Perlane® Treatment

Houston, Texas

FDA Approval News

Perlane® Dermal Filler Approved

May 2007. The DermSurgery Laser Center is pleased to announce that Perlane® is now available for our patients. The FDA has approved the hyaluronic acid-based filler Perlane® for implantation into the deep dermis for the correction of moderate to severe facial folds and wrinkles, such as nasolabial folds. This product may be used alone or in conjunction with Restylane®.

Perlane® is the newest member of the Restylane® family of products. The hyaluronic acid gel particles in Perlane® are larger than those in Restylane®, and Perlane's® larger gel particles offer enhanced volume and lifting power, ideal for wrinkle and fold correction and facial contouring. Perlane® injection is intended to treat areas of the skin where more volume is required than provided by Restylane® implantation. Like Restylane®, Perlane® also has a favorable patient safety profile.

The three-dimensional gel particles in Restylane® and Perlane® are hydrophilic molecules, attracting and binding to water molecules as they degrade, helping to maintain volume augmentation for about six months.