What Sunekos Can Achieve
As we age, collagen and elastin production within the skin decreases and the skin’s structural support gradually weakens. This can lead to reduced elasticity, fine lines, early skin laxity and changes in overall skin quality.
Sunekos® is a bioregenerative injectable treatment that combines hyaluronic acid with a specific blend of amino acids to stimulate fibroblast activity. By supporting collagen and elastin production within the skin, it improves hydration, elasticity and texture, resulting in smoother, healthier and more resilient skin over time. It is particularly well suited to delicate areas such as the under-eye region.
Your Treatment Journey
Your treatment journey begins with a personalised consultation at The Surgery. This allows for a detailed assessment of your skin quality, facial anatomy and individual concerns and helps determine whether Sunekos is an appropriate treatment for you.
Numbing cream is routinely used for comfort and nitrous oxide is also available if required. Sunekos is administered using a series of superficial injections. Treatment typically involves an initial course of three treatments spaced approximately two weeks apart with improvements in skin hydration, texture and brightness developing progressively over the following weeks. Maintenance treatment is commonly recommended approximately every six months to support ongoing collagen and elastin stimulation and long-term skin health.
Recovery and Aftercare
Sunekos treatments involve minimal downtime. Small raised injection bumps are common immediately after treatment and typically settle within 24 hours. Mild redness, swelling, tenderness or bruising may occur and usually resolve within a few days.
Makeup is best avoided until the following day. Strenuous exercise should be deferred for 24 to 48 hours and saunas, spas, steam rooms and ice baths should be avoided for several days afterwards. Specific guidance regarding dental work or other aesthetic treatments will be discussed during your consultation.
Is Sunekos Right for You?
Sunekos may be suitable if your concerns include fine lines, early skin laxity, dehydration or dullness, including the under-eye region and you would like to revitalise and rejuvenate your skin from within without adding volume.
A consultation at The Surgery allows for a personalised assessment of your skin and facial anatomy, with a treatment plan tailored to you and your long-term skin health.
Sunekos in Dunedin at The Surgery
Frequently Asked Questions
Sunekos is a bioregenerative injectable treatment that combines hyaluronic acid with a specific blend of amino acids to stimulate fibroblast activity within the skin. This supports the natural production of collagen and elastin, leading to improvements in hydration, elasticity, texture and overall skin quality without adding volume.
Profhilo, Sunekos, Rejuran and Sculptra are injectable treatments designed to improve skin quality and overall skin health. However their mechanisms of action differ.
Profhilo is a hyaluronic acid bioremodelling treatment. It improves skin quality by deeply hydrating and remodelling the extracellular matrix, creating an environment that supports collagen and elastin production. This leads to improvements in hydration, elasticity and texture and is well suited to addressing the early signs of ageing.
Sunekos is a bioregenerative treatment that combines hyaluronic acid with amino acids to stimulate fibroblast activity. This supports the natural production of collagen and elastin and is commonly used to address fine lines, early skin laxity and changes in skin texture.
Rejuran is a polynucleotide-based bioregenerative treatment that supports cellular repair and regeneration within the skin. It improves skin texture, tone and vitality and is particularly well suited to the delicate area around the eyes.
Sculptra is a biostimulatory treatment that stimulates the body’s own collagen production using poly-L-lactic acid. It improves skin firmness and resilience over time by reinforcing the skin’s natural framework.
The most appropriate treatment depends on skin quality, facial anatomy and individual concerns. In many cases these treatments may be used sequentially or in combination as part of a comprehensive long-term approach to skin health discussed during your consultation.
Sunekos is administered using a series of superficial injections. Numbing cream is used to improve comfort and nitrous oxide is also available if required. Temporary swelling or small raised bumps at injection sites are expected and typically settle within 24 to 48 hours.
Sunekos typically involves an initial course of three treatments spaced approximately two weeks apart. Maintenance treatment is commonly recommended every six months to support ongoing collagen and elastin production and help maintain results. Improvements in skin quality develop progressively over the weeks following treatment with results supported through ongoing maintenance.
