Glasses dents on nose. Is Silikon 1000 a safe long-term treatment? (Photo)

Silicone is NOT a natural substance; it is a foreign body, and, as such, cannot be naturally metabolized away by the body. It works by stimulating the surrounding normal tissue to wall the foreign body by surrounding it with fibrous tissue. Silikon 1000 is not FDA-approved for cosmetic uses, only for opthalmic use. Permanent fillers of all kinds have been associated with the subsequent development of lumps and granulomas not only immediately following treatment, bur in some cases up to five, ten or twenty+ years later. And these are very difficult to treat, since there is no dissolving enzyme for them and surgery to remove them can itself cause scarring. In this case, the use of a low viscosity, malleable, cohesive HA filler, properly injected by an experienced board certified cosmetic dermatology physician injector, can be used to elevate and smooth the dents. Alternatively, subcision, a simple technique for elevating and smoothing all kinds of indented scars and depressions that I have been using since 1995, with a several decades' long proven track record and safety would be an alternative approach for achieving a long-term improvement. You would be wise to make sure that you consult with an experienced, board certified cosmetic dermatologist before embarking on invasive, expensive surgeries or the use of permanent fillers.. Hope this helps.

That said, if the indentations are only where your glasses sit, this could be just from your glasses pushing swelling away. I have a feeling that if you were to go several days without wearing your glasses, these indentations would disappear. Additionally, after we inject Silikon-1000 into the nose, we advise against using eyeglasses, if they lay on the area injected, for at least two weeks after the injection. Hope this helps! Dr Joseph