Austin Restylane doctors
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Louis W. Apostolakis, MD
Austin Facial Plastic Surgeon
5656 Bee Caves Road Suite E-201, Austin |
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12 answers |
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Steven E. Rasmussen, MD
Austin Dermatologist
1717 West 6th Street Suite 120R, Austin |
12 answers | |
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Randy J. Buckspan, MD
Austin Plastic Surgeon
630 W. 34th Street Ste 201, Austin |
11 answers | |
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Amy A. McClung, MD
Austin Dermatologist
9701 Brodie Lane Suite A-106, Austin |
5 answers | |
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Edward Buckingham, MD
Austin Facial Plastic Surgeon
2745 Bee Caves Road Suite 101, Austin |
4 answers | |
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Adam J. Mamelak, MD
Austin Dermatologic Surgeon
12319 North MoPac Expressway Suite 100, Austin |
2 answers |
Recent Answers
I have what seems like thin skin in the tear trough area on the inner most part of the lower lid, which extends a few cm's down the tear trough area. There is also no flesh under the skin there. Would having restylane injections in this area help with the blackness by giving some volume or would it just lift the whole area and remain transparent with the muscle colour reflecting through the skin? Help I constantly look worn out....
Restylane helps lower eyelid darkness by filling a valley where shadows form. If your darkness has nothing to do with shadows then it will not help. It is possible that lifting the area may help some just by giving the light something to hit more directly when it is coming from above. But if your under eye area is purple even when you shine a light directly at it, then that purple will not go away with Restylane. The only choice for this condition is makeup.
If I decide to get this done can they maybe inject a little spot on my hand or somewhere before just to make sure I'm not allergic or going to have a reaction. I would hate for them to inject the lines around my lips then i have an allergic reaction exspecially somewhere noticable. Thank you for your time.
Restylane is a dermal filler composed of Hyaluronic Acid, a nature substance already found in our body. The function of Hyaluronic Acid in the skin is to bind water, giving the skin its plumpness. Because this is a natural substance that is already part of the skin, it is extremely rare to be "allergic" to it. There is therefore no need to perform an allergy test prior to having Restylane.
Older fillers were derived from other materials, where an allergic reaction was possible. Many of these older fillers are infrequently or no longer used.
Other reactions to Hyaluronic Acid fillers are extremely rare and unpredictable. I published a paper in the October 2009 edition of the journal Dermatologic Surgery describing a patient that had one of these reaction to Restylane. We gave the patient with Restylane again, after they had the reaction, and nothing happened. This proved that there was no "allergy" to Restylane, but something else was responsible for the first reaction.
I had some injected into radix and nose bridge area and had blurry vision after.I thought it was like botox and would go away so didn't get too concerned about it but i got worried after readingit could cause blindness if the filler gets into the arteries or veins supplying the eyes. The next day i could not read with my left eye, words were very blurry. objects were hard to to see, the right eye was ok. I went to have some of the restylane removed because i was worried about it blocking the blood vessels to the eyes but it was 72 hrs later. I can see clearer now and can read with my left eye. Could it be that it did get into my blood vessels and caused the vision loss but not complete blindness?
One of the rare complications of Restylane, and other dermal fillers for that matter, is that a small amount of the filler can enter an a blood vessel blocking the blood flow. If the filler is injected around the eyes, it can enter one of the blood vessels that feeds the back of the eye and thus, affect your visions. You should alert your doctor immediately that you are experiencing visual symptoms after a filler injection and see an ophthalmologist ASAP.
