand, people who are 35 years old do not need to consider aesthetic medicine. What is right is that we must act in prevention, as soon as the first signs of age appear, without necessarily taking into account the real age of the person. Treated in time, the result is prettier and more natural.

• FALSE ++ Warning! There are several types of Hyaluronic Acid, the one that will come into contact with the bone to restore volume, will have the consistency of a viscous gel, similar to jelly. But if you want to inject on the surface, you use a fluid material, which looks like syrup. There are many formulations of Hyaluronic Acid in syringes, in different concentrations, cross-linked or non-cross-linked, with different degrees of viscosity. It is the injecting doctor who will be able to decide, according to your needs, which acid he will use.

• FALSE On August 26, 2011, the French Health Products Safety Agency (AFSSAPS) issued a precautionary statement excluding the indication for aesthetic breast augmentation for these products (notably Macrolane®) in France. The only recommended alternative for breast augmentation without implants is lipofilling, lipomodelling or lipostructure. This is an augmentation of the breasts by injection of the patient's own fat.

• TRUE Find the Hyacorps Body on sale here: https://www.frenchfiller.com/26-corps

• TRUE Hyaluronidase but it is not authorized in France for this indication, because of its bovine origin and the risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Subject to a MA (marketing authorization), it is authorized exclusively in hospitals, in case of vascular complication. Only surgeons, dermatologists and ophthalmologists have this antidote.

• TRUE It is naturally degraded by the skin over time.

FALSE ++ Filler injections require a precise knowledge of facial anatomy, and only doctors trained in this technique are authorized to perform them.

• TRUE AND FALSE It all depends on the patient's level of sensitivity and whether or not the product contains a local anesthetic. Laboratories today include lidocaine or mepivacaine in their formulas to reduce pain.