Dr.
Joseph Perlman selected as one of the first to
offer ArteFill®
Monday February 12, 2007 12:01 pm ET
ARTEFILL® UPDATE 
I am pleased to announce that I have been chosen as
the first plastic surgeon in Houston to be offering Artefill.The
product is indicated for the correction of facial wrinkles
known as nasolabial folds, or smile lines. Unlike existing
dermal fillers that are completely metabolized by the
body, ArteFill represents the first product in a new
category of non-resorbable dermal fillers providing a
permanent support structure for enduring wrinkle correction
ArteFill contains
a proprietary combination of ArteFill Precision-Filtered
Microspheres™ suspended in a
carrier gel containing purified bovine collagen. Artes
Medical produces the microspheres from one of the most
commonly used synthetic implant materials in medicine,
polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
For
the first time, U.S. consumers have an FDA-approved,
non-resorbable aesthetic injectable product available
that is designed to provide correction for smile lines,
the primary external sign of facial aging,” said
Stefan M. Lemperle, MD, a founder of Artes Medical. ArteFill is indicated for the correction of facial wrinkles
known as nasolabial folds or smile lines. An ArteFill
Skin Test is required before initial treatment. The most
common adverse events associated with ArteFill injections,
similar to those observed with other dermal fillers,
are lumpiness, persistent swelling or redness and increased
sensitivity at the injection site.
Our practice is one of three in the Houston area to
start clinical testing of patients in the next few weeks.
Patients will need to take a skin test which requires
injecting a small amount of artefill beneath the skin
of the arm. Because this is a bovine (beef) collagen-based
suspension, the skin test needs to be administered 28
days prior to using it.
ArteFill
costs $1500 for the 1st syringe of 0.8cc and $1300
for subsequent syringes. Considering that Restylane
and
Juvederm last about 10-12 months at the most, the breakeven
point is at about 3 years, after which, Artefill ends
up saving patients thousands of dollars.
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