COLLAGEN: Treatment Highlights
Good for filling wrinkles; results last 3-6 months
Good for plumping lips, but only lasts one month
Not good for fine crepey wrinkles
Injected areas look good in 6-8 hours
Treatment typically takes 15 minutes
May resume normal activity immediately
Zyderm and Zyplast:
Skin testing necessary one month before first treatment
1.5% of people are allergic when tested; another 1.5% become allergic later
Cosmoderm & Cosmoplast:
Skin testing not required; no danger of allergy
Costs more than Zyderm/Zyplast
Lasts the same as Zyderm/Zyplast