The history of injectable facial fillers

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Kontis, Theda C ^a,c   Rivkin, Alexander ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Facial Plastic Surgicenter   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Hyaluronic acid; Paraffin; Silicone

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN IMPLANT; COSMETIC; FAT; FILLER; HYALURONIC ACID; PARAFFIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; SILICONE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE DEFORMITY; FACE SURGERY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PAIN; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SWELLING; SYRINGE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WRINKLE;

ADIPOCYTES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DRUG APPROVAL; EUROPE; FACE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KOREA; PARAFFIN; REJUVENATION; SILICONES; SYRINGES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 67649312073     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: 10988793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220645     Document Type: Review

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