{"id":2481,"date":"2021-12-04T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/?page_id=2481"},"modified":"2021-12-13T00:50:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T05:50:57","slug":"fillers-for-facial-paralysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/treatments\/fillers-for-facial-paralysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fillers for Facial Paralysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What are dermal fillers?<\/h1>\n<p>During the normal aging process, remodeling of bone and loss and redistribution of fat lead to the cardinal signs of the \u201caging face\u201d. These signs include accentuation of the nasolabial fold (aka smile lines, laugh lines), jowling, temporal hollowing, hollowing of the orbit, lowering of the cheek fat pad, and tear trough deformity in the region below the eyes. Dermal fillers such as hyaluronic acid, collagen, and calcium hydroxyapatite can restore volume to the face, and help patients achieve a more youthful appearance. Surgeons can also harvest fat from patients using liposuction techniques, and inject it into the face to restore volume using their own tissue.<\/p>\n<h1>Facial Fillers for Paralysis:<\/h1>\n<p>Patients with facial paralysis frequently have <em>asymmetric<\/em> volume loss and soft tissue redistribution. This asymmetric aging is due to changes in muscle tone and soft tissue volume associated with facial paralysis. Dr. Miller is an expert at using facial fillers\u2014both dermal fillers such as Juvederm\u00ae and autologous fat\u2014to improve facial symmetry. He customizes treatment so that patients attain a more youthful, but still <em>natural<\/em> appearance. Dr. Miller also uses filler in facial paralysis patients\u2019 lips to improve their ability to eat, drink, and talk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture88-300x158.png\" alt=\"Before and after Juvederm to the right upper lip\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture88-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture88-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture88-800x420.png 800w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture88-600x316.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture88.png 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture89-300x151.png\" alt=\"Before and after Juvederm to nasolabial folds \" width=\"500\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture89-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture89-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture89-600x301.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/Picture89.png 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/GA-Website-copy-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"Patient before and after DAO Excision, Botox, and dermal filler\" width=\"500\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/GA-Website-copy-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/GA-Website-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/GA-Website-copy-600x595.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1266\/2021\/12\/GA-Website-copy.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to schedule a consultation to discuss fillers for facial paralysis, please call <a href=\"tel:984-974-2255\">984-974-2255<\/a> to schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are dermal fillers? During the normal aging process, remodeling of bone and loss and redistribution of fat lead to the cardinal signs of the \u201caging face\u201d. These signs include accentuation of the nasolabial fold (aka smile lines, laugh lines), jowling, temporal hollowing, hollowing of the orbit, lowering of the cheek fat pad, and tear &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/treatments\/fillers-for-facial-paralysis\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fillers for Facial Paralysis\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44955,"featured_media":0,"parent":2262,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2481","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2481\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/facialnervecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}