Skin quality & regenerativeBiostimulator injections in Montreal
Biostimulators are injectables that help your skin rebuild its own collagen, so it looks firmer and thicker as the months go by. Ideal Body Clinic offers two: calcium hydroxylapatite, 1 syringe for $699, and poly-L-lactic acid, 2 vials for $799, each with your $130 doctor consultation included.
- Monkland · Sherbrooke · Châteauguay
- Consultations in French and English
- Treatment time
- 30 to 60min
- Downtime
- Minimal
- Results appear
- Over months
- Results last
- 1 to 2years
- Price
- $6991 syringe (1.5 mL)
Biostimulators (collagen stimulators)
How it worksWhat does a biostimulator do?
It helps your skin build new collagen over time.
Collagen is the mesh that keeps skin firm. As it thins, cheeks flatten and the jawline softens. The practitioner places the product deep in the skin, and your skin builds new collagen around it. The change arrives slowly, and most people see the result at 3 to 6 months. It lasts 1 to 2 years.
- 01
Your collagen thins, and your face loses support
- 02
The practitioner injects deep in the skin
- 03
New collagen builds over 3 to 6 months
Your results, step by step
1 visit or a short series, set at your consultation. Full results in 3 to 6 months.
Your visit · 30 to 60 min
The practitioner injects the product
A numbing cream can go on first. The product goes deep in the skin with a fine needle, or a blunt cannula on the hands and body. Most people feel pressure.
Same day
A lift right away, with one product
One of the two products gives a lift where it is placed, so you leave with a visible change. With the other, any fullness on the day is the liquid it is mixed with, and it fades in 1 or 2 days.
2 to 6 weeks
Swelling clears, collagen starts
Redness, swelling and bruises settle in the first week. Your skin quietly starts building collagen. If your plan has a next visit, it falls here.
3 to 6 months
Your full result
Your skin keeps making collagen after your last visit, so the change keeps building. This is the time to compare photos.
1 to 2 years
A touch-up
Your own collagen holds the result and fades slowly. A touch-up visit is planned when you see the change easing.
What areas can biostimulators treat?
What each area typically takes, and what that works out to. Your plan and price are confirmed at the consultation.
01Temples
1 syringeFrom $699
02Cheeks and midface
2 syringesFrom $1,398
03Nasolabial folds
1 syringeFrom $699
04Chin
1 syringeFrom $699
05Jawline
2 syringesFrom $1,398
06Neck
2 to 3 syringesFrom $1,398
07Décolleté
2 to 3 syringesFrom $1,398
08Hands
1 to 2 syringesFrom $699
09Buttocks, arms and knees
2 to 4 syringesFrom $1,398
Most popular: Cheeks and midface, Jawline, and Hands together · 5–6 syringes
From $3,495| Area | Typically | From |
|---|---|---|
| Upper face | ||
| Temples | 1 | $699 |
| Mid and lower face | ||
| Cheeks and midface | 2 | $1,398 |
| Nasolabial folds | 1 | $699 |
| Jaw and neck | ||
| Chin | 1 | $699 |
| Jawline | 2 | $1,398 |
| Neck | 2–3 | $1,398 |
| Area | Typically | From |
|---|---|---|
| Skin | ||
| Décolleté | 2–3 | $1,398 |
| Body | ||
| Hands | 1–2 | $699 |
| Buttocks, arms and knees | 2–4 | $1,398 |
“From” prices use the lowest typical quantity at $699, up to $799 depending on the product and the area. Your plan and price are confirmed at the consultation.
New to injectables at IBC? Your first visit starts with a doctor’s consultation.
$130, credited back in full once you spend $500 + tax or more at the clinic. With both biostimulators the $130 consultation is already included in the price, and it is what decides which of the two you are given.
