{"id":881,"date":"2013-07-21T07:18:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T07:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/?p=881"},"modified":"2013-07-22T05:05:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T05:05:03","slug":"lip-augmentation-with-cannulas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/lip-augmentation-with-cannulas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lip Augmentation with Cannulas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>First what are blunt tipped cannulas for fillers?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-samm-mile-marker-22-full-surgical-artistry2-Cropped2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17 alignright\" alt=\"Surgical Artistry - Calvin Lee, MD \/ Tammy Wu, MD\" src=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-samm-mile-marker-22-full-surgical-artistry2-Cropped2-281x300.jpg\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-samm-mile-marker-22-full-surgical-artistry2-Cropped2-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-samm-mile-marker-22-full-surgical-artistry2-Cropped2.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Borrowed over from the world of liposuction and the world of Huber needles for chemotherapy. \u00a0There are four benefits of using a cannula for filler (ie. Juvederm) injections:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Tip is blunt, not sharp &#8211; so it won&#8217;t easily pierce unwanted delicate structures such as nerves and blood vessels<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Side exit port for the opening for extrusion of filler. \u00a0This is on the side so that the tip can be blunt. \u00a0So this reason goes along with the blunt tip reason.<\/li>\n<li>Flexible cannula. \u00a0This allows for less injury as well, it has the potential to wiggle around obstructions which are sometimes cause by the vitals structures of nerves and vessels.<\/li>\n<li>Long length. \u00a0this allows for fewer puncture sites.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Why do we care about blunt tipped cannulas?<\/h3>\n<p>In the end the results are for <strong>safety<\/strong> and <strong>less bruising<\/strong>. \u00a0But are the effects better looking when the swelling goes down? \u00a0for the most part I think so, for broad areas such as cheek and temples.<\/p>\n<h3>Picture is worth a thousand words<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps a picture would help describe cannulas for injectable fillers:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_882\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blunt-tip-cannulas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-882\" alt=\"blunt tip cannulas\" src=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blunt-tip-cannulas-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">blunt tip cannulas<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Lip augmentation with cannulas?<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, for myself as an injector in Modesto, I&#8217;m a fan of cannulas for filling the central part (body) of the lips. \u00a0But for precision, I feel that I lose a little bit of the precision needed when working on the border of the lips. \u00a0Thus I still find myself gravitating to the regular needle. \u00a0I have also used longer needles. \u00a0So for now, there&#8217;s a role for both cannulas and needles in my practice for lips. \u00a0But for the most part, I&#8217;m doing most of the lip augmentations with needles. \u00a0I like the precision that I get with a short stiff needle. \u00a0However, I understand that there is more of a risk of bruising and swelling right after the procedure. \u00a0These are just my thoughts at my current level of comfort with cannulas. \u00a0For more of what I think, visit: <a title=\"Lip Augmentation Modesto\" href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/my-thoughts-on-lip-augmentation\/\">my thoughts on Lip Augmentation with fillers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_530\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/dr-wu-and-dr-lee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"size-full wp-image-530\" alt=\"www.SurgeryToday.com (209) 551-1888\" src=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/dr-wu-and-dr-lee.png\" width=\"181\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">www.SurgeryToday.com<br \/>(209) 551-1888<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First what are blunt tipped cannulas for fillers? Borrowed over from the world of liposuction and the world of Huber needles for chemotherapy. \u00a0There are four benefits of using a cannula for filler (ie. Juvederm) injections: Tip is blunt, not sharp &#8211; so it won&#8217;t easily pierce unwanted delicate structures such as nerves and blood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,8,7,207,269,14,147],"tags":[277,280],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dermatology","category-education","category-general-info","category-green-living","category-lip-augmentation","category-news","category-running","tag-blunt-tipped-cannulas","tag-lips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}