I looked Radiesse injections up for getting it done here in Belgium where I live, and there is a chain of clinics specialised in fillers who do 1,5 ml Radiesse injections / face zone for 250 euro. I am going to consult a docter there to get some more info
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It’s a very good price. In the States it’s much more.
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Great price, try it out. In Spain, it was $350 per syringe. Better price than the states but not better than your price.
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Putting my oar in here because I’ve heard of something new recently. Well new to me, though it’s been around the block for a while — carboxy therapy, aka subdermal injections with CO2 gas. If I weren’t pregnant I’d be all over this as DIY, the kits on AliExpress are under $100 and the CO2 disposable cartridges are pretty cheap (cost can be further reduced by using a CO2 generator kit to refill them).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jocd.15741
Look up the procedure on YouTube—pretty basic.
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They both look great considering they are over 65, but the second clip thee lady looks amazing. the clock must have stopped when she was 40. I def want what she is using.
Anyone heard for VolufilineTM or tried it?
I just met a friend for brunch, we haven’t seen each other for some weeks and when she came, I noticed she looks way better, like if she had cosmetic fillers or laser procedure done. I asked her, what has she done and she said she started to use few drops of VolufilineTM with her normal facial cream. I just came home and googled this and it is really just some botanical extract and seems unbelievable how it changed her face.
I found a picture online that could be comparable to her change, but my friend is 44 and plumped skin makes her way younger than last time I saw her.
Volufiline™ is sarsasapogenin extracted from the roots of Asian botanical Anemarrhena asphodeloides, in an oil-soluble excipient. It promotes body volume by a cosmetic lipofilling-like effect. It stimulates adipocyte differentiation and proliferation, and promotes lipid storage leading to an increase of adipocyte volume in the fatty tissue. Cosmetically, this product is used in bodycare emulsions for breasts, buttocks, hand or cheeks.
https://www.crodapersonalcare.com/en-gb/product-finder/product/3043-volufiline
volufiline.pdf (3.5 MB)
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Your friend looks much younger than 44. Twice younger. Where to buy this product?
The photos are not my friend. It is from random you tube review I found.
She said she got it from her cosmetologist but I googled it and it is available on amazon.
I am just sceptical, that she was pulling my leg and got some fillers or something. I could not find much about this product, just two studies.
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Looks like this stuff may be a similar concept (or at least goal) as Adipeau face cream, where they try to replace lost facial fat. I believe the Adipeau cream is supposed to cause the oily components to slide down the hair follicle and get absorbed into the adipocyte.
I’ll be honest, I can’t tell which photo is the before photo in the above post.
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What makes me suspicious about these photos is that the lighting in the “after” photo is clearly brighter, which is going to eliminate shadows and generally look better. Before and after photos should have the exact same lighting and other external conditions for them to even be potentially valid, and this is unfortunately almost never the case.
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Why they always use young ppl as models? It’s even difficult to say what is before and what’s after. Both are extremely good. I would like to see a 70 year old face before and after.
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Yes, seems similar concept indeed just different plant extract. I found another photo example for above VolufilineTM. I am still skeptical and I believe my friend just got some fillers at this point.
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I’m also skeptical about serums and creams and prefer fillers and meso injections that deliver products in deeper layers.
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Latest Dr. Brad update
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Finally, a skincare educator who seems qualified to talk about the science of skincare (not just marketing BS from “influencers”, which from my perspective is 98% of the “skincare information” out there). Are there others like this person that you know of? Please post links to their sites/feeds… And by “others” I mean well-educated in this area, without “sponsorship deals” that influence their suggestions/reviews and analysis.
Here is the full article (there may be a paywall for some users): https://archive.ph/no1M7
LabMuffin Website / Blog:
Her YouTube channel:
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dr Natlia Spierings, she is on insta. And she will kill many hopes lol.
What Dermatologists Really Think About Those Anti-Aging Products
Cosmetics companies are trying to wow consumers with clinical-sounding ingredients. Actual scientists aren’t impressed.
Beauty companies big and small are increasingly using science—or at least words and phrases that sound like they’re pulled from a peer-reviewed journal—to market their products. The dollar value of products sold in the US that say they include clinical ingredients, such as niacinamide and hyaluronic acid (both can help hydrate skin), has been growing at an average annual rate of 71.5% during the past five years versus 5.3% for overall skin-care items, says Jacqueline Flam Stokes, senior vice president for beauty, drug and over-the-counter retail at NielsenIQ, a data firm. The surge in demand for ingredient-led products has surpassed consumer interest in beauty items marketed as “natural” or “organic,” which were particularly popular before the pandemic, she says.
Take ceramides, lipid molecules that can help preserve moisture and protect against skin irritation. “Ceramides have been a very popular ingredient in cosmetics and skin-care products for decades,” Flam Stokes says. “What we’ve seen over the last three years, really, is that ceramides are now a popular ingredient that’s being called out on the front of packing labels.”
Welcome to the scientification of skin care. The trend gathered momentum during the pandemic, when Americans were spending countless hours eyeing themselves on video chats. That prodded many to try to address their perceived skin imperfections. With guidance from skin-care influencers on TikTok and elsewhere, shoppers snapped up clinical-sounding beauty products to expand their facial routines to half a dozen steps or more.
Full article: https://archive.ph/FPNeS
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An interesting thing happened to me this morning. One of my male colleagues stopped me and asked what I had been doing to my skin. He said my wrinkles were gone and I looked visibly younger than before. I appreciate the comment.
I’m not applying anything extra to my face, but I attribute the loss of wrinkles to the collagen peptides, 10,000 iu vitamin D3 and hyaluronic acid supplements. Somethings working right!
Also, I lost 4 pounds over Christmas. Maybe that too?
Now, I need to figure out what I need to make my hair grow back… 
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2.5mg of dutasteride, minoxidil (topically or orally if you’re feeling brave) and a topical anti-androgen such as alfatradiol, fluridil or Chinese research chemicals such as pyrilutamide or RU58841 along with topical rapamycin will revive any hair that hasn’t died yet.
Alternatively you can use 1mg finasteride once daily and topical minoxidil twice daily if your hairloss is not severe yet.
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