Quick Answer
Dermal filler in Christchurch costs roughly $450 to $900 per millilitre in 2026, depending on the product and the area. At Silk Clinical, soft and medium filler is $500 per millilitre, thick structural filler for cheeks, chin and jawline is $640 per millilitre or $1,000 for two millilitres, tear trough is $640, nasolabial folds $500, and lips are $350 for half a millilitre or $500 for a full millilitre. Dissolver, if you ever need it, is $350. Every treatment on that list is placed by a registered nurse, and the price covers the consultation, the facial assessment, the treatment itself and a review appointment if you want one, with no separate consultation fee and no booking fee. Filler is priced by volume rather than by unit, so the number on the day is larger than an anti-wrinkle appointment, but it lasts six to eighteen months rather than three to four. The cost that matters is the cost per year, not the cost per syringe.
Filler pricing confuses people more than anti-wrinkle pricing does, and for a good reason: the two treatments are sold in different currencies. Anti-wrinkle injections are charged by the unit, which is a measure of active ingredient. Dermal filler is charged by the millilitre, which is a measure of volume. A millilitre is about a fifth of a teaspoon.
I am Shontelle, the registered nurse who runs Silk Clinical Aesthetics at 66 Victoria Street. This is what dermal filler actually costs in Christchurch in 2026, how much product each area realistically takes, and how to read a quote so you know whether you are being treated fairly.
How Dermal Filler Pricing Works
Hyaluronic acid filler arrives in a sealed, single-use syringe, usually one millilitre. That syringe is opened for you, used for you, and whatever is left at the end is discarded. It cannot be stored for your next appointment and it cannot be used on anyone else.
That is the single most important fact about filler pricing. When you pay for a millilitre, you are buying the whole syringe whether or not every drop goes in. This is why clinics quote per millilitre rather than per injection, and why "half a syringe" pricing is only offered in areas like the lips where a 0.5ml product is manufactured.
Different products cost the clinic different amounts. Hyaluronic acid fillers are made in a range of densities: soft, low-viscosity gels for delicate work like tear troughs and fine lines, medium gels for folds, and firm, highly cross-linked gels that hold structure in the cheek, chin and jaw. The firmer products cost more to make and more to buy, which is why structural work is priced above soft-tissue work almost everywhere in New Zealand.
What a Millilitre Actually Looks Like
One millilitre is roughly a fifth of a teaspoon. Distributed across two cheeks, that is a subtle correction rather than a transformation. Placed entirely in the lips, the same volume is a visible change.
This matters for your budget expectations. Someone with mild volume loss in the midface may be genuinely finished after one millilitre. Someone who has lost a decade of facial fat may need three or four over a staged plan, spread across several appointments, and any clinic telling them otherwise is either underquoting to win the booking or planning to underfill.
I would rather say that plainly at the consultation than have you learn it at the third appointment.
Dermal Filler Pricing at Silk Clinical
Our 2026 filler pricing is:
| Treatment | Volume | Price (NZD) |
|---|---|---|
| Soft filler | 1ml | $500 |
| Medium filler | 1ml | $500 |
| Thick structural filler | 1ml | $640 |
| Cheeks, chin or jawline | 1ml | $640 |
| Cheeks, chin or jawline | 2ml | $1,000 |
| Tear trough | 1ml | $640 |
| Nasolabial folds | 1ml | $500 |
| Lips | 0.5ml | $350 |
| Lips | 1ml | $500 |
| Dissolver (corrective) | $350 |
Those prices include the consultation, the facial assessment, the treatment itself, and a review appointment if you want one. There is no separate consultation fee for a filler appointment and no booking fee. All prices include GST.
The two-millilitre structural price is worth pointing out: at $1,000 for two millilitres rather than $1,280, the second millilitre is effectively discounted. That is not a promotion, it is arithmetic. Cheek, chin and jaw work is frequently a two-millilitre job because it is symmetrical, and pricing it honestly avoids the situation where cost pressure pushes a plan towards one millilitre when the face needs two.
