Alloderm Grafts and Implant - Reactions of using Alloderm

Alloderm is a collagen-like substance that is used to fill in cracks or deep wrinkles of the skin. Alloderm is made from skin taken from a human skin bank, which is then processed to remove everything but the collagen, a skin protein.

Technicians dissolve the skin cells' with salts and detergents and then dehydrate it to leave essentially pure, human derived collagen. Alloderm comes in millimeter-thin sheets that your doctor shapes and then implants under your skin using minute incisions so that the wrinkles are filled with the material.

Alloderm can be shaped to fill deeper wrinkles. Another wrinkle-filler, Gore- Tex , may be used for the same problem. Alloderm can be applied to the lips (to gain fuller lips) and to the deep creases that often separate the cheeks from the mouth. Alloderm also helps repair scars.

Alloderm is available in many dermatologists' and plastic surgeons' offices as a simple outpatient procedure. Because Alloderm is derived from human skin and not cow's skin (the base for the brand name Collagen), the risk of allergic reaction is virtually nonexistent.

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