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Swedish Restylane Manufacturer to Be Acquired for Over $1 Billion

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

restylane-q-medThe latest news from Bloomberg.com say that Q-Med, the Swedish manufacturer of Restylane wrinkle filler, is likely to be acquired by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Galderma.

Galderma is known for making the popular Cetaphil products. The dermatology-focused pharmaceutical company was founded over 25 years ago, and is currently owned by L’Oreal and Nestle.

Q-Med makes the popular Restylane dermal filler, which was introduced in the mid 90s. Earlier this year, the company announced a new line of skincare products made with their patented NASHA gel, which is not currently available in the U.S.

In the United States, Medicis Pharmaceutical is licensed to distribute Restylane, along with Perlane, Dysport and other cosmetic products. According to the most recent updates from Bloomberg, Galderma’s offer to acquire Q-Med is conditional on approval from Medicis. On their corporate website, you can read about the history of Medicis and their partnership with Q-Med.

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Making an Impression – Do Injectable Treatments Make a Difference?

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

restylane-cincinattiHow does wrinkle correction change the image you project to the world? Surgeons at the Chicago Center for Facial Plastic Surgery sought to answer that question in a recent paper published in Dermatologic Surgery.

While many studies have documented the physical results achieved with dermal fillers like Restylane and Juvederm, few, if any, studies have documented how others perceive your appearance after such a treatment.

Using injections of hyaluronic acid filler, doctors fully corrected the nasolabial folds on twenty-two patients. To determine the effect on first impressions, they showed pictures of these patients to 304 people as blinded evaluators. They asked the evaluators about categories such as attractiveness, athletic ability, financial success, relationships and overall first impression.

“Significance was observed in all categories measured,” the authors conclude; “full correction of the NLFs with HA filler significantly and positively influences the first impression an individual projects.”

Funding and materials for the study were provided by Medicis, maker of Restylane.

You can access this study on PubMed

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New Line of Restylane Skin Care Products Announced

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Q-Med, maker of Restylane and Perlane, recently announced their new line of skincare products at the World Congress for Anti-Aging Medicine.

The new products are made using the same patented NASHA technology used in Restylane injectable filler, giving the creams a pleasing consistency while preserving moisture and adding lustre to the skin.

Q-Med explains the purpose of the new products in an official press release: “The secret to beautiful skin is balanced skin hydration combined with a healthy and protective skin barrier. Restylane Skincare combines these two qualities in an innovative series of creams [that] supplement the effect of injectable Restylane products.”

What is NASHA?

Non-Animal Stabilized Hyaluronic Acid is the secret to Restylane’s success. Hyaluronic acid is present in many of your body tissues, serving many important functions. Because HA can bind water, it hydrates the skin and lubricates the joints. Stabilization allows the product to last longer and produce visible, enduring results.

Although Restylane and Perlane have been around longer than most wrinkle fillers, they are not the only ones to use hyaluronic acid. Products like Prevelle, Hydrelle and others are now widely available for similar purposes. But according to Q-Med, these fillers are not interchangeable with Restylane.

The least modified competing products are still considerably more chemically changed than the NASHA gels. Competing products are either not as viscous as the NASHA gels, which means that they cannot build and retain volume in the same way, or they are considerably more chemically changed.

The new line of Restylane Skincare products will be available in Sweden and Europe this summer. If they become available here in Cincinnati, we will be sure to let you know.

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