Treatment explained
Body HA filler: how a cannula places filler in the upper outer buttock
A hyaluronic acid filler is placed in the subcutaneous fat of the upper outer buttock.
Film guide (1–9)
What the numbers show
- 1. Upper outer buttock · example injection area
- 2. Example cannula entry point
- 3. Blunt-tipped cannula
- 4. Epidermis
- 5. Dermis
- 6. Subcutaneous fat
- 7. Muscle layer (gluteus maximus)
- 8. Injection site
- 9. Injection site in the subcutaneous fat, enlarged
In the film
- A blunt-tipped cannula enters through a small opening.
- The cannula is inserted at an oblique angle to the skin surface.
- The cannula tip sits in the deep subcutaneous fat above the gluteus maximus fascia.
- The filler is laid in a thin line as the cannula is withdrawn little by little.
