Nicci has never seen two patients that are the same. You are all individuals, and need treatments that have you and your specific goals at the centre of them. That is why Nicci’s ethos, and the concept of 3-dimensional filler, has revolutionised her approach to facial rejuvenation. At Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic, we understand that addressing the face as a whole, layer by layer, is the key to achieving natural and harmonious results. In this article, we will delve into her fascinating world of 3-dimensional filler, exploring how it restores lost support, adds plumpness, and rejuvenates the skin's texture and tone, resulting in a three-dimensional transformation that goes beyond traditional filler treatments.
The concept behind 3-dimensional filler treatment is to evaluate the face holistically and comprehensively address each layer of the skin. Rather than focusing solely on specific facial features or concerns, we take a more integrated approach to enhance overall facial harmony and youthfulness. Let's explore the three layers and their corresponding treatments that make up the 3-dimensional filler technique:
Deep down in the skin, lost support and volume can result in sagging and a lack of facial structure. Supportive fillers, specifically designed for deep layer restoration, are strategically injected to replenish the lost volume. These fillers provide a foundation, lifting and supporting the skin, resulting in a more sculpted and defined facial contour.
The mid layer of the skin, when hydrated and plump, is responsible for light reflective areas that contribute to a youthful appearance. To restore plumpness and enhance these regions, specialised fillers are used. By carefully injecting fillers in areas like the rosy cheeks, we can recreate the natural light play and contours of a youthful face, rejuvenating your overall look.
The uppermost layers of the skin are where fine lines, wrinkles, and uneven texture become more apparent. To address these concerns, finer fillers are utilised. These fillers work to boost the skin's vitality, restoring tone, texture, and reducing the appearance of fine lines. By focusing on this superficial layer, we achieve a smoother, more youthful complexion.
The 3-dimensional filler approach offers several advantages over traditional filler treatments. By treating the face as a whole, we create a harmonious and balanced outcome. This technique ensures that all areas of the face receive appropriate attention, resulting in a natural and rejuvenated appearance. Rather than simply targeting specific features, we consider the interplay between different facial areas, creating a seamless transformation that looks and feels authentic.
Additionally, the 3-dimensional filler technique allows us to develop customised treatment plans. We carefully assess each patient's unique facial structure, concerns, and desired outcomes, tailoring the approach to their individual needs. This personalised touch ensures that you achieve results that enhance your natural beauty and align with your aesthetic goals.
At Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic, the art of 3-dimensional filler treatment provides a comprehensive solution for facial rejuvenation. By addressing each layer of the skin, from deep support restoration to mid-level plumpness and uppermost skin enhancement, we create a three-dimensional transformation that goes beyond traditional filler treatments.
Gone are the days when patients sought treatment for isolated areas. Embracing the 3-dimensional approach allows us to diagnose deficiencies and restore balance and harmony to the face as a whole. Experience the remarkable effects of 3-dimensional filler at Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic, where our dedicated team of professionals is committed to helping you achieve a naturally rejuvenated and beautiful appearance.
Contact us today to schedule a consultation and discover the transformative power of 3-dimensional filler treatments. At Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic, we pride ourselves on our expertise in facial aesthetics and our commitment to delivering outstanding results.
Nicci and Su will take the time to understand your specific concerns and aesthetic goals. Through a thorough assessment of your facial structure and skin condition, we will design a personalised treatment plan, with you in mind, that incorporates the 3-dimensional filler approach. Our goal is to enhance your natural features, restore facial balance, and create a refreshed and youthful appearance. It’s all about teamwork!
Experience the difference of 3-dimensional filler at Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic. Say goodbye to isolated treatments and embrace the comprehensive approach that treats your face as a whole. Rediscover your confidence and let your inner beauty shine through our transformative techniques.
Contact us today to schedule a consultation and embark on a journey towards a three-dimensional facial rejuvenation that will leave you looking and feeling your best. Unlock the true potential of your beauty at Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic in Elgin, Moray.
Ageing can be a difficult process, especially when it comes to your skin. The natural signs of ageing such as wrinkles, dullness and sagging can often cause us to feel uncomfortable in our own skin and less confident. But at my clinic, Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic in Elgin, we believe that it doesn't have to be this way - with the right knowledge and expertise, ageing can be a positive experience!
