by Chrissy Iley
I am sure by now everyone is scared of fillers. Think, Meg Ryan. Think pillow face. Think, monster. Plus also think, fear of needles. So I was super excited when I heard about Fillerina (£79.00).
I know, terrible name, it sounds like a child named it, it sounds like a Disney song. But in fact it is very real and very grown up. It is the world`s first no needle hyaluronic acid filler.
It came with a clinical paper that described the results from studies used on subjects of all ages and races as a `wow`. It arrived in a box that looked like a miniature science kit. You get a Fillerina gel called Dermo-Cosmetic Filler With Filler Effect and a cream called Nourishing Film for the Oval of the Face and two syringes that are extremely delicate to encourage you to be extremely precise and fill only in the required areas.
You use it every night or morning for 14 days consecutively. I was told it had an accumulative effect but most people notice the effect straight away. I looked at my magic box for a few days, I was extremely excited but worried that I would not have the skills to get the right amount of gel in the syringe. Despite the fact I syringe feed my cat antibiotics every day, I am not good at it. Most people would not find it a problem however. Plus I was excited and enthusiastic and that made it worse.
Ideally you put in 1ml and do one side of the face and then the other. I think I might have a small face because 1ml seemed to last forever as I outlined cheeks and mouth and the general slackness of my face, the places I wanted plumping and lifting.
You leave this on, do something else and about 10 minutes later you put the serum and the cream on the same precise way.
The cream is super silky and rich and I found I did not need nearly the amount that it suggested. But that might just be me. Anyway you get a lot more skilful at putting it on not just because you get better at the apparatus but also because you wake up with a new face. You get really good at it by day 4 . And that’s because you want to master it because you love it. You wake up years younger and four days in you look like you reversed the aging process.
I used Fillerina when I was flying and it definitely combated the effects of the airplane. However, it works best if you are super hydrated because hyaluronic acid binds to water. So I was obsessive about the water drinking.
There was one moment on my flight back from LA where I drank so much water I needed the bathroom and they were all full. I was completely desperate, so much so that the flight attendant called down to all the other cabins and got someone to hold open a bathroom for me. Still, totally worth it to not get in the way of my new face. The skin looks so good, smooth and plum, I have been able to drastically reduce make up application and feel confident with less. It seems to improve skin colour as well as tone – a surprise benefit. It evens it out so you need less or no foundation.
I have been working on a documentary where my deal was that I was insisting on NOT being on camera, now I am looking forward my close up.