If you could just inject eight hours of sleep into your skin, wouldn’t you? Skinvive, a buzzy new hyaluronic acid filler approved by the FDA in May 2023 may be the closest thing to a whole night’s sleep and your recommended three liters of daily water that you can get. (Other than, you know, actually sleeping and drinking water.)
Skinvive is often referred to as a “skin booster” rather than a filler since its job isn’t to rebuild volume like other fillers on the market but rather to hydrate your skin and give you a glowy “I did not stay up late looking at TikToks in bed” look that lasts around six months.
Although Skinvive and other similar fillers have been available in Europe and other parts of the world for some time, it is the first of its kind available in the US market,” says Carmen Castilla, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and clinical instructor at Mount Sinai in New York City. “It’s a class of fillers that has been missing in our cosmetic treatment arsenal to date.”
While the treatment isn’t available yet (it will be rolling out to your local dermatologist’s office at the end of September), we asked the experts what to expect before it inevitably becomes everyone’s favorite cosmetic pick-me-up.