Medical Aesthetics
Dermal fillers in Calgary, assessed before anything is injected.
Genuine Allergan products, administered by nurse injector Lisa Morton, RPN, who looks at your whole face before treating any part of it. Your care begins with a complimentary assessment.
Assessment first
The first visit is a conversation about your face, not a treatment slot. Nothing is injected on the day unless you want it to be.
Allergan product
The fillers used here are Juvéderm, ordered through Allergan Canada. You are welcome to see the box and the lot number.
A nurse injector
Lisa Morton, RPN, trained through Allergan’s injector programme and working under medical direction.
Told when to wait
If filler is not the right answer for what is bothering you, you will be told that.
What people ask about
The reasons people come in
Filler is not one treatment. It is a family of gels made to different thicknesses so they can sit at different depths, and what suits one face can be wrong on another. These are the areas people most often raise at an assessment.
- Cheeks and midface
- Under eye hollows
- Nasolabial folds
- Lines at the corners of the mouth
- Lips
- Chin
- Jawline
- Temples
- Nose, without surgery
- Hands
The plain version
What a dermal filler actually is
A gel made of hyaluronic acid, a sugar your body already produces, placed under the skin through a fine needle or a blunt cannula.
Hyaluronic acid holds water. That is the whole mechanism. A soft version can sit close to the surface of the lip; a firmer one is placed deep against the cheekbone. Because it is a gel rather than a permanent implant, the body breaks it down over time.
- It is a prescription product
Fillers are regulated. They are ordered, stored and injected by licensed practitioners, not bought over a counter. - It can usually be dissolved
Hyaluronic acid filler can be broken down with an enzyme called hyaluronidase. Not every product on the market can be. The ones used here can. - It is temporary
The body metabolises it. How long that takes varies by product, by area and by person, which is why no figure is quoted on this page. - It is not Botox
Botox relaxes a muscle. Filler adds volume. They do different jobs, and both often come up at the same assessment. More on Botox here.
How it works
Three appointments, not one
01
The complimentary assessment
Your face at rest and moving, what is bothering you, your medical history and anything you have had done before. You leave with a plan and a price, not a treatment.
02
Treatment day
Numbing where it is needed, and most Juvéderm products contain lidocaine. Product goes in small amounts at a time, checked against the other side as it goes.
03
The two weeks after
Swelling and small bruises are normal and settle. You get aftercare in writing and a number to call. A review appointment is offered so the result gets looked at rather than assumed.
Before and after
Filler work from the clinic
These are people treated at Panda Wellness & Aesthetics. Faces are different, and so are the areas treated and the amount of product used, so what filler can do for you is worked out at your facial assessment.
Before you book
What filler does not fix
Worth reading before you spend money on it.
- Loose skin
Filler adds volume. It does not tighten skin. Where skin laxity is the main issue, adding volume tends to read as heavier rather than fresher. - Tiredness that is not in your face
Hollows under the eyes have several causes at once: fat loss, pigment, thin skin, fluid, sleep. Only one of those answers to filler. - Symmetry
No face is symmetrical, and a treated face does not become one. The aim at an assessment is balance. - A different face
Filler works with the bone and the proportions you already have, which is the honest limit of it.
If an assessment concludes that filler is the wrong tool, you are told so, and you are not charged for being told.
Questions
The ones that come up most
Does it hurt?
Most Juvéderm products contain lidocaine, and topical numbing is used on areas that need it. People tend to describe pressure rather than pain. Lips are the most sensitive area.
Will people know?
That depends entirely on how much is used and where. Asking for a conservative result is a normal thing to ask for, and it is the starting point here.
Can it be undone?
Hyaluronic acid filler can be dissolved with hyaluronidase. It is a separate appointment, and it is covered at the assessment before you consent to anything.
What are the risks?
Bruising, swelling and tenderness are common and short lived. Less common problems include lumps, infection and, rarely, filler entering a blood vessel, which is why anatomy and injector training matter. The full list is gone through with you at the assessment.
What does it cost?
Price depends on which product is used and how much of it, so it is quoted at the assessment rather than on this page. The assessment is complimentary.
Can I have filler and Botox at the same visit?
They are often discussed together. Whether both happen on the same day is a clinical decision made at the assessment.
Who does the injecting?
Lisa Morton, a registered psychiatric nurse trained through Allergan’s injector programme, working under the clinic’s medical direction.
Visit us
Start with a complimentary assessment.
- Address
1861 17 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2T 5W3
View on Google Maps - Phone
(587) 353-6698 - Hours
Wednesday to Sunday, 10:30am to 7:00pm - Parking
Free street parking on the surrounding streets, two hours or more