Our team at Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic is dedicated to helping you manage your age gracefully through remarkable facial treatments like Anti-Wrinkle Injections (Botox), Fillers, Endymed Skin Tightening, Skin Peels and more - so you can look good and feel great! At our clinic, we understand that each person is unique and so are their skin care needs. Our experienced team will take the time to get to know you and your skin, before recommending a customised treatment plan that is tailored specifically towards your goals.
We only use the latest technologies and products in our treatments at Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic - so you can trust us to deliver results that are safe, effective and long-lasting.
Skin treatments such as Anti-Wrinkle Injections (Botox), fillers, IPL (intense pulsed light), skin tightening and microneedling have become increasingly popular in recent years - and for good reason. These aesthetic treatments can have a positive impact on the appearance and health of your skin.
Anti-Wrinkle Injections (Botox) is an effective treatment for reducing or eliminating wrinkles, fine lines and crow’s feet. It works by paralyzing the muscles that cause facial expressions like smiling and frowning which can add to the development of wrinkles over time. This facial aesthetics treatment is one of the most popular non-surgical treatments in the aesthetic industry.
Fillers are used to enhance the volume of certain areas on the face or body – such as the lips or cheeks – by replenishing lost fat due to ageing. This minimizes signs of ageing like wrinkles and sagging skin. This medical aesthetic treatment is a minimally invasive procedure that can be done quickly, with minimal downtime.
IPL is a non-invasive laser treatment designed to improve skin tone and texture while also reducing redness, sun spots, scars and other blemishes. It works by targeting pigment cells in the surface layers of the skin with intense pulses of light which causes them to break down. This skin rejuvenation treatment is highly effective and requires no downtime.
Skin tightening treatments use radiofrequency waves delivered into the deeper layers of the skin in order to encourage collagen production which boosts the firmness and elasticity of ageing skin – leaving you with a more youthful look! This non-surgical treatment is highly popular among those who want to avoid surgical facelifts.
Microneedling is another effective skin treatment. It involves using tiny needles to puncture the surface of the skin, triggering a healing response from the body which results in increased collagen production. This helps smooth wrinkles and give skin a more even tone, resulting in a healthier, more youthful look. This beauty treatment is highly popular and requires minimal downtime.
These aesthetic treatments can drastically improve not only your appearance but also self-confidence; when you look your best you feel your best. So if you’re looking for a way to refresh your look without resorting to surgery then these treatments could be just what you need!
Our team at Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic is also dedicated to providing high-quality customer service - so you can feel comfortable knowing that you're in good hands. We want all of our clients to experience a sense of joy and satisfaction with the results of their treatments! So if you’re ready for a transformation, book an appointment with us at Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic today and let us help you look good and feel great.
Ageing doesn't have to be a negative experience. With our team's expertise and the latest skin treatments at Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic in Elgin, you can age gracefully and feel confident in your own skin. Whether you're looking to reduce wrinkles, enhance volume, improve skin tone and texture or boost collagen production, we have a customized treatment plan for you. Book an appointment with us today and let us help you look good and feel great!
Why would anyone get their fillers dissolved? They’re the number two aesthetic treatment worldwide! Millions of people are queuing up for fuller cheeks, contoured features and plump, shapely lips.
However, some celebrities are rocking the boat by deciding to get their filler removed, encouraging us to re-evaluate our attitude towards this procedure.
I’ve never felt comfortable with very large lips, but thanks to celebrity role models and social media stars, overfilled lips are becoming the norm. I’m glad to see people challenging the trend, with Love Island star Charlotte Crosby making the headlines by having her lip filler chemically dissolved. She put a question mark over the value of excessive lip fillers, while cosmetic doctors are exploring the risks of overfilling.
For example, Dr Harris deliberately draws attention to the distortion caused by overfilled lips and cheeks. He believes that too much filler leads to ‘alienisation’, with features enlarged outside the normal range for the individual in question.
However, it’s not always an unscrupulous doctor or an excessive treatment that leads to these strangely exaggerated results. Many people forget what they looked like before treatment and return for more or the substance takes longer to dissolve than we originally thought. The patients believe that they’re in need of a top-up while it’s still in their system, leading to a double dose of filler.
We all think about our appearance. Low confidence is often the motivation to have an aesthetic treatment such as dermal fillers, as it helps us to embrace how we look. However, cosmetic treatment has been linked to an extreme preoccupation with appearance, known as body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). People with BDD spend a disproportionate amount of time obsessing over minor or imagined flaws. This can be enormously upsetting, so it’s no surprise they turn to cosmetics to try and fix the problem.
