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What if You Are Injected with Restylane, and You Gain or Loose Weight Will Anything Happen to the Results?
asked 11 months ago by miguel5723
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
Question viewed 422 times
Tags: eye hollows, weight loss, results, weight gain
after years of injecting restylane under eye will the hollows improve? will you need less and less restylane applied under eye, and after time will it look better without restylane?
11 answers to What if You Are Injected with Restylane, and You Gain or Loose Weight Will Anything Happen to the Results?
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Restylane is unaffected by weight loss or gain
Restylane will correct your folds by binding your water and it obtains a certain volume. Usually, for a fold to change significantly, you would have to lose or gain a great deal of weight. It would be doubtful that the filler would make you look overcorrected if gained weight or undercorrected with a loss of weight, but the surrounding tissues might need more augmentation if your facial features became significantly "wasted".
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How weight effects Restylane
Greetings Miguel~
Weight gain or loss will not effect your Restylane but it most likely will effect the amount of fat in various areas of the face. In many patients, the difference of even a few pounds can cause drastic changes in the appearance of the face....from skeletal and older to round/fuller and more youthful in just a few pounds. Unfortunately extra pounds we may prefer the look of on the face may add inches and curves to other body parts we...
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Effect of Weight Change on Facial Filler Injections (Restylane); Additive Effect of Restylane Over Time Under Eyes
Hi Mique,
Loosing a great deal of weight cause loss of volume (fat) in the face and there is less support for the overlying skin and muscle. Gaining weight adds volume to the face which is rejuvenating. Many of you will agree that you look your best, rested, and refreshed with a few extra pounds on the scale, while many athletes and gym addicts look tired and gaunt.
Multiple injections of Restylane under the eye lids for hollows will be additive over time, and most...
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Weight loss or gain will not effect Restylane
Changes in weight, either a gain or loss, will have no effect on the results of the soft tissue fillers like Restylane, Juvederm, Perlane or others. The face will change from an increase or loss of facial fat as the weight changes but the fillers themselves are not affected.
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Long term use of Restylane
The data on your question is not clear. Restylane is truly a filler. It creates its result by taking up space. This is different than Sculptra which is a biostimulator - creating its result from stimulating collagen production which acts as a filler. Some believe that Restylane can also act as a biostimulator after repeated injections (ie. cause collagen formation).
My experience has been that less Restylane is needed in amount and frequency with time -...
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Guy Massry, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Weight change and its effect on restylane results
Weight gain or loss in the injected area may well change your results. Most surgeons feel that repeated injections promotes longevity and the need for less material to be injected. It is not clear if this is an effect of the Restylane or the creation of new collagen from the trauma of multilple needle sticks.
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Repeated Restylane or Perlane injections
There is a theory that repeated injections of hyaluronic acid fillers such as Restylane or Perlane will result in the body's response of creating collagen in the area of injection. This response, as a result of multiple filler injections, helps , in theory, the filler effect lasting longer.
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Results after Restylane injections and weight gain vs weight loss
To answer the first part of your question, repeated Restylane injections do not decrease the amount of Restylane needed. That is occasionally seen with a muscle relaxing injectable like Botox. Over time, there may be less need for Botox if the muscles are continually kept in a relaxed state over years. They may require less Botox to keep them relaxed.
Restylane is a hyaluronic acid filler. It is injected into the skin to correct wrinkles and folds, then it...
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Restylane Stimulates Collagen Production
Miguel,
Restylane injections have been demonstrated to cause a small amount of collagen production. This means that a very small amount of long lasting correction results from each injection. Unfortunately, this effect is not significant enough that you will eventually not require Restylane injections.
Restylane lasts from several months to a year, so it is unlikely that weight gain or weight loss at a normal rate would impact the results of your injection.
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Restylane Has an Additive Effect Over Time
Often, patients will need less Restylane to treat the same areas over time. Restylane (and Juvederm) is made of hyaluronic acid, a natural component of the skin that progressively decreases with age. Hyaluronic acid is the fluid matrix that provides stabilization to the intercellular spaces that contain collagen and elastic fibers. Hyaluronic acid has the capacity to bind large quantities of water and keeps the skin firm and moisturized. As the injected hyaluronic acid breaks down, each...
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Prolonged use of Restyulane in the Lower Lid "Tear Trough" Areas
Restylane is a biologically compatible, long-lasting but completely dissolving filler. If not replaced, it will completely break down and dissolve without leaving any residue.
Dr. Peter A Aldea
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