All About Revision Rhinoplasty - Argiform™ - The New & Improved, Permanent Polyacrylamide Hydrogel Implant

Argiform™ - The New & Improved, Permanent Polyacrylamide Hydrogel Implant

Argiform is an absolutely innovative implant in the sector of cosmetic surgery. For the first time, in fact, medical science employs a product comprising 95% apyrogenous water and 5% of a polyacrylamide, a synthetic polymer that has already been used in cosmetics. This association guarantees maximum softness of touch; the implant (which can be injected) retains more or less the same consistency as tissue, without causing unattractive artificial effects, either visible or palpable.

WHERE IS Argiform USED?
Argiform is used in medicine and plastic surgery to correct any type of secondary imperfection due to deficiency of substance: from fine wrinkles to prominent nasolabial folds, acne scars, post-operative scars, secondary scars caused by burns, and post-traumatic scars. Argiform is also the ideal choice of implant for contouring the lips, cheekbones, etc. Unlike other fillers, Argiform (thanks to its absolute degree of bio-compatibility) can also be used for large substance deficits without the risk of causing unexpected side effects.

IS Argiform SAFE?
Six years of rigorous and scrupulous clinical experimentation have enabled Argiform to provide the maximum safety. The very special, cutting-edge production technique - an exclusive patented process, employed for this product - guarantees (unlike numerous other similar products) the absence of the toxic monomer that usually characterises these polymers - and which is responsible for all the well known devastating secondary effects.

Analyses demonstrate that Argiform™ is: non toxic, antibacterial, non-sensitising, non-mutagenic, biocompatible, permanent, removable, and physically and chemically stable. An added advantage of Argiform is that it is absolutely radio transparent, thus allowing differential diagnosis with structures at the implant site, if necessary.

CAN ANYONE USE Argiform?
From studies conducted so far, it has been shown that Argiform is an absolutely safe product; in fact, no sensitisation test is necessary since it has never caused any type of allergic reaction. In any event, it is advisable to inform the doctor regarding predisposition to allergies (polyallergic subjects)

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE IMPLANT?
Immediately after the introduction of Argiform a thin natural physiological capsule is formed (forming the actual endoprosthesis), which encloses the substance, thus facilitating identification and removal (easy, not traumatic), if necessary, at any moment. The oedema that develops immediately following the implant (in normal conditions) is minimal and does not last more than 20 minutes. There is also slight redness in the area following the injection, but this disappears within a few minutes. Cosmetics can be used after the implant without any risk of interaction. Within a few days, any bruising or swelling that may have existed in the area disappears (no palpable changes as it consists of 95% of water); on the other hand, there is a pleasant aesthetic effect.

HOW LONG DOES Argiform LAST ONCE INJECTED?
Argiform belongs to the category IIb of "medical devices" and therefore substances that cannot be reabsorbed; in fact it can be left infinitely (unless it is specially removed) like any other artificial prosthesis. The aesthetic effect caused by Argiform is, of course, not eternal since, with the passage of time, the skin ages and the tissues (mainly the muscles) change position and shape, creating new wrinkles and imperfections "mechanically" supported, however, by the substance injected.

IS THE IMPLANT PAINFUL?
Like any other injection, Argiform also causes pain, which only lasts as long as the injection. In any event, any type of anesthesia can be used (even local) to relieve the pain, according to the doctor's discretion.

CAN THE IMPLANT BE DONE AT ANYTIME OF YEAR?
Certainly. Heat does not interfere with the substance unless the temperature is very high. Remember that Argiform™ is steam sterilized at a temperature exceeding 120°C. It is advisable, however, to avoid exposure to UVA and UVB rays for at least 24 hours after the implant; this is to prevent any change in the secondary pigmentation during the temporary inflammation caused by the implant.