Profhilo® – skin bio-remodelling

You may feel a pinprick, a pinching sensation or some tightness at the time of the injections.

How it feels depends on the area and individual sensitivity. Your doctor adapts comfort measures where needed.

Small bumps may be visible at the injection points immediately after the session.

Redness, tenderness, swelling or bruising may also appear temporarily.

It is generally limited.

However, the injection points may remain temporarily visible, and bruising or swelling is possible.

The protocol depends on your needs and the product used.

For the standard Profhilo® protocol, an initial course usually involves two sessions spaced apart. Your doctor will set the schedule suited to your skin and the area concerned.

Progress is gradual.

Skin hydration and quality may begin to change after the first sessions, while the overall improvement builds gradually over the weeks.

This varies depending on your skin, your age, the area, the protocol followed and individual factors.

Maintenance sessions may be offered to help maintain your results over time.

Profhilo® is not used for the same purpose as a filler designed to create or restore volume.

It is mainly used for hydration and skin bio-remodelling.

However, temporary swelling linked to the injections may appear after the session.

Both use hyaluronic acid, but their formulations and purposes differ.

A filler may be chosen to restore, project or change certain volumes and contours.

Profhilo® is mainly used to improve skin hydration and quality without aiming for that volumising effect.

Both approaches can improve skin hydration and quality, but their formulations, properties and injection techniques may differ.

Profhilo® has a specific formulation combining high and low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, and is part of a bio-remodelling approach.

The choice between Profhilo®, a skinbooster or another approach depends on the quality of your skin and the result you are looking for.

Profhilo® is used for its bio-remodelling action and its interaction with biological mechanisms involved in the quality of the extracellular matrix.

This action is associated in particular with processes involving collagen and elastin.

Yes, Profhilo® may be helpful when the skin has lost suppleness, hydration or firmness, giving it a creased or crêpey appearance.

However, your doctor will assess the cause and extent of the laxity to determine whether Profhilo® is the most suitable approach.

Yes, the neck is one of the areas that may be treated, depending on your needs.

The protocol and injection technique may differ from those used on the face.

There is no single age from which Profhilo® becomes relevant.

It depends more on the quality of your skin, its hydration levels, its firmness and your expectations than on a specific age.

Yes. Profhilo® can be part of a treatment plan that includes other injectable or technology-based treatments where relevant.

Your doctor will decide on the combinations and the appropriate intervals between treatments.

As a precaution, we do not perform Profhilo® injections during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.

Profhilo® is not suitable in every situation.

Certain active infections or inflammation in the area, known allergies to any of the components, medical history or medications may be a contraindication or require particular precautions.

Any recent injectable or aesthetic treatment must also be disclosed to your doctor.

As a precaution, Profhilo® is not injected during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.

A prior medical consultation checks your suitability.