One doctor injected Hyaluronidase to reduce some of the juvy I had in my face, which I think looked perfectly fine... She just kept using it and I ended up looking like a collapsed fruit or something. I can't explain it. Anyway, what I want to know is if it's possible for the Hyaluronidase to affect the fat and surrounding tissues, because it looked like all the fat on one side of my face was depleted and it looked very wrinkly! Can this happen???
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Having a patient charged for hyaluronidase is routine practice for most cosmetic surgeons, especially when the patient is coming in from elsewhere. I would address the issue with the initial injecting provider first.
My feeling is that the sagging skin in due to the excess volume created by the filler and hyaluronidase and this has caused the skin to stretch. Thus is not from the hyaluronidase but rather the volume of fluid in the area stretching the skin. This unfortunately may take months to tighten up or...
Thank you for your question. As long as the filler that was injected was a hyaluronic acid, then Vitrase (hyaluronidase) will dissolve what was injected (and very quickly at that). It will not cause any problems with your native hyaluronic acid, so you should expect that your lips...