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Filler Types and Characteristics

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The Art and Science of Filler Injection

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It is a long wish of people to recover the volume reduction of the face caused by aging. Even before officially licensed filler products were developed, people put something other materials on their faces

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. SAMSKIN Plastic Surgery, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    MD Giwoong Hong

  2. ON Clinic, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    MD Seungmin Oh

  3. Lamar Clinic Isu Branch, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    MD Bongcheol Kim

  4. LIKE Plastic Surgery, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    MD Yongwoo Lee

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Hong, G., Oh, S., Kim, B., Lee, Y. (2020). Filler Types and Characteristics. In: The Art and Science of Filler Injection. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0611-2_2

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