Hydrafill ®

Product Summary

Launched in the Latin America in 1995, this brand uses the popular dermal filler hyaluronic acid.

Hydrafill® is manufactured by Corneal, one of the largest manufacturers of hyaluronic acid and is distributed and promoted by Inamed Aesthetics (both now part of Allergan).

Generic name

Non-animal stabilised hyaluronic acid.

How is it made?

Non - animal origin, manufactured using a bacterial fermentation process.

Is a skin test required before treatment?

No.

Is it temporary or permanent?

Hyaluronic acid is completely broken down within the skin over a period of months, eventually leaving no trace of the filler.

Licenced status

Medical device.

Should be used by

Trained members of the medical profession only.

Product range 

Hydrafill® Grade 1

For fine lines such as laughter lines around the eyes and the smoker lines or peri-oral lines above the top lip.

Hydrafill® Grade 2

For medium lines and wrinkles such as naso-labial (nose to mouth) lines, glabellar lines (vertical lines between the eyebrows) and oral commisures (corner of mouth).

Hydrafill® Grade 3

For medium to deep lines and wrinkles such as naso-labial folds and for chin and cheek augmentations. Hydrafill® Grade 3 is also used for enhancing the border on the lips.

These product lines were discontinued in late 2008 in favour of the newer lines below.

Hydrafill® Softline

For lip definition, vertical lip lines, forehead wrinkles and more.

Hydrafill® Softline Max

For deep nasolabial folds, lip volume, oral commissures, lower cheek areas, chin and deep jaw lines.  

Not to be used in

Individuals with a known hypersensitivity to hyaluronic acid.

Pregnant or breastfeeding women.

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.

Hydrafill® Softline -For lip definition, vertical lip lines, forehead wrinkles and more