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A biostimulator grows your collagen; a filler adds gel
The two are often planned together, so this is less a choice than a division of labour.
| Biostimulators (collagen stimulators)This treatment | Hyaluronic acid fillersView treatment → | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Prompts your skin to build its own collagen and elastin | Adds volume where the gel is placed |
| When you see it | Builds over months; calcium hydroxylapatite also lifts on the day | The same day |
| How long it lasts | 12 months to 2 years, depending on the material | 6 to 18 months |
| If you change your mind | Cannot be dissolved; it is built up gradually instead | Can be dissolved with an enzyme in most cases |
| Treatment time | 30 to 60 minutes | 30–60 minutes |
| Downtime | Minimal (redness, swelling or bruising at the injection sites) | Minimal (redness, swelling, bruising, or tenderness at injection sites) |
| Price | From $699 | $289 – $800, depending on volume |
Each treatment’s facts come from its own page. Prices and timings are confirmed at your consultation.
A doctor consultation first, then the injection
A doctor consultation comes first, and the injection is given at the clinic by your injector.
- First visitFirst visit
Assessment and the choice of material
Your injector assesses your face and recommends one of the two materials (or a plan that combines it with filler or threads) for your goal. The areas and the order are settled here. First injectable visit: $130, credited back once you spend $500 + tax or more.
- Same visitSame visit
Numbing
A topical anesthetic can be applied where it is wanted and left to work. Most people describe pressure rather than pain once the injection starts.
- Same visitSame visit
Injection
The product is placed in the deep layer of the skin with a fine needle, or through a blunt cannula on the hands and body, one area at a time.
- Right afterRight after
Instructions, and the next date
Ice, your aftercare instructions (including whether this area is one you should massage at home) and the next session if your plan has one.
Stop fish oil, vitamin E and anti-inflammatories five days before
They thin the blood and make bruising likelier
Skip alcohol the day before
Alcohol dilates the vessels that are about to be injected
Come with the area clean and free of makeup
The skin is disinfected before any injection
Ice in short spells through the first day
Reduces both swelling and bruising
Massage exactly as you were shown, and only where you were told to
Spreading the material evenly is what keeps nodules from forming; a contour is held by leaving it alone
No gym, sauna or hot yoga for 48 hours
Heat and blood flow both increase swelling
Wear sunscreen on treated skin, every day
Ultraviolet light breaks down the collagen you are paying to build
Judge the result at three months, not at three weeks
The collagen response is still being built; a photograph now is more useful than a mirror
Side effects, and who should wait
Most side effects are mild, temporary and limited to the injection sites. Which ones apply depends on the material, and your consultation covers them for the one you are given.
- A doctor consultation is part of the treatment, and sets the plan
- Both materials are approved by Health Canada
- Sterile single-use syringes and needles
Common and temporary
- Redness, swelling and tenderness at the injection sites for a few days
- Bruising at the injection points, which can be covered with makeup after the first day
Less common
- Small nodules under the skin, which placing the material deeply and massaging as instructed make less likely
- An uneven or under-corrected result, addressed by adding at a later session rather than removing
Wait, or choose another option, if
- You are pregnant or breastfeeding
- You have an active skin infection in the area to be treated
- You are allergic to any ingredient in the product
- You have a bleeding disorder, or take a blood thinner your prescribing doctor has not been consulted about
- You have an autoimmune disorder, or a history of keloid scarring
Call the clinic or seek care right away if
The treated area turns white, blotchy or dusky, the pain is severe and increasing, the skin becomes hot and swollen days later, or your vision changes. These are rare, and they are treated as urgent.
Best when the skin has lost its support, not when one line bothers you
A biostimulator answers a question about a whole area. Which of these is yours?
You see
Volume lost across an area: flattened cheeks, hollow temples
Areas
Cheeks and midface · Jawline · Hands
You see
Skin that has loosened and descended, rather than thinned
Consider instead
You see
A line that appears only when you frown, squint or smile
Consider instead
You see
Fat under the chin, rather than a face that has lost its structure
Not sure which one you are looking at? A consultation settles it in a few minutes.
Frequently asked questions about biostimulators
If yours is not here, ask us at your consultation, or send it to the clinic before you book.
Calcium hydroxylapatite is $699 for 1 syringe (1.5 mL) and poly-L-lactic acid is $799 for 2 vials. Both include your $130 doctor consultation.
Each price covers one session of that quantity. How many sessions you need depends on the product, the areas and your skin, and further sessions are priced separately.
