Kessel Dermatology, servicing the Hamilton Square, Trenton, and Mercer County areas in New Jersey, is proudly one of the first practices in the region utilizing this advanced injection technique. 

Microcannula Technique

An Advanced Approach to Dermal Filler Injection

Kessel Dermatology was one of the first practices in the region to incorporate the microcannula technique for dermal filler treatments.

When appropriate, a microcannula offers an alternative to traditional needle injection. Rather than using a sharp needle to place filler throughout the treatment area, a microcannula is a thin, flexible tube with a blunt tip that allows filler to be placed through a small number of entry points.

How Does the Microcannula Technique Work?

A small entry point is created in the skin using a needle. The flexible, blunt-tipped microcannula is then advanced through that opening and carefully guided beneath the skin.

Filler can be deposited as the cannula moves through the treatment area, allowing a larger area to be treated through fewer skin entry points.

With traditional needle injection, multiple puncture sites may be required depending on the area and technique being used.

What Are the Benefits of a Microcannula?

When appropriate for the treatment area, the microcannula technique may offer several advantages:

• Fewer needle punctures
• Less bruising in some treatment areas
• Less swelling and discomfort
• Ability to treat a broader area through a single entry point
• Reduced likelihood of directly piercing certain blood vessels with a sharp needle

Because the tip of a microcannula is blunt rather than sharp, it can often move around blood vessels and other structures rather than piercing directly through them.

Is a Microcannula Safer Than a Needle?

Microcannulas can offer safety advantages in certain treatment areas, but no filler injection technique eliminates risk.

Vascular complications can still occur with either a needle or a cannula. Understanding facial and vascular anatomy, selecting the appropriate injection plane, choosing the right product, and recognizing and managing potential complications are essential regardless of the device used.

Why Don't You Use a Microcannula for Every Filler Treatment?

A microcannula isn't necessarily the best tool for every treatment.

Certain areas and techniques require the precision of a needle, while others are particularly well suited to cannula placement. The appropriate approach also depends on the filler being used, the depth of injection, your anatomy, and the desired result.

In many cases, both needles and microcannulas may be used during the same treatment.

The goal is not to choose one technique over the other, but to select the technique that is most appropriate for each individual treatment.

Why Does Injector Experience Matter?

Successful filler treatment depends on much more than whether a needle or microcannula is used.

Our aesthetic medicine expert, Savy Guthrie, MPAS, PA-C, has over 20 years of dermatology experience and extensive experience performing cosmetic injectable treatments.

Knowledge of facial anatomy, vascular anatomy, filler characteristics, injection depth, and multiple injection techniques allows treatment to be customized according to your anatomy and aesthetic goals.

Is Microcannula Filler Treatment Right for You?

Whether a microcannula, needle, or combination of techniques is most appropriate will depend on the area being treated, the filler selected, your anatomy, and the desired result.

Schedule an aesthetic consultation at Kessel Dermatology to discuss your goals and determine the most appropriate approach to your dermal filler treatment.

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