Is Your Body Cool About Collagen?

One of the soft tissue fillers approved by the FDA for filling out wrinkled lines in the facial area is the temporary absorbable filler material, collagen. It is a naturally occurring substance preferred by a lot of cosmetic surgery patients who pay heed to play safe.

These collagen injectables can be either made of collagen that occurs in the dermis, bones and tendons of the human body or it could be extracted from cows in a highly purified form. While collagen does occur naturally in the human face, it has been observed to lose its tautness with age resulting in the formation of wrinkles.

A cosmetic surgeon introduces this filler into the human body via injection after which it is absorbed by the host and treated as inherent to the host body. However, use of collagen injectables is known to have side-effects like bruising, rashes, nodules in the skin surface, severe allergic reactions, etc. attached to it.

At the Plastic Surgery Institute of California certified aesthetic plastic surgeons ascertain if an individual has a history of acute allergic reactions or suffers from bleeding disorders before administering these treatments. Indications of a patient’s tendency to scar severely and excessively warrant against the use of collagen injectables.