Your plan and price are confirmed at the consultation; the prices shown here are the ones in effect on this page today, and taxes are extra. Results vary from person to person and are not guaranteed.
A filler adds volume where it is placed and shows right away. A biostimulator prompts your skin to make its own collagen, so the result builds over months.
Calcium hydroxylapatite does both: an immediate lift, then collagen over time.
It depends on the product, the areas and your skin. Your injector sets the plan with you at the consultation.
As a rule, calcium hydroxylapatite is often a single session with maintenance as needed, while poly-L-lactic acid is given as a short series spaced several weeks apart.
Calcium hydroxylapatite gives an immediate lift where it is placed. With both products, the collagen response builds over the following months.
Three months is the earliest point at which it is worth judging the collagen part of the result, and it continues improving after that.
Yes. Both are in the online store: pay now, book later, and the price you paid is the price honoured when you book.
After your purchase, the team calls you to book your visit. Your doctor consultation is included either way, and it still comes before any injection.
All three: Monkland, Sherbrooke East and Châteauguay.
Call 514-998-0998 to book.
The two offered here are calcium hydroxylapatite and poly-L-lactic acid.
Calcium hydroxylapatite is microspheres of a mineral the body already makes (it is a component of bone), suspended in a water-based gel. The gel is absorbed over the following months and the microspheres break down after that.
Poly-L-lactic acid is a synthetic material the body breaks down and absorbs over time. The same material has been used in dissolvable surgical sutures for decades, and it contains no animal or human tissue.
No. Neither material can be dissolved the way a hyaluronic acid filler can.
That is why a biostimulator is built up gradually: a measured amount is placed, your skin is given weeks to respond, and more is added at a later visit only if it is wanted.
Adjustment happens by adding, not by removing, and both materials soften on their own within one to two years.
Most people describe pressure rather than pain. The injections go into the deeper layer of the skin with a fine needle, or through a blunt cannula on the hands and body.
A topical anesthetic can be applied first, and tenderness at the injection sites settles within a few days.
Redness, swelling, bruising and tenderness at the injection sites are the common ones, and they are temporary.
Small nodules can form under the skin, which is why the material is placed deeply and why you may be asked to massage the area at home exactly as you were shown.
Neither material is suitable during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or if you have an active skin infection in the area, a bleeding disorder, or an allergy to any ingredient. A history of keloid scarring or an autoimmune disorder also needs discussing before treatment.
Rarely, an injectable can affect a blood vessel. Any blanching, severe or increasing pain, or change in vision is treated as urgent.
Calcium hydroxylapatite holds 12 to 18 months for most people. Poly-L-lactic acid holds one to two years once the series is complete.
In both cases what you are seeing by then is your own collagen, so it softens gradually rather than stopping.
A maintenance session is planned when you notice the change easing.
Yes, and your injector may recommend exactly that. Each does something the others cannot: a biostimulator rebuilds support across an area, a filler shapes a specific feature on the day, threads reposition tissue that has descended, and a wrinkle relaxer handles lines that appear only when you move.
When several are planned together they are usually spread across visits rather than done all at once, so each result can be judged on its own.
Each is priced separately.
Across the face: the temples, the cheeks and mid face, the folds around the mouth, the chin, the jawline and the neck.
Calcium hydroxylapatite is also used on the body, where it suits the backs of the hands and large fields of skin such as the buttocks and hip dips, the upper arms and the knees.
Neither material is used in the lips or the fine skin immediately around the eyes. Your consultation covers which areas suit which material.
Leave the gym, sauna and hot yoga for 48 hours. Heat and raised blood flow both increase swelling and bruising.
Flying is fine after 48 hours.
Because the collagen part of the result arrives over months rather than days, plan a course to finish well before an event rather than booking just ahead of one.
No, although both ask your body to make collagen. A thread lift places absorbable threads that reposition tissue which has descended, and the lift is mechanical as well as collagen-driven.
A biostimulator is injected and repositions nothing. It thickens and firms the skin from within, which is a different answer to a different problem.
If what bothers you is skin that has loosened and slid rather than thinned, threads are the better fit, and the two are sometimes planned together.
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