What is the difference between Restylane Lyft and Voluma?

Hello.  Both products are thicker Hyaluronic acid based products that are best used in the mid face and in particular the cheeks.The one glaring difference is price.  In most cases in Los Angeles, Voluma is priced $200 - $300 more per CC than Restylane Lyft (Perlane).  It is sold at a higher price point because it is marketed to last longer.  We do have concerns about the marketed longevity for Voluma because of the way in which the trials were conducted by Allergan.  When Voluma conducted their trials, the average patients was injected with 6.5 CC's of Voluma.  There are very few patients in our market that ever get this much product because it would cost $4,500 - $6,000.  In addition, only 50% of patients reported seeing trace amounts of product left at 2 years.In the end, what this means is that to have any chance of achieving a 2 year duration, the patient would have to be injected with 4, 6 or 8 CC's of product.  Given that we know we can achieve 9-12 month duration with Perlane (Lyft), we recommend our patients use Lyft instead of Voluma.

Hi there! I’m Lauren, the aesthetic injector here at Colorado Plastic Surgery Center. Restylane Lyft and Juvederm Voluma are both excellent options for adding volume to the cheeks, but they come from different manufacturers, Galderma makes Restylane Lyft, while Allergan makes Juvederm Voluma.

These are 2 very different products.  Restylane Lyft is a true lifting agent with a coefficient of lifting twice that of Voluma.  It is great for any individual who needs any sort of lifting in the face but still very soft and natural looking.  It is especially good for under eye hollows and tear troughs.  The FDA approves it to last one year but the lift is superior to a Voluma lift.
Voluma is a hyaluronic acid, like Restylane Lyft, and the FDA approves it for lasting 2 years.  It is a softer product than Lyft.  For some this is a selling point, and for others, it's not.  Because it's soft, it's hard to overdo.  But, for the same reason, it's softness requires twice the number of syringes to give the same result as Lyft so it can be twice the cost.  It's lifting ability is also half that of Lyft thus requiring more product to create a lift.  
On average, a person needs 5 syringes of Voluma to equal the lift created from 3 syringes of Lyft.  If you're looking for a lift, then go with LYFT.