Individuals with a history of autoimmune disease.

 

Patients who have a tendency to develop hypertrophic scars.

Duration of effect
This depends upon the degree of correction required, your age and lifestyle as well as the correct placement of the product by a practitioner, but on average effects last for 6 - 9 months.

Reported side effects
Transient erythema (redness), swelling, pain, itching, discolouration or tenderness at the implant site. Typically resolution is spontaneous, within one or two days after injection into the skin, and within a week after injection into the lips. Additionally, temporary palpable lumpiness has been noted after injection in some patients.

Localised reactions thought to be of a hypersensitivity nature have been reported in about 1 in every 2000 treated patients. Redness, tenderness and rarely acneform papules may occur.

In addition in rare cases (in less than 1 in 15,000 treatments) granuloma, superficial necrosis and urticaria have been reported.

Costs
Again, this depends on area treated and how much is required, and the practitioner doing the treatment, but ranges are in the region of £200 - £250 per syringe.

Clinical results

Female lips before treatment	Lips after treatment with Hydrafill
Female nasolabial (nose-to-mouth), marionette (mouth-to-chin) lines and lips before treatment	Lines and lips after treatment with Hydrafill
Female nasolabial (nose-to-mouth) lines before treatment	Lines after treatment with Hydrafill