Some patients have found these injections uncomfortable and prefer some anesthetic. If this is the case in your situation, ask your physician about the use of local anesthetics. Some patients find that their skin, at the injection sites, is red or blanched for about 48 hours after treatment. If you have a history of bruising, a bruise may result which could take a few weeks to heal. Your physician will discuss other potential side effects with you during your consultation.
Tissue comes from donors in much the same way donated organs do.
These number in the hundreds of thousands of implants per year. Tissue donors are very carefully screened and tested to reduce the risk of disease transmission. The only tissue processed into Dermalogen is tissue from donors who have passed all tests. In addition, Collagenesis, when processing Dermalogen , safeguards against viral transmission by treating the tissue with powerful anti-viral agents. Since 1997, over 100,000 syringes of Dermalogen have been shipped to physicians in the United States.