The Beauty of Restylane®: New Jersey’s Dr. Deborah Spey Notes Sharon Stone’s Recent Photo Shoot

There are many kinds of dermal fillers, each with its own unique properties and results. Some of the top brands are Juvéderm® and Restylane®. New Jersey dermatologist Dr. Deborah Spey offers the popular fillers at Advanced Dermatology & Skin Care, which is why the mid-August Harper’s Bazaar photo shoot with Sharon Stone particularly caught her eye.

The 52-year-old actress, appearing only in Jimmy Choo high heels and Tiffany & Co. jewelry in the article, talked to the magazine about stroke recovery, her upcoming TV series, and her love of Restylane®. She cited how facial fillers are so commonly used today, seeming more like a beauty treatment now than anything else—and maybe almost on par with makeup. She especially noted how Restylane® provides subtle results, contrasting it with plastic surgery, such as a facelift. While effective, surgical procedures can generate a more obvious and potentially harsher change in appearance.

Restylane® works to reduce the appearance of moderate and even severe facial wrinkles caused by the loss of hyaluronic acid. Everyone’s skin is naturally full of this hydrating substance, which keeps skin elastic and helps maintain a healthy fullness. As we get older, however, ultraviolet rays, toxins in the environment, stress, and other factors increasingly work together to deplete hyaluronic acid levels, leading to volume loss and the formation of fine lines, deep creases, and every wrinkle in between.

Sun protection and the regular use of quality sunscreen can help to mitigate these aesthetic changes, as can sticking to a healthy diet with plenty of water, getting regular exercise, and thoughtfully caring for your overall health, as well as your skin’s status in particular.

All of those strategies can certainly make a difference, but some sort of aging-related skin changes are pretty much unavoidable, and at some point you’ll likely look in the mirror to see a face that lacks the smooth skin and rounded cheeks of your youth.

As a clear gel form of hyaluronic acid, Restylane® mimics the naturally produced substance by reintroducing volume where it’s needed to create smoother skin or otherwise enhance your appearance. Some Restylane® products, such as Restylane® Silk, are specifically intended to plump up lips, creating a fuller mouth. When targeting wrinkles, it’s frequently used to reduce four kinds that appear in specific areas:

• lines that radiate from or sit near the corners of the mouth
• laugh lines, which run from the side of the nose to the corner of the mouth (these are also known as nasolabial folds)
• marionette lines, which start at the corner of the mouth and run downward toward the jawline
• lipstick lines, which appear between the nose and upper lip

Results can last up to a year when patients achieve what is considered to be full correction, which is the ideal amount of Restylane® used in the desired treatment area.

Given that timeline, it’s obvious that Restylane® does not provide permanent results. The gel is slowly absorbed into the body, so the treated site will gradually return to its appearance prior to the Restylane® injection. Patients interested in maintaining the look for a sustained period of time can talk to their dermatologist about how to schedule maintenance visits.

The fact that Restylane® is impermanent, but still long lasting, is another reason patients looking to make a subtle change to their faces choose it over a surgical lift. Also, it offers immediate results with little to no down time needed after a treatment session. Your results may not make you look like Sharon Stone, but they can help you to look like a more rejuvenated you.