Hi! Today is two weeks since I had my Restylane treatment around my mouth (chin, smile lines and above my top lip). I hate my lip lines so much and was so excited to try this. I not only bruised and swelled awful, but now that everything is finally calm I still see the majority of the wrinkles and now a lump of filler I guess above my lip which my doctor said I should enjoy, I will miss it when it is gone because it will be another wrinkle.She wants me to try Sculptra but am now way too scared?
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Hi @kate h. I would recommend spacing your appointments out by two weeks to prevent overfilling the lips and causing lip filler migration. Best of luck, Dr. Nima!
Hyaluronic gel fillers can safely be injected into lower or upper eyelid and brow hollows. The risk of vascular occlusion is extremely low, and in fact, lower than injections in the nasolabial folds. See following link/manuscript and video.
I recommend ice packs and no massaging! Patients can easily move fillers around and cause problems by touching and massaging their fillers. Don't do that. V-Beam and Laser Genesis are both safe to do within a day or so of Restylane to help with bruising, and I do have patients do Laser...
