What is Restylane Silk?…All You Need to Know About Newest US Filler @ Persky Sunder Facial Plastic Surgery

Restylane Silk is a unique hyaluronic acid facial filler that appears to be the best treatment for lip lines and natural lip augmentation. Galderma recently invited top facial filler injecting physicians from around the world to Dallas, TX for the Galderma Aesthetic Injection Network (GAIN) to certify them to become Restylane Silk (and other product) trainers. Dr. Michael Persky was honored and privileged to be among those at the GAIN conference.

Persky Sunder Facial Plastic Surgery is among the first practices in the US and California to use Restylane Silk. The product has been used in Canada, Europe, and outside the US for about 5 years. It differs from Restylane and Perlane as it’s hyaluronic acid particles are filtered to be the smallest among facial fillers. The tiny size of the particles allows Restylane Silk to naturally spread where it is injected, resulting in a very natural smooth filling of lines and wrinkles. It is a very soft product. It can be used by itself to augment lips and to take care of those most difficult to treat vertical (smoker’s) lip lines.

In the study that resulted in US FDA approval for Restylane Silk, ninety-eight percent of subjects reported improvement in their lip fullness 14 days after injection and 76% of the subjects still had lip improvement 6 months after their injection. Experienced Canadian plastic surgeon Arthur Swift, MD stated that his experience is that it lasts close to nine months.

Dr. Persky is injecting this amazing product now and feels that it is a unique product that adds to the ability to create naturally beautiful lips. It is FDA approved and available only to a very limited number of healthcare professionals.

As with all facial aesthetic procedures, the most important aspect of the treatment or product is making sure that you choose your treating physician most carefully, based on their skill, training, experience, and artistic vision.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions that you may have regarding Restylane Silk. Be well!

Dr. Michael Persky and Dr. Sarmela Sunder are located in Encino, California and Beverly Hills, California but service all of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Including, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Brentwood, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Westlake, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, La Canada, Pasadena, and more. Please subscribe to our blog by clicking the link above, right, and “Like” us on Facebook. Thank you! + Michael Persky

Voluma is a revolutionary facial filler that takes years off one’s appearance in a 10 minute injection session, as long as it is injected properly. The absolute best candidate for Voluma treatment is a relatively young person who is seeing the earliest signs of aging in their face. Young patients see dramatic improvement with minimal Voluma (Voluma works well for all ages, but the older the patient, usually the more syringes are necessary.)

We all know that “tired look” as our cheek begins to deflate because of natural volume loss. The cheek has a mild depression from the nasal corner of the eye obliquely to the mid-cheek. This also accentuates the early hollow under the eyelids, the nasolabial fold “laugh lines”, and even premature jowling.

Young patients with these very early signs of aging respond extremely well to strategically placed Voluma. It usually only takes 1 or 2 syringes of Voluma to re-create youthful, natural beauty. The injections are relatively painless. It is most important that patients who are contemplating Voluma make sure to choose their injecting physician most carefully. As with all facial aesthetic procedures, the results should look natural and not “done” or “plastic.” This is accomplished by choosing a well trained physician injector who is skilled, experienced, and has a natural artistic vision of beauty.

Both of our physicians, Sarmela Sunder, MD and Michael Persky, MD are among only a few of US Voluma de Maio Voluma Master Injection Technique trained physicians. They have the most experience injecting Voluma in their area,injecting the most Voluma since it was FDA approved December 2013 (over 300 syringes injected). What we love the most about Voluma treatment is the invariable “Wow!” that patients share when they see themselves in the mirror the first time following the injection.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions that you may have regarding Voluma or any other facial cosmetic procedures. Be well.

Dr. Michael Persky and Dr. Sarmela Sunder are located in Encino, California and Beverly Hills, California but service all of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Including, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Brentwood, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Westlake, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, La Canada, Pasadena, and more. Please subscribe to our blog by clicking the link above, right, and “Like” us on Facebook. Thank you! + Michael Persky

We continue to be amazed at the rejuvenating effect that properly used Voluma has on the appearance and well being of our patients. Every day a patient will present saying that, “I’m looking so much older all of a sudden, my under eyes look tired, my cheeks are flat, I have vertical crepe skin lines running down my cheeks, and I hate my jawline and neck! My clients are asking me why I am so tired.”

We educate our patients that these are the normal signs of aging and that they are not alone. As more facial bone and facial fat are lost, the overlying skin and muscle does not have the same support that it had in the past. By strategically placing Voluma, there is an immediate and long lasting rejuvenation, that without exception leads to a “Wow!” once the patient looks in the mirror. A recent patient shared how she was “feeling down”. After the 20 minute treatment with two syringes of Voluma her instant smile, change of attitude, and happiness was most gratifying.

As with any facial cosmetic treatment, procedure, or surgery, it is most important to choose your treating physician very carefully based on artistic vision, experience, skill, and caring nature. Voluma and other fillers are not commodities, rather it is the unique technique, vision, and ability of the injector that leads to excellent, lasting results.

The “Voluma Perk-Up” is one of the very nice perks for us as facial plastic surgeons. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns that you may have regarding facial aesthetics. Be well, and remember, smiling is the best form of facial plastic surgery!

Dr. Persky and Dr. de Maio at Voluma de Maio Master Injection Technique Course

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Video Highlights

00:14 – Beauty Secret
00:35 – Botox + what?
01:01 – What fillers to use
01:10 – Picasso’s proportions
01:20 – Da Vinci’s facial harmony
01:40 – Areas to work on
02:00 – Don’t go by what others look like

Hi this is Dr. Michael Persky, I’m a facial plastic surgeon in Encino California, suburb of Los Angeles, it’s approximately 20-25 minutes from both Beverly Hills and Hollywood, California.

Today I’d like to share with you a little beauty secret that came up during the day in the office. While consulting with a 50 year old very beautiful woman who wanted to look a little bit better for her upcoming birthday party. She was receiving her Botox injections and asked me what she could have done that would make her look better. What would I do. And I told her that it looked like her face need a little volume in both the mid cheek area and jaw area.

Oh No no no! I was working out in the gym today next to a 30 year old woman who was just puffed up. I will never do fillers on my face. She looked ridiculous. And what I told her was, it’s not really what fillers you used or how it’s done but it’s rather the artistic vision of the person who’s putting it in. If the doctor or nurse studied under Picasso’s proportions, they’re gonna look funny. They’re gonna look like a genetic mutant. If that doctor studied rather under Da Vinci’s proportions of facial harmony, then no matter what fillers you use they’ll end up looking good.

If somebody looks obviously done, then we’ve failed them as facial plastic surgeons.

So in her case, she again could have used volume in her mid cheek area, in her marionette area and as well as anterior to her jaw area. So she’s gonna consider that, but seriously, when you are considering whether you should have a treatment done, don’t go by what other people looked like.

If the person who put the material into the face studied out Picasso’s school of cosmetic surgery they’ll look funny but if they’ve done their work and know about facial beauty and harmony and the shape that a face should have then they’re in good hands. That’s our beauty secret of the day. Be well and we’ll see you soon.