Typical Cost by Area
| Area | Our price | Typical Christchurch range |
|---|---|---|
| Lips | $350 for 0.5ml, $500 for 1ml | $350 to $700 per ml |
| Cheeks and midface | $640 for 1ml, $1,000 for 2ml | Varies by plan |
| Chin and jawline | $640 for 1ml, $1,000 for 2ml | Varies by plan |
| Tear trough | $640 per ml | Varies by plan |
| Nasolabial folds | $500 per ml | Varies by plan |
Lips. Half a millilitre at $350 is the most common first appointment, and for many people it is also the last one they need. It adds hydration, a little shape, and definition to the border without changing the proportions of the face. A full millilitre at $500 is a more visible result, and suits either a starting point with very little natural volume or a second appointment building on a first. Across Christchurch, expect $350 to $700 per millilitre for lips.
Cheeks and midface. One millilitre at $640 will do quiet, single-point support. Two millilitres at $1,000 is the more usual structural plan, split between both sides, restoring the projection that carries the midface. This is the area where filler does the most work for the least obvious intervention, because lifting the cheek improves the nasolabial fold and the lower face without touching either.
Chin and jawline. $640 for one millilitre, $1,000 for two. Chin projection is often a half-millilitre job as part of a wider plan rather than a treatment on its own. Jawline definition genuinely needs volume, and two millilitres is a realistic starting point for a visible change.
Tear trough. $640 per millilitre, and rarely more than one millilitre across both sides. This is the most technically demanding area on the face and the one where the price reflects skill rather than product volume. It is also the area we most often decline to treat, because a hollow caused by skin quality or fat pad position will not improve with filler and may look worse.
Nasolabial folds. $500 per millilitre. Often the fold is better addressed by supporting the cheek above it rather than filling the crease directly, which is a conversation worth having before you commit to a millilitre here.
For the full picture of what each treatment involves, see our dermal fillers page and, for lips specifically, our lip filler page. Both list current pricing and let you book. If you are weighing up the wider picture first, our overview of cosmetic injectables in Christchurch covers how filler sits alongside the rest of what we do.
How Much Filler Will I Actually Need?
The honest answer is that we will not know precisely until we have assessed your face, but there are reasonable expectations.
For lips, most people start at 0.5ml. Very few first-time lip patients need a full millilitre, and I will usually talk you out of it if you ask for one on a first appointment. It is easier to add than to correct.
For cheeks, one to two millilitres is typical for a first treatment in the mid-thirties to mid-forties. Beyond that, volume loss is usually better addressed over two or three appointments a few months apart than in one long session, because the tissue needs time to settle and because staged work is easier to keep looking natural.
For chin and jaw, one to three millilitres depending on the starting anatomy and whether you are after subtle balance or definition you can see in a photograph.
For tear troughs, one millilitre across both sides, or nothing at all. There is no such thing as a big tear trough treatment.
What Changes Your Final Number
Your starting anatomy. Volume loss is not evenly distributed and it is not proportional to age. Two people the same age can need very different amounts.
The product required. A structural gel that holds a jaw angle costs more than a soft gel that hydrates a lip. Your nurse chooses the product for the tissue, not for the invoice.
Whether you are building or maintaining. The first year of filler in a given area is usually the expensive one. Maintenance appointments after that are often half a millilitre where the first was two, because hyaluronic acid does not vanish all at once and you are topping up a foundation rather than laying one.
How long you leave it. Filler placed on top of a partly remaining base goes further than filler placed into an area that has fully returned to baseline. Coming back at the right interval is genuinely cheaper than coming back late, which is one of the few places in aesthetics where the clinically better option is also the economical one. Our guide to how long dermal fillers last covers those intervals area by area.
Whether you need correcting first. If you are coming to us with existing filler that has migrated or been overplaced, the honest plan sometimes starts with dissolver at $350 and a wait, not with more product.
