What’s the difference between Profhilo & Fillers?
Summary
| Profhilo | Fillers | |
| What is it? | Runny, concentrated injectable hyaluronic acid. | Thick, gel-like injectable hyaluronic acid. |
| What does it do? | Spreads under the skin, immediately refreshing & plumping skin from within, whilst stimulating collagen production. | Stays where it’s placed, volumising, shaping, lifting and filling. |
| Where can it be used? | The whole face, south of the chin, hands and knees. | Nose, lips, cheeks, jaw, chin, temples, tear troughs and deep lines. |
| Treatment cadence? | 2 treatments, 6 weeks apart, followed by maintenance treatments. | 1 treatment every 6 – 18 months (depending on filler & location) |
Profhilo vs. Fillers: The type of hyaluronic acid
The only similarity between dermal fillers and Profhilo is that they’re both made from hyaluronic acid which is injected into your tissues.
What are Dermal Fillers
Most dermal fillers are made of a substance called hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is found within our skin but depletes as we age and helps to maintain the moisture in our skin and aids regeneration. Additionally, hyaluronic acid behaves like a sponge, drawing and retaining up to 1,000 times its own weight in water; this means that the skin is plump, smooth, and hydrated.
However, hydration is not usually the main reason we treat the skin with hyaluronic dermal fillers. For filler treatments, the hyaluronic acid your practitioner uses comes in the form of a soft gel that is strategically placed with a fine needle.
Dermal fillers are hyaluronic acid gels that can come in different thicknesses, which are used to restore volume and definition to areas experiencing signs of ageing, such as cheeks and lips. These forms of stabilised injectable hyaluronic acid help plump ageing and sagging tissue as well as smooth out specific wrinkles such as nose-to-mouth lines.
Compared to Profhilo
Profhilo has a runnier hyaluronic acid (HA) consistency than dermal fillers and is injected only into the upper layers of skin to hydrate and have a ‘scaffolding’ anti-ageing effect within the skin, as well as improve the quality of your skin thanks to its ability to trigger bio-remodelling.
The Times beauty journalist, Olivia Falcon, describes it brilliantly: “Imagine your skin is a bed: rather than plumping up the pillows (the effect fillers have on the skin), Profhilo increases the thread count of the sheets (your skin).” Which in effect, ultimately reduces signs of ageing in your skin but also remodels the natural lift throughout your face.
Profhilo and Fillers work in different ways
Once the hyaluronic acid dermal fillers have been administered, the HA pretty much stays in the place it was injected (thank goodness, or else we could end up with questionable results!). But, this is actually the complete opposite of how Profhilo works. Once the Profhilo injections have delivered their 10 shots of hydration, the HA starts to disperse underneath the skin, spreading its moisturising magic across the whole face. This brings us to our next point…
Profhilo and Fillers: different treatment areas
During a dermal filler treatment, only specific areas of the face are targeted – like the cheeks, deep wrinkles and lips. And whilst you can go back and have multiple filler treatments, only one area is focused on at a time. But, Profhilo treatment isn’t restricted to just one place. What Profhilo actually does is plump, refresh and tighten the whole face.
The Profhilo and Fillers benefits are different
Whilst dermal fillers are used for altering the shape of facial features (goodbye, bumpy nose and hello, plump lips), replacing lost volume due to ageing and contouring, Profhilo doesn’t have any role in volumising or restructuring the face.
So, what is Profhilo used for? Think of it like this: Profhilo is like taking a really hydrating moisturiser and, instead of slathering it on top of your skin, injecting it into your skin, helping to make it supple and hydrated from the inside. So, it provides your skin with intense moisturisation and rejuvenation – and this is why it’s often referred to as injectable skincare. Who doesn’t like the sound of that?
Is Profhilo safe?
The treatment is biocompatible due to its pure grade hyaluronic acid which is free of additives, therefore reducing side effects and offering greater safety.
To date, over a million Profhilo treatments have been administered all over the world and nobody has had a serious reaction to the treatment.
Despite the incredibly high hyaluronic acid content, this slow-release treatment has a low inflammatory profile, pro-healing properties and is backed by clinical studies.
We’ll be releasing Profhilo soon, watch this space.
Other Profhilo FAQs
Profhilo treatments improve your skin tone, texture, hydration and overall radiance. It helps to increase skin firmness and elasticity and promote healthier and youthful-looking skin.
Yes, there are no real restrictions as Profhilo injectable treatments can be used to prevent signs of crepey or ageing skin and to intensely hydrate the skin. Some ask is Profhilo worth it? And to this, we say, yes.
The improvements to the firmness, elasticity and overall quality of your skin should last up to 6 months.
A dermal filler also contains hyaluronic acid, the key difference between these two treatments is that Profhilo doesn’t add volume or change the structure of the face. Whereas, Dermal fillers are used as lifting and volume adding beauty treatments.
Profhilo is one of the more popular non-surgical aesthetic treatments available in the beauty market today. It differs from dermal fillers and other filler treatments in that it reduces fine lines by helping to increase your collagen and elastin levels, both of which are naturally occurring substances. The Profhilo treatment gives you a skin glow or luminous skin by injecting Hyaluronic Acid into the upper layers of your skin.
Hyaluronic acid is a substance that is naturally present in the human body. Hyaluronic acid is well known for its skin benefits, especially alleviating dry skin, reducing sagging skin, the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
This acid is used in both Profhilo treatments and dermal filler treatment options to smooth your skin’s surface, give you tighter skin and a youthful appearance. It also has intense hydration properties and when used in Profhilo procedures, reduces the appearance of ageing and sagging tissue.
Profhilo, like dermal fillers, is one of the best treatment options available in the market today. It is considered to be one of the beauty industries secret weapons and is incredible when it comes to giving you a youthful and natural glow. Post Profhilo treatments you will experience increased firmness in your skin, improved quality of your skins hydration levels and you will feel confident and empowered.
Profhilo is a 2-part treatment; these two procedures are 6 weeks apart from one another. You will also notice smoother skin texture and can expect increased skin firmness after your treatment sessions.
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