Preparing well is an important part of your treatment journey and helps improve outcomes. When it comes to non-surgical facial rejuvenation, skin quality plays a key role in supporting and maintaining results from injectable and bioregenerative treatments. Medical-grade, evidence-based skincare helps preserve skin barrier function, enhance collagen signalling and strengthen antioxidant resilience. Optimising the skin before treatment may help reduce inflammation and promote a smoother, more predictable response.
If you are prone to bruising it may be helpful to avoid alcohol and non-essential blood-thinning supplements in the days leading up to treatment where safe to do so. Please do not stop prescribed medication unless advised by Dr Collins or the team.
Injectable treatments are tailored specifically for you. Outcomes, longevity and recovery vary and depend on a number of factors including anatomy, technique and individual response. Treatment suitability and expected outcomes are discussed during your consultation.
Makeup is best avoided until the following day. Strenuous exercise should be avoided for 24 to 48 hours. Saunas, spas, steam rooms and ice baths should be deferred for several days to minimise inflammation and swelling. Dental work and certain aesthetic or energy-based treatments are best deferred for approximately two weeks with appropriate timing discussed during your consultation.
LED light therapy is routinely used at The Surgery to support recovery and skin health following injectable treatments.
The Healite LED system delivers specific wavelengths of light that support the skin’s natural healing and rejuvenation processes. Yellow light helps reduce inflammation and support early post-treatment recovery. Red light supports collagen and elastin production, improving skin tone, texture and overall skin vitality.
A session of yellow LED light therapy is included after each of your Sunekos treatments at The Surgery. Treatment is non-invasive and involves no downtime.
Additional LED treatments including red light therapy for skin rejuvenation may be recommended as part of an ongoing skin health programme depending on individual needs.
Most patients are able to return to work on the same day as treatment. Mild redness or small injection-site bumps may be visible initially.
You may resume driving following your treatment provided you feel fully alert and well.
Sunekos is generally avoided during pregnancy or breastfeeding, in patients with a known hypersensitivity to hyaluronic acid or amino acids, or in the presence of active skin infection or acute illness.
Caution may be required in patients with autoimmune or inflammatory conditions, a history of abnormal scarring or those who have undergone certain facial aesthetic treatments. Timing may also be adjusted following recent vaccination to minimise overlapping inflammatory responses. Suitability and timing are assessed on an individual basis during consultation.
Facial rejuvenation is not a single event but a continuum. High-performance, medical-grade skincare helps support skin health, protect barrier function and maintain the skin quality improvements achieved with Sunekos. Appropriate skincare and sun protection play an important role in maintaining healthy, resilient skin over time.
Sunekos is generally very well tolerated. Temporary redness, swelling, tenderness or small raised bumps at injection sites may occur and usually settle within hours to a few days.
Less commonly inflammatory or hypersensitivity reactions may occur resulting in prolonged swelling or firmness at injection sites. As with any injectable treatment there is a small risk of infection due to disruption of the skin barrier.
Reactivation of cold sores (herpes simplex virus) may occur in susceptible individuals following treatment.
Very rarely unintended injection into a blood vessel may occur and may result in skin injury if not promptly recognised and managed. Your individual suitability for treatment and potential risks will be discussed during your consultation.
Further important safety information relating to Sunekos products used at The Surgery is outlined in the mandatory information section below.
Sunekos® 1200 is an implantable medical device designed to modify the structure of mature skin by restoring volume and improving the appearance of wrinkles, folds and certain scar sites. It is suitable for creating a temporary increase in skin tissue volume. Sunekos 1200 is a sterile injectable biocompatible and resorbable medical device composed of hyaluronic acid and amino acids.
Sunekos® Performa is a sterile resorbable injectable medical device recommended for the treatment of blemishes and depressions in the skin caused by wrinkles and scars. It acts as a dermal filler supporting the restoration of physiological elasticity and temporarily increasing volume through expansion of the soft tissues.
Sunekos should not be used in patients with hypersensitivity to any of its components, active infection or inflammatory skin conditions, a history of severe allergies or anaphylaxis, a tendency to hypertrophic scarring or keloids, porphyria, in patients under 18 years of age, or during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This medical device must be administered by a qualified healthcare professional. Sunekos has risks and benefits. Please consult your doctor to determine whether this treatment is appropriate for you.
For full safety information please refer to the Instructions for Use available from www.xytide.co.nz.
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