It’s a difficult issue for us practitioners to identify, especially as fewer than 10% of patients with BDD are satisfied with the results of their treatment. They move on to other practitioners to correct this perceived problem or their anxieties transfer to another area of the face or body. Their constant quest to fix the flaw leads to distorted, overfilled features.
Now, not everyone with overfilled features is suffering from BDD. After all, we all worry about our appearance to some extent and BDD is the extreme end of the spectrum. In my practice, I tend to see patients who are delighted with a filler treatment, but quickly forget what they looked like before the procedure. They want a more discernible difference, so they come back wanting another treatment.
It’s easy to see how people’s faces become overfilled, especially as fillers may last much longer than we think. Alice Hart Davis, a beauty journalist and author, discovered that 35ml of dermal filler is still present in her face, even though we expect it to have dissolved naturally in less than two years.
Not at all! They help millions of people to look youthful, including me! However, we do need to take care.
In my clinic, I limit the amount I’m prepared to place at one time, assessing my patients via ultrasound to determine if any filler remains. This helps me decide if it’s suitable for them to have more treatment or whether I should direct them to an alternative, of which we have many. When I do conduct treatments, I tend to use Juvederm, which creates wonderfully subtle and natural-looking results.
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It still boggles my mind that fine line and wrinkle treatment, using botulinum toxin, can be so effective! More so, it amazes me that over the decades that I have been offering this treatment, more uses keep emerging. From helping depression to boosting skin health, the treatment options available to my patients keeps on growing!
However, the downside can be having to return multiple times a year, which isn’t great if you don’t like needles! So here are some top tips to help you extend the time between your visits…
Making sure your doctor/dentist/nurse practitioner is experienced will go a long way to ensuring you get the right areas treated appropriately. Some patients are regularly recalled by their injector to get ‘top ups’ but, in my opinion, this shouldn’t be necessary, unless it’s the first time you have been treated by the person.
Of course, your body isn’t always predictable, so occasionally you may require adjustments to your fine line and wrinkle treatment after a few weeks. Having regular ‘top ups’ will make Botox® less effective for you, so it’s important to avoid them if you can.
Consider not using face scrubs, masks or toners one week before your treatment. These can alter the chemistry of your skin by causing inflammation, which may result in your fine line and wrinkle treatment being less effective.
Ask your injector about other brands that might work for you. After many decades, new botulinum brands have now been developed, each with their own characteristics and benefits. This means that, if your regular treatment with the Botox® brand isn’t working as well as you’d like, your injector now has other brands they can try to see if they give you better fine line and wrinkle treatment results that last longer.
Any experienced doctor/dentist /nurse will be able to discuss the alternative brands that are available and give their advice on whether they may be helpful to you.
In a study by Koshy JC et al. (Journal of Drugs and Dermatol 2012 Apr;11(4):507-12), researchers found that zinc and/or phytase supplementation boosted the effects of botulinum treatments by 30% on average.
‘Surprisingly, the results showed that in over ninety percent of the patients studied, the zinc/phytase combination resulted in a remarkable improved responsiveness to treatment of blepharospasm using the same amount of botulinum toxin as previously used’, said Soparkar, M.D., Ph.D., an oculoplastic surgeon. ‘The toxins seemed to have a greater effect and last longer. Potentially, this could mean using less toxin, offering patients financial savings, greater safety, and more consistent results.’
Remember that this requires some planning, as studies have shown that you have to start zinc supplements 4 days prior to treatment for them to have any effect!
Now you know my top tips to get the best results from your fine line and wrinkle treatment, it’s time for you to get yourself booked in! You can do so quickly and easily on our website. You can also find all of our contact details on this page in case there are any questions that you would like to ask.
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There’s no doubt that injectables like fillers and Botox® are the most effective line-reducing treatments available. Others might help to some extent but they will never achieve what injectables can. Furthermore, these treatments, in the right hands, are very safe and almost painless. The proof is in the sheer number of people who have been treated worldwide! Allergan reports that, as a brand leader in the field of dermal fillers, they recently achieved a major milestone for their key brand Juvéderm with ‘100 million syringes of their product delivered globally’. Isn’t that incredible?
Some of you might be reluctant to try injectables for various reasons. You might feel scared about ‘losing’ your expressions or you’re worried that you won’t look natural and that others will know you’ve visited a clinic… or are you just scared in general?
