Q-Med announces Restylane with lidocaine

This week, Q-Med, the Swedish pharmceutical company that is the home to Restylane and Perlane, announced Restylane® Lidocaine and Restylane Perlane™ Lidocaine as the latest additions to their Restylane family of dermal fillers. These products have the familiar Restylane and Perlane hyaluronic gel fillers, together with a small amount (0.3 %) of lidocaine, a commonly used local anesthetic, to help minimize the discomfort of the procedure.

According to the studies, the fill effect of the products is unchanged, but 90% of the patients tested said the new products made the treatments more comfortable than the standard formulation.

This allows the company to catch up with Allergan's Juvederm Ultra with Lidocaine product, which has been available in Canada and Europe for several months.

Availability of these products in the USA has not been announced. Hopefully, we'll see these later in 2009. It should be a pretty straightforward approval path with the FDA.

Here in the USA, Prevelle Silk has the combination of lidocaine and HA gel filler - but it is a much less concentrated product than either Restylane or Juvederm. I don't use Prevelle Silk often, as I don't find it is as long lasting around the mouth or smile lines.

Special offers on injectables

Good news for those patients who are fans of Juvederm, Restylane, Evolence and Botox: the manufacturers seem to be trying to out-do each other with special offers, rebates and coupons. That means savings for you.

Here's some of the current special offers:

Botox cosmetic
- Schedule your initial botox treatment before February 28, 2009 and receive a $50 rebate coupon from Allergan. Make your follow-up treatment between May 1 and July 1, 2009 and receive a second $50 rebate.


Juvederm Ultra and Juvederm Ultra Plus injectable gel
- Schedule your Juvederm treatment before February 28, 2009, and receive a $100 rebate coupon from Allergan with your second syringe of Juvederm.


Evolence collagen dermal filler
- Schedule your Evolence treatment before December 31, 2009 and receive a $50 rebate coupon for each syringe used, up to $150.


Restylane and Perlane injectable gel
- Schedule your Restylane or Perlane treatments before February 28, 2009, and get the "buy-one, get the second half-off" special.

It seems like the time to get those wrinkles treated, doesn't it!