Hyaluronic Acid Fillers Metabolized Within a Week?
asked 2 years ago by sim2500 in UK
Latest answer by Steven Wallach, MD
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Tags: hyaluronic acid, metabolize
Is it possible for hyaluronic acid fillers to be metabolized within a week? I had 2 injections done on a shallow depressed scar. Initial results were good but after the swelling died down, the depression came back. I can't feel any filler at all and the doc has no answers. Two subcisions were done before the injections
6 answers to Hyaluronic Acid Fillers Metabolized Within a Week?
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Hyaluronic acid fillers and subcisions for scars.
Scars are always challenging. It may take 4-5 subcisions with the addition of fillers to get the scars to release and smooth out. Don't give up, just keep going with your doctor's treatments. Eventually, it will look better.
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Hyaluronic acid fillers
Performng subcision with fillers is a way to fillout depressed scars. The hyaluronic acids should "hang around" for 6-9 months. Maybe it wasn't filled enough.
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Too soon for the filler to go away, maybe under correction initially!
That is too early for the filler to go away. It is possible that the correction was not full initialy and the swelling gave a masking effect. It is not uncommon to need more filler to have a full correction. To be sure you might want to use a different kind of filler this time. Hope that helps!
Hisham Seify, MD, PhD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Rapid disappearance of Hyaluronic
It is unllikely that you metabolized the product this rapidly. Hyaluronidase is a naturally occuring enzyme found in certain strains of bacteria which can "eat up" the hyaluronic but this is usually very evident and does not sound like this is the case. In some cases we use isolated and purified hyaluronidase to eliminated undesireable collections of hyaluronic
Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Hyaluronic acid filler duration
Many hyaluronic acid fillers are now available on the market, such as Restylane & Juvederm. Hyaluronic acid fillers should last several months, and up to one year for certain products. Excess activity, inflammation, vitamin C, or infection may accelerate the natural metabolism of the hyaluronic acid filler. Hyaluronidase is another product used to help remove hyaluronic acid, if necessary.
Do you have any photographs of before and after?
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The fillers will last 6 months
Hyaluronic acid fillers will last at least 6 months. Your question is about injection into scar which is different from injecting into a normal tissue. The force of scar tissue will force gel from hyaluroinc acid to move to the surrounding tissue.
