Profhilo vs Restylane vs Teoxane
Profhilo is better for skin that looks dull, thin or a little loose. It is a gel that spreads under the skin to improve texture and firmness, given over two visits a month apart. Restylane and Teoxane fillers are better for a hollow or a fold you can point to. They hold their shape and add volume exactly where they are placed. Restylane and Teoxane sit together here because both are ranges of traditional filler, while Profhilo is a skin booster and a different category.
What it does
A gel of hyaluronic acid that spreads out under the skin instead of staying put. It works on hydration, texture and mild looseness.
A firmer gel that stays where it is put. It lifts a cheek, fills a fold, or shapes a lip.
Where it goes
Set points along the cheek, jaw and chin. The neck, hands and chest can be treated too.
Cheeks, smile lines, lips, chin, jawline, under the eyes. Placement is planned face by face.
How long until you see it
Skin often looks brighter within a week or two. The firmness builds after that, and needs both sessions.
You see the change before you leave the room. Swelling settles over the following week or two.
How long it lasts
Most people repeat it once or twice a year.
Soft gels in mobile areas like lips fade fastest. Firmer gels in the cheek last longest.
How many visits
That pair of visits is the course. Top-ups later are usually a single visit.
A review two weeks later is common, and a small top-up may be added then.
What it will not do
Profhilo does not add contour. If your cheek has lost volume, this will not put it back.
Filler can make a face look fuller while the skin on top still looks dull or crepey.
What it feels like
Small bumps like mosquito bites sit at each point afterwards. They flatten within a day or two.
Most gels contain lidocaine, a local anaesthetic, so the sting eases within seconds.
Downtime and side effects
Usually gone inside 48 hours. Most people go back to work the same day.
Swelling in the lips can last several days. Bruising is the most common complaint.
Can it be undone
Cost
Ask for the price of both sessions together, not one.
The total depends on how many syringes you need. Two areas often means two syringes.
The at-home or drugstore version
A hyaluronic acid serum sits on the surface and holds water in the top layer for a few hours. Profhilo is placed a few millimetres down, in the layer where collagen lives. The serum is not a weaker version of it. It is a different thing.
No cream fills a fold. Products sold as "filler in a bottle" swell the surface slightly for a few hours, then stop. That is a different thing wearing the same name.
Who each suits
Restylane and Teoxane are ranges, not products
Neither name refers to a single syringe: Restylane makes more than a dozen gels. Teoxane's filler line is sold as Teosyal, and includes the RHA and Redensity families. Each gel has a different thickness and a different job.
The gap between the two brands is smaller than most people expect: Both are hyaluronic acid. Both dissolve. Both last roughly the same time in the same area of the face.
The gel your injector picks matters more than the logo on the box: A soft gel for lips and a firm one for cheekbones behave very differently, and both brands make both.
Both brands also sell a skin booster
If Profhilo is on your list, you may want a skin booster rather than a filler: Restylane makes Skinboosters, and Teoxane makes Redensity I. These are thin hyaluronic acid gels put into the skin in many tiny deposits to improve hydration and fine lines.
Those are the closer comparison to Profhilo: Comparing Profhilo to a cheek filler compares two treatments that were never meant to do the same job.
The practical difference is the number of injections: Profhilo uses about ten points on the face. Skin boosters use dozens of small ones, and usually run as a course of three sessions.
Has anyone compared them directly
No trial has put Profhilo head to head against Restylane or Teoxane: The research behind each one measures it against how the skin looked before, not against a rival product. Most of those studies are small.
That is standard across aesthetic injectables: It does mean that claims one brand is better than another come from clinic experience rather than from a comparison.
Before you book
Ask which category you are being offered. "Skin booster" and "filler" do very different jobs.
Ask for the total cost of the plan, not the price of one visit.
If you are told you need both, ask which one to do first and why.
Ask what happens if you dislike it. Hyaluronic acid can be dissolved, and you want to hear that said out loud.
Bring a photo of yourself from a few years ago rather than a photo of someone else.