Cost Over Time, and Why It Is the Number That Matters
A filler appointment costs more on the day than an anti-wrinkle appointment. It also lasts three to five times as long.
Anti-wrinkle injections at Silk run from $160 for a single area, with a three-area package at $600, and last three to four months. Over a year, that is two to four appointments. A millilitre of cheek filler at $640 lasts twelve to eighteen months, sometimes longer in a structural area with low movement. Lips sit at the shorter end, six to twelve months, because the lip is a high-movement, high-blood-flow area that metabolises hyaluronic acid faster.
Annualise both and the gap closes considerably. That is the comparison worth making when you are budgeting, not the sticker price on the day. If you are trying to work out which treatment is the right one to spend on first, Botox vs filler: which one do you actually need? walks through the decision, and the 2026 anti-wrinkle pricing guide covers the per-unit side in full.
What the Price Includes, and What a Low Quote Leaves Out
Filler is a medical device rather than a prescription medicine in New Zealand, which means the regulatory floor is lower than it is for anti-wrinkle injections. That makes what surrounds the treatment more important, not less.
A fair filler price covers the syringe, the practitioner's assessment and time, single-use consumables, a review appointment, and the clinical infrastructure behind a complication. That last item is the one low quotes quietly omit. Hyaluronic acid filler carries a rare but serious risk of vascular occlusion, where product compromises a blood vessel. The response to that is hyaluronidase, on site, immediately, by someone who has rehearsed the protocol. A clinic that keeps hyaluronidase stocked, in date, and unused most years is absorbing that cost into every syringe it sells. A clinic that does not is charging you less for a reason.
If you want the detail of what that looks like in practice, treating filler complications is an unvarnished account of it.
Be cautious of filler advertised at a discount from a fictional original price, of "buy two millilitres get one free" offers, and of any quote that does not name the product. Volume promotions push people towards more filler than their face needs, which is the root of most of the overfilled results you see.
How to Read a Filler Quote
A reasonable quote names the product, the volume in millilitres, the area or areas, the total cost, and what follow-up is included. If any of those are missing, ask.
Three questions worth asking directly:
- How many millilitres is this, and what is the price per millilitre?
- What product are you using, and why that one for this area?
- Is hyaluronidase kept on site, and who administers it if something goes wrong?
The third question is not rude. Any injector worth booking will answer it without hesitating, because the answer is a source of professional pride rather than an accusation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is filler more expensive than anti-wrinkle injections?
Because you are buying a physical volume of a manufactured gel rather than a small dose of a diluted protein. A millilitre syringe of a premium hyaluronic acid filler costs a clinic several times what a comparable anti-wrinkle appointment's product costs. The trade is longevity: filler lasts six to eighteen months against three to four for anti-wrinkle injections.
Can I split a millilitre across two areas?
Yes, and we often do. Half a millilitre in the chin and half in the jawline, for example, is a common plan. The pricing is by the syringe, so splitting does not cost more, but it does mean less product in each area. Whether that is the right call depends on your goals.
Is cheaper filler a different product?
Sometimes. There is a wide range of hyaluronic acid fillers on the market at different price points, and not all of them have the same clinical evidence, rheology, or safety record. The relevant question is not what the filler costs, it is which specific product it is and why the injector chose it. A clinic that will not name the brand is telling you something.
Do I have to pay for a consultation first?
No. At Silk, the consultation is included in the treatment price, and if you come in for a consultation and we decide together that filler is not the right treatment, or not the right treatment yet, you do not pay for the conversation.
What if I do not like the result?
Hyaluronic acid filler is dissolvable. Our dissolver service is $350. In practice this is rarely needed, because we work conservatively and it is always possible to add more at a review, but the reversibility is a genuine safety net and part of why hyaluronic acid is the product class we use.
Do prices include GST?
Yes. All prices displayed at Silk Clinical include GST, and the total quoted at your consultation is the total you pay.
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