Dermal fillers (or soft tissue fillers) can be used to plump lips, smooth wrinkles, and folds, and fill in the under-eye hollows known as tear troughs. They can also add volume to cheeks, reduce the appearance of pitted acne scars, and sculpt the jawline. Some people even choose to get a nonsurgical nose job using injectable fillers.

The face loses subcutaneous fat and muscle volume with age. For patients who are seeing the early stages of age-related volume loss, a “liquid facelift” that combines injectable fillers with a neuromodulator like Botox can restore a more youthful appearance, delaying the need for plastic surgery procedures like facial fat transfer.

That said, dermal fillers will not provide the same level of facial rejuvenation as a cosmetic surgery like a facelift; the results are more subtle and more temporary.