Restylane
Restylane just recently received its approval from the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for severe facial folds and wrinkles. It is composed of stabilized hyaluronic acid found in human skin tissue, which is biodegradable. It provides natural volume and fullness to the skin, which can contain about a thousand times its weight in water. But as a person ages, its presence in the skin decreases.
Restylane is a better treatment over collagen, for skin wrinkles since it does not cause any allergic reactions upon application. Since collagen is usually taken from bovine sources, you need to have a skin patch test prior to treatment. Restylane treated patients reported a decrease in bruising, pain, swelling and tenderness, side effects that often are associated with collagen injections.
Restylane is also used to enhance the fullness of the lips, as it adds volume to it. Side effects include swelling and redness after treatment which will subside in a couple of days.
Since Restylane has lesser complications as compared to collagen, it may replace collagen as the first choice for the treatment of wrinkles. Since the charge is dependent on the size of area to be treated, it pretty much costs the same but the results with Restylane treatment is far better than that of collagen, making it worth the price.
