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Dissolving Restylane

asked 1 year ago by Ajja in UK
Latest answer by Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Question viewed 757 times
Tags: lips, dissolve

Can someone please advise me of what is the best gentle and natural way to make it disappear faster with giving it another hyaluronidase injection, and can someone tell me while it is worn off, do your lips get sagging after it is gone? I am really worrying about it now.

12 answers to Dissolving Restylane

Restylane Dissolving

Hi Ajja, The good news is that Restylane (and other histrionic acid products such as Perlane and Juvederm) is not permanent (that's also the bad news, depending on how much you would like your result to remain!). It will go away on its own, over time and, short of having one or more hyaluronidase injections, there's really nothing you can do to make it go away (more properly - be absorbed on its own) any faster. It does tend to go away faster on its own in some... more

Alan Engler, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

How to Dissolve Restylane?

Hi Ajja. Unfortunately, we do not knwo of any other method for removing Restylane than to dissolve it with Hyaluronidase (Vitrase). The good news is that your lips should look exactly as they did originally when the injections wear off.

Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

Hyaluronidase is used to dissolve Restylane

Restlyane or any other hyaluronic based injectable is slowly absorbed by the body over time. Hyaluronidase is an enzme that dissolves Restylane. It can lead to bruising and swelling, but the tissue should return to normal after a few days. Massaging the area where the Restylane has been injected may help move it out of the tissues faster.

David Schlessinger, MD
New York Oculoplastic Surgeon

Reducing volume of filler with hyaluronindase

Sagging should not occur because of hyaluronidase being used to dissolve Juvederm, Restylane or Perlane. There is no other way of expediting the resolution of the filler's effect. Steroid injections have risk and they may nont dissolve the filler, only reduce inflammation and your volume is probably filler and not swelling this many days after the procedure. see video

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

www.thenyac.com

Dissolving filler

Dissolving the hyaluronic acids can only be done with hyaluronidase. It will not cause the tissues to sag anymore than then did before injection.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Dissolving Restylane with hyaluronidase should not leave sagging.

Ajja, Hyaluronidase speeds up the natural breakdown of hyaluronic acid that your body would do automatically. Using it in a timely manner, while Restylane is still actively present, should not cause sagging in a normal situation. Your lips should just eventually go back to how they looked before the filler, but it may take some time for the inflammation from all this activity to wear off. Good luck to you.

Jessica J. Krant, MD, MPH
Manhattan Dermatologic Surgeon

www.ArtofDermatology.com

Your body will dissolve this natural product

Restylane is made of hyaluronic acid. It is found in your skin and joints and eyes. Your body knows how to dispose of it and will do so over several months to years. Hyaluronidase merely speeds up the process to hours. There will be no sagging when it goes away. Be sure the hyaluronidase is FDA approved and not compounded as it will work better, faster, and has no impurities.

Mary Lupo, MD
New Orleans Dermatologist

Your skin will dissolve the Restylane over time

Even if you want to speed up the process with hyaluronidase, there should not be any sagging as the skin will just go back to its natural state. Hyaluronidase may deplete a little of your natural hyaluronic acid when injected but that is quickly replaced by your skin's natural processes.

Emily Altman, MD
Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

www.advancedskinwisdom.com

Dissolving Restylane

The benefits of Restylane will disappear over time. Hyaluronidase will hasten this since it breaks up and metabolizes the hyaluronic acid. Restylane will not last as long in an area in which there is a lot of movement. You should not see any sagging of your lip after the benefits of the Restylane go away.

John Whitt, MD
Louisville Plastic Surgeon

Dissolving Restylane

The only natural way is the body metabolizing it over time. No there should be no sag. From MIAMI Dr. darryl j. Blinski

Darryl J. Blinski, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Use hyaluronidase sparingly

Firstly, Hyaluronidase is NOT FDA approved for the indication of dissolving restylane or other hyaluronic acid fillers. Is is FDA approved for other reasons though. I have had to use it only a few times my career thus far (seven years in practice and hundreds of patients injected) and studied it extensively before doing so. The hyaluronidase that is available in the US is of porcine origin (from pigs) and therefore, can cause an allergic reaction. ... more

Cheryl Eberting, MD
Salt Lake City Dermatologist

Dissolving Restylane

Currently, the only natural way to dissolve restylane is time. Hyaluronidase, the enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid, will decrease the amount of restylane in a faster time period. However, it is best to let the body breakdown the restylane on it's own if you are experiencing any side effects from the hyaluronidase injections. Lastly, you should not experience any sagging of the lips after the restylane has worn off.