Description
CE-marked, not approved by FDA
Belotero® Intense is an injectable that fills folds and deep wrinkles due to a balanced elasticity that safely provides optimal skin support.
Indication
Belotero® Intense is indicated for use to restore or significantly increase the volume of facial skin tissue. It offers adequate filling capacity for lip augmentation and the correction of :
- deep lines
- Severe nasolabial folds
- Marionette folds
- Deep oral commissures
Composition
Belotero® Soft is made of cross-linked sodium hyaluronate of non-animal origin
- Cross-liked sodium hyaluronate: 25.5 mg
- Lidocaine hydrochloride: 3 mg
- Phosphate-citrate buffer pH 7 q.s.p.: 1ml
Belotero Intense is an ideal product for deeper lines and
wrinkles. It is injected into the deep dermis with a 27G needle.
What is Belotero?
Belotero has been designed from bio-fermentation hyaluronic
acid, a substance naturally present in our body; which the makers claim
makes it safe and completely biocompatible, as well as wholly
biodegradable.
How is it made?
It is created using Cohesive Polydensified Matrix (CPM)
technology, a unique process that gives Belotero hyaluronic acid
unusual elasticity; (this technology adds to its “mono-phasic”
nature).
Belotero, therefore, guarantees a considerably better result
from the first hours after the injection and over the initial months, in
terms of increased volume and wrinkle filling compared to “biphasic”
products.
Belotero is prepared from non-animal, hyaluronic acid NaHA
by a patented dynamic reticulation process. The unique poly-densified cohesive structure of Belotero consists of a cohesive gel that is easy to inject through a small diameter needle.
Reported side effects
Transient erythema (redness), swelling, pain, itching,
discoloration, 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.
The manufacturers state that there is no risk of granulomas
and no risk of the ‘lump effect’ – although the product may be too new to identify these rare reactions which can occur with other hyaluronic acid fillers.