Rest assured, safety is my top priority when treating my patients. I like to see myself and my team as ‘gatekeepers’.
Gatekeepers, like us, keep you safe and won't recommend a treatment that's not in your best interest, so there’s no danger of you looking ‘overdone’. If a treatment isn’t right for you, we’ll say so! It’s not just about the look though, we also make sure that you’re in the right headspace. The only reason to undergo any of our procedures is because you want to. Don’t ever forget that! Accountable to our registered bodies (the GDC and HIS), we have to act within clear clinical and safety guidelines or risk getting struck off.
In order to be a gatekeeper, you must be properly trained. I have a Level 7 postgraduate OFQUAL qualification in injectables and I’ve been a dentist for years! What’s more, at No. 4, we have fantastic knowledge and experience - Su and I have over 60 years of clinical experience combined (we know, we don’t look old enough)!
The most important thing when choosing your clinic is to make sure the practitioners are fully qualified. The experience never hurts too though!
You should always expect the best!
Good gatekeepers will always give you all your options and give you time to make your decision as to whether to have treatment or not. We’re not saleswomen, we’re beauty practitioners! We will always conduct a thorough consultation and get to know you first. If injectables don’t suit your medical profile, lifestyle or expectations, we will let you know. After all, we don’t just deal with treatments, we deal with people.
It’s also important that you know you will receive good aftercare. You shouldn’t have your treatment and get kicked straight out of the door! You need to know how to best maintain your results. We’re always on hand to offer advice on which products will suit your skin and my team always want to ensure that you’re happy with your results. In short, you won’t get away from us that quickly…
If you want to get rid of lines and wrinkles, injectables are the best way to do so, but only when you're being treated by experienced, caring professionals.
The first thing to do is book in for your consultation, you can do this easily online. If you’re not quite ready for that, it may be helpful to get to know our clinic better, you can learn more about us on our website or by following us on Facebook and Instagram.
Many people mistakenly think of Botox and fillers as being one and the same. When clients come to us for an initial consultation, we find that most are unaware that there are clear differences between the two. Because of this, I feel it’s really important that each of our clients are as informed as possible before my team comes to a decision on what’s the best and most appropriate treatment plan. Each treatment works differently and each treatment is used to achieve different aims. Read on to learn more about them!
While it’s true that both Botox and fillers are treatments that are injected into the face, that’s where the similarities end. Botox is used to soften and reduce lines on the face caused by frowning, smiling and other dynamic facial movements. Fillers (or dermal fillers to give them their full name), on the other hand, are quite different. They are used to restore volume or to enhance facial features. Botox is a registered drug, (its generic name being botulinum toxin), and its use is strictly controlled, because it alters the way that muscles respond to nerve signals. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that you visited a fully and appropriately trained practitioner if you’re in search of such treatment.
Dermal fillers don’t alter the way in which the body functions, making them distinctly different in this sense. However, you still need suitable qualifications and training to carry out filler treatments, though no prescription is necessary. This has led to a loophole, allowing non-medically trained practitioners to offer them. You can rest assured that the dermal filler treatment at No4 Clinic is carried out by myself and I hold a Level 7 Injectables Qualification for Aesthetic Medicine and I have over 26 years of clinical experience, so you’ll always be in safe hands!
Over the years, I’ve been asked just about every question imaginable, so I thought I’d compile a list of a few that may already be on your mind.
The treatment that suits you is the one that is going to address your concerns best. Sometimes it may be one or the other, but usually an approach that uses both will serve you best.
There are some exceptions to this, but generally, the answer is no. If you’re in your 20s, you shouldn’t need Botox and fillers, as your features will still be youthful. But if you’d like fuller lips or some light jaw-sculpting, then you can achieve this with some discreet dermal fillers.
You may have heard that Botox can be used as a preventative measure, but at No.4, we believe that as a medicine, Botox should only be prescribed when needed.
This depends on how your skin has aged, rather than what your actual age is. If you have aged well and have very little sagging and only moderately deep lines, then Botox and dermal fillers can still be used to help you age positively. Botox and fillers won’t give you the results surgery will, though they can help you reduce the signs of ageing, making you feel more confident.
My team and I would love to work with you to help you reach your goals and discover what treatment is right for you. Maybe get in touch today and book a consultation? You can simply fill in a form on our website, call us on 07595221484 or email [email protected].
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