How is this different from filler?

Same family of material, completely different job. Filler is firm and placed in one spot to hold a shape. A skin booster is soft and spread across an area to hold water. One changes structure; the other changes skin quality.

Why not just use a good moisturiser?

You should do both. A cream works on the surface layer, which is already made of dead cells. This places hyaluronic acid in the living layer underneath, which a cream cannot reach. Neither replaces the other.

Will people see the bumps?

For a few hours. Each injection point leaves a small raised bleb that flattens as the gel spreads, usually overnight. Treating on a Friday is a common choice for that reason.

Two or three to start, two to four weeks apart, then one every four to six months. A single session shows a smaller change than the series does.

Who should not have it?

Anyone pregnant or breastfeeding, anyone with an active skin infection in the area, and anyone with a history of severe allergy to hyaluronic acid products. A medical history is taken first.

A woman turns her face into the sun, her skin dewy and luminous.

Injectables · Overseen by our medical director

Skin booster — biorevitalisation

For dull, dehydrated skin and fine crêpey lines on the face, neck, décolleté and hands. Soft hyaluronic acid is placed in many tiny points under the skin to hold water there. Two or three sessions, with first effects usually seen at two weeks.

From$400per ml

See how it works

At a glance

Appointment

45minutes

Numbing, then treatment.

Sessions

2–3to start

Two to four weeks apart.

First change

2weeks

The skin holds light differently.

Results last

4–6months

Then upkeep.

Downtime

1day

Small bumps settle overnight.

A woman in an ecru blazer turns her cheek to the light, the skin evenly luminous.

What changes

The same face, better lit.

Nothing about your features changes. What changes is how the skin over them behaves.

01
Small bumps on the day, gone by morning.
02
At two weeks, the skin looks less dull.
03
Makeup sits differently on it.
04
It fades over months, not weeks.

How it works

Water held where a cream cannot go.

A moisturiser works on the surface of the skin, which is the layer already made of dead cells. A skin booster is uncross-linked or lightly cross-linked hyaluronic acid placed in the dermis, below that — the living layer a cream cannot reach. Hyaluronic acid holds many times its weight in water, so a grid of small deposits keeps that layer hydrated from within.

Because the gel is soft and spread thinly, it does not hold a shape the way a filler does. That is the point: it is a change in skin quality, not in facial structure.

Close view of plump, hydrated skin along the cheekbone.

01
The skin dries
The dermis holds less water with age, and skin that holds less water scatters light instead of reflecting it.
02
The gel goes in
Many small deposits across the area, in the dermis rather than under it.
03
It holds water
The hydrated layer reflects light again, which is what reads as skin looking well.

A woman with the back of her hand at her jaw, cheek, neck and décolletage in warm light.

Areas treated

Where it goes.

Anywhere skin is thin and dry rather than loose or hollow.

01
Cheeks
02
Under the eyes
03
Neck
04
Décolleté
05
Back of the hands
06
Around the mouth

What to expect

Two weeks, then again.

Each session builds on the last. One on its own is a smaller change than the series.

Day 0
The appointment
Small raised bumps where each deposit went in. They flatten overnight.
Week 2
The first change
The skin looks less dull and feels different to the touch before it looks different in a mirror.
After the series
The result
Two or three sessions in, the change in quality is at its clearest.
Month 4 to 6
Upkeep
A single session twice a year holds it. Without one it returns to baseline.

Illustration. Not a patient photograph. Results vary.

Your visit

One appointment, about 45 minutes.

Most of it is the numbing cream working.

01
First 15 minutes
The evaluation
The physician establishes whether dryness or looseness is the actual problem. They need different treatments.
02
Before anything is injected
The plan and the price
Areas, millilitres, how many sessions, and the cost, agreed in writing.
03
Same appointment
The treatment
Numbing cream, then a grid of very small injections across the area. Ten to fifteen minutes.

Dr. Andrew Gyopar, physician at Clinique Medix.

Who oversees it

Evaluated and overseen by our medical director.

Every injectable at Medix begins with an evaluation by our medical director, Dr. Andrew Gyopar, general surgeon. He sets the plan and oversees every treatment, in a licensed medical clinic, with your file kept as a medical file.

Dr. Andrew Gyopar

General Surgeon, Medical Director

Pricing

The price, agreed before anything starts.

What it costs, and what the figure is counted in. The plan and the price are written down and agreed at your evaluation, before any treatment begins.

From

$400per ml

A face usually takes one to two millilitres per session, and most plans are two or three sessions. The total is agreed at the evaluation.

With Dr. Andrew Gyopar.

Prices are before taxes and may change without notice. Results vary from one person to another. A medical evaluation is required before any treatment.

Preparation and aftercare