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Can an Injection of Restylane, Hyaluronic Acid Cause Other Allergic Reactions?

have never had any food allergies got a spa treatment of 2 injections of restalyn around, lips, folds and a few days later suffered a major throat swelling when ate seafood have eaten seafood weekly for 30 years without any allergy could this be related or coincidence ??

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Allergic reactions from Restylane

Restylane is a nonanimal stabilized hyaluronic acid produced by bacterial fermentation from specific strains of streptococci. Hyaluronic acid has no organ or species specificity. In theory there should be no risk of an allergic reaction or cross reaction with seafood. Sounds like a coincidence.

Restylane and allergic reactions

It's not likely the two are related and does sound coincidental. Restylane swelling typically peaks day 3 to 5 after injections and it sounds like you were having a different reaction to what you ate, rather than the filler.

Sam Naficy, MD

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Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Can Restylane cause an allergic reaction?

It is highly unlikely that the reaction you are experiencing is related to the Restylane. I have never seen an allergic reaction of this nature result from a Restylane injection. Typically, any allergic reactions that result from the injection of filler are superficial. In general, the typical side effects of Restylane may include: 1) Minor bruising and swelling 2) Infection 3) Hematoma 4) Redness 5) Irregularities due to poor technique I would recommend speaking with... more

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Allergy to restylane and seafood?

I think that the situation you describe is more of a coincidence than related. Perhaps you now have an allergy to something in the seafood?

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Other allergic reactions after fillers

Nope, these two things are unrelated. HA fillers like Restylane have no animal products in them and no ability to create another reaction to an animal product. Sorry for your strange allergy attack but it's not related to Restylane.

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