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Just as cosmetic surgery often solves problems by removing something, like excess skin or fat, in some instances, adding something is the solution. That's the case for injectable collagen. When it's injected into the skin, even in small, minute quantities, the skin is forced to expand and many facial lines, creases and wrinkles can be improved and sometimes eliminated. The expansion is slight, but it's sometimes enough to make a dramatic difference in appearance.

“...certain types of scars can be improved through collagen injections.” Collagen is the natural protein in the skin, which cushions and supports it. Lines, creases and scars gradually and inevitably form due to aging, injury or sickness. But today, injectable collagen can actually fill in these lines, creases, indentations or scars. It can make your skin smoother and younger looking. Injectable collagen was developed at Stanford University decades ago, and since then it has helped millions of people improve their looks. Injectable collagen is placed directly into the skin, just underneath the surface. Here, it can bind with your body's own collagen, strengthen it and improve the surface of your skin. Since it's a 100% natural protein, collagen is readily acceptable by the body. Injectable collagen can be extremely effective in smoothing and softening shallow lines such as those around the lips and corners of the eyes. It is also effective at filling deeper depressions such as the furrows that form between the eyebrows. Even certain types of scars can be improved through collagen injections.

Since your body gradually absorbs collagen, repeat injections are usually required two, three or four times a year. This is one of plastic surgery's fastest growing and most popular procedures. It can be performed right in the surgeon's office and with relatively little discomfort. The results are immediate and dramatic. In just minutes, wrinkles, lines and creases can be greatly improved. We know going in that the results from collagen are not permanent. But for such a minor procedure they last a long time - sometimes up to a year. The duration of injections depends on the substance and how your body reacts. The average results last for 3 - 6 months.