Is Puragen Better Than Restylane?

Puragen is the hyaluronic acid filler brought to market by Mentor, long a source of breast implant devices for our plastic surgery colleagues. Mentor was acquired by Johnson and Johnson and had its name changed to Prevelle Silk. Prevelle Silk is intended for deeper lines and scars, much like Perlane. Its big advantage over Perlane is that it contains Lidocaine, an anesthetic. Thus it hurts less wich is an advantage on a deeper filler. Its shortcoming is that it does not have the... more

As with any marketable product, there is a lot of hype in the medical industry to sell one product or the other. It can be very confusing for the patient. What is important is that you seek out an experienced physician who uses many different fillers and can decide with you what will be best to achieve your desired results based on the anatomic defects that you perceive (i.e. wrinkles, furrows, depressed scars, nasolabial folds, marionette lines, etc). An experienced physician will let... more