DDr. Heinrich, MD gave an interview to Neuen Zürcher Zeitung recently about skin regeneration with artificial fillers. Here the entire interview:
Dear DDr. Heinrich, MD, on your blog you write that you are taking no stock in fillers. Why not?
Artificial fillers are mostly used for wrinkle treatments. Wrinkles are a symptom that means that the skin loses biological quality in general. If you inject fillers into the wrinkles, the skin becomes more compact on the area treated. However, the surrounding tissue stays less dense which causes irregularities that can be seen at mimic facial movement. This is not particularly acceptable from a cosmetic perspective.
What do you recommend as an alternative?
Instead of symptom treatments I propagate treatment of the causes. By the means of bioidentical hormones, stem cells extracted from the patient’s own fat tissue, the intake of a special combination of collagen peptides and hyaluronic acid, such as our beauty drink Perfect Skin by DDr. Heinrich® or Perfect Skin by DDr. Heinrich® Powder the biological skin quality gets better. I also call this “cosmetics from the inside out”. Thereof wrinkles disappear and the face looks natural. Hyaluronic acid is better to swallow than to inject!
Do you see fillers as long-term trend or will they soon get replaced by something else?
For the moment their usage will increase. Trends are like waves: You even see the end of a wave and the beginning of the following one, while the wave is still strongly accruing…
What could come next?
“Cosmetics from the inside out”, where bioidentical hormones, autologous stem cells and the intake of special food supplements help to regenerate the skin and thereby treat wrinkles. The loss of biological quality is a symptom of aging processes which we can counteract. This understanding will prevail.
Will a naturally aged face get out of fashion?
As long as media and advertisement are permanently presenting young people about the age of 20 as successful trendsetters – yes. Nevertheless, in the long term realization will persist that successful people can be about 20 only in rare cases, but rather between 30 and 50. And because success is sexy, the mature, vital face will stay “in” in the long term, especially in men. That is part of our genes.
However, due to the progress of medicine – similar to teeth problems decades ago – facial “aging signs”, which are symptoms for diseases or weakness of organs and hormonal deficiencies, will be increasingly seen as unacceptable. Such as desolate teeth are considered unacceptable in elderly people, which has not been the case in former times. This means that the mature, healthy, and vital face will stay attractive in the long term.