Aesthetic medicine

Oslo Plastic Surgery performs wrinkle treatments with various injection materials.

Over the years and with the passage of time, people develop wrinkles, most of all on the face due to less elasticity in the skin. This can be due to genetic factors and/or environmental and external influences such as sun exposure, diet, smoking, obesity, alcohol and tanning beds. These factors need to be addressed before a cosmetic treatment can have full effect.

Possible treatments are medical injection of material that has a lifetime of 6 months to 1 year. This substance is injected into the wrinkle area, both fine and deep wrinkles that can occur around the mouth, eyes, cheeks and forehead. In the case of muscle-related wrinkles in the glabella, so-called mind wrinkles, the reason for this is muscle hyperactivity. This is treated with a special injection that paralyzes the muscles so that the wrinkles are smoothed out. This can be done at intervals of one year. Pits and coarse wrinkles can be treated with fat grafting using your own fat. See our section on fat grafting and treatment list. The injection is performed on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia and takes about 15 minutes per area.

Due to the Marketing Act, we are not allowed to state the name of muscle relaxant medication or filler material. Feel free to contact us and we will give you full information about our treatments and what products we use to perform wrinkle treatment.

Please contact Oslo Plastikkirurgi for a complete price list.

1. Wrinkle treatment with injections to fill in small pits that occur with age such as in the nasolabial area, eyelids or upper cheek area or chin.

2. Wrinkle treatment with injections to muscle relaxing injections as in angry wrinkles between the eyes.

3. Double chin removal without surgery with injection of specific drug

For less unholy fat distribution excess or accumulation such as in double chin, this can be treated with injections

A newer and less extensive treatment is a simple injection of the drug, which can dissolve the fat in the area being treated. It will therefore not involve surgery. The injection treatment takes about 30 minutes.

It can be performed up to max. 6 treatment sessions. Most people notice an improvement after 2-4 treatment sessions. The time interval between treatments should be at least 4 weeks.

Such treatment can have certain side effects such as pain, swelling, fluid retention and bruising.

4. Thread lift
Some women and men prematurely get an older look, or they want to look a little younger. Over the years, you get wrinkled and sagging skin on the cheeks and neck. Some get a double chin. It is important to remember that smoking, stress, exposure to sunlight, moderate to severe obesity, excessive alcohol consumption and poor diet are some of the factors that not only accelerate ageing and increase the risk of complications, but also reduce the possibility of achieving a cosmetically successful result. That's why it's important to correct these factors prior to a thread lift so that the results are favorable. Thread lift can be a good solution for those who are not candidates for surgery, for those who have small changes they want to correct, for those who do not want convalescence time, and for those with small relapses after previous facelifts. The advantages of thread lift are that the process is quick, inexpensive, leaves no scars, you don't need any recovery time (time to recover from the surgery) and the process is done under local anesthesia. The disadvantages are that thread lift can give short-term results (expected duration after thread lift is between 3 to 5 years) and there will be little effect if you have a lot of excess skin.

Thread lifts can be used to lift the neck, cheek, jawline and temple area. An assessment will determine your needs and which solution is right for you.

For optimal results and to avoid complications, it is recommended that you maintain as normal a weight as possible and comply with the conditions mentioned above as far as possible. If you smoke, you must quit at least 1 month before surgery and continue without for 2 weeks after surgery.

In principle, the operation does not provide grounds for sick leave. Physical exercise and hard physical work should wait for a few days.

You must be healthy on the day of the operation. If you have any doubts about whether you have a cold or similar, please contact us. The operation is not performed when you have flu with fever or cough or other infection. Before the operation, you will receive a prescription for antibiotics, painkillers if necessary, and a 40 mg/ml cleansing solution that you can buy at the pharmacy.

The day before surgery and the day of surgery, you should shower at home with a cleansing solution. This is a disinfectant soap that should be rinsed off with water and the skin dried with a clean towel. Put on clean clothes when you leave home. All jewelry, piercings and nail polish must be removed no later than the day before surgery and put back 7 to 10 days after surgery.

You must come to the operation fasting. This means that you should not eat food 6 hours before the operation, but you can drink water and juice (not milk or juice), chew gum/throat lozenges up to 4 hours before the operation. You must arrange in advance with a person to pick you up at the clinic about 1 hour after the operation, as you will not be able to drive or take a taxi yourself.

It is important that you stop taking blood-thinning medication about 14 days before the operation. For other medications, consult the clinic before the operation. A lot of garlic and health food preparations must also not be consumed.