“Smart Filler”, which consists of a special ingredient that makes up 70% of the filler, thus increases collagen production in the body.

Smart filler is a biostimulant (stimulating natural collagen synthesis) filler containing polycaprolactone (PCL) material in a carrier gel. PCL has been used in surgical sutures for many years and has very good tissue compatibility.

How Does Smart Filling Work?

The carrier gel of the smart filler begins to melt in approximately 2-3 months and PCL particles are gradually released. As PCL particles are released, new collagen synthesis begins to be stimulated in the applied area and a volume increase is achieved thanks to the new natural collagen produced.

In Which Areas Is Smart Filling Applied?

Smart filler can be used in areas such as forehead, temples, cheekbones, mid-face, nose, nasolabial fold, back of hands and neck.

In Which Areas Is Smart Filling Not Applied?

Smart filler is not used as under-eye light filler, tear trough filler or lip filler. It is not recommended to use it on the mustache area.

What Does Smart Filling Do?

With smart filler, wrinkles, folds and folds can be corrected, pits and grooves can be filled, volume and lifting can be provided, and defects that occurred after surgery or accidents can be corrected, as with other fillers. When smart filler is a biostimulating filler, it also has skin regenerating and antiaging effects.

How to Apply Smart Filler?

Smart filler can be applied with a needle or cannula, like all other fillers.

When does the effect of smart filler start to be seen?

Thanks to the carrier gel of the smart filler, the initial effect appears as soon as it is applied, but the actual volume increase that will occur with the targeted natural collagen production starts after the 1st month and continues until the 4th month.

How Long Does Smart Filling Last for Effect?

Smart filler has 4 forms with effective durations of 1, 2, 3 and 4 years.

Will it be worse than before when the effect of smart filler wears off?

When the effect of the smart filler disappears, the appearance does not appear worse than before, on the contrary, it contributes to delaying the effects of aging thanks to its biostimulant effect.

Does Smart Filling Create an Artificial Image?

Smart filler provides volume increase by stimulating the skin’s own natural collagen production. Therefore, a natural rejuvenation and volume increase is achieved with smart filling. Natural collagen structuring occurs in the required area as needed, which is why this filler is called “Smart Filling”.

What is Ellanse?

Ellanse is a biostimulant filler brand containing PCL.

What are the Side Effects of Smart Filling?

Bruising, redness, slight edema and sensitivity, which can be seen in all injections, may occur in the application areas of the smart filler. These side effects usually improve within a few days.

It gives the appearance of fullness at the moment of first application. It disappears by complete bioabsorption 6-8 weeks after application. It is the PCL Particles distributed homogeneously within the skin that will create the real filling effect. These particles cause collagen formation in different volumes depending on their proximity to each other.

Collagen formation begins in the 1st month and continues increasingly until the 4th month. As a result, when PCL Particles are completely bioabsorbed, sufficient collagen is formed to provide the lifting effect and fullness. Caprolactone, which has been used safely as a suture in surgical applications for about 30 years, constitutes the remaining 30% of the filler. It stimulates collagen-producing cells, causing the tissue to produce its own new and strong collagen.
The application of collagen stimulating fillers is the same as other fillers. It is painless because it is applied together with local anesthetic medication. You can return to daily life immediately after the application. The slight plumpness seen at the first application belongs to the gel and disappears in a few weeks. For the real effect, it is necessary to wait for 3-4 months. Because this period is needed for sufficient collagen formation. At the end of this period, in addition to the desired lifting effect and fullness on the skin, an improvement in skin quality and appearance is observed.

As a collagen-stimulating filler, Smart Filler is available in four different forms that can last from one to four years. It can be applied anywhere on the face that requires volume and lifting, except for the lips and under the eyes. It is applied to improve skin quality and elasticity on the back of the hands, neck and décolleté. It can help heal facial scars, deep acne scars, and loose skin that has lost its elasticity.

Is Smart Filling Safe?

Its prominent features are that the filler applied to the skin completely disappears through bioabsorption within 1-3 months, its effects begin in one month and develop gradually over a period of four months, and it does not cause rapid volume increase. New generation collagen stimulating fillers are safer because they do not have a cross-link structure, which is used in other filling systems to increase the permanence period and can sometimes cause negative effects.

The information on this page varies from person to person.
İsmail Hakkı GÜLAÇTI
Aesthetic Specialist