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It generally takes about 3-4 days for this to go away, although sometimes it can take up to two weeks. This all depends on your rate of recovery, and how you generally recover from trauma. If you heal quickly, then you will heal from this quickly as well since it's related to the needle rather than the product itself. In the meantime, please keep the area clean to prevent infection.
Yes, the insertion point does go away. Give it time, and be in touch with your injector if it does not. Best of Luck!
The red spots are tiny bruises that will fade in about one week. They are caused by the needle, not the Voluma.
Yes the red spots left from the needle injection site will fade and go away. It is not uncommon to have redness following injection. These will typically clear within a few days.
Hi,Voluma is not a commodity that is used the same in all patients. There are patients who have minimal volume loss who may need a small amount one time over a two year period. There are other patients who need a large amount of volume replacement. Those patients are treated...
Juvederm is a softer hyaluronic acid filler that is used primarily in the perioral and lip area. It is excellent in this area and should not be used in the tear trough area as it can provide too much volume in this area. Voluma is a deeper volumizing hyaluronic acid filler that is used primarily...
Voluma and Sculptra are both great volumizers of the midface. Currently, Voluma has FDA approval to "restore volume and fullness to the areas of the mid-face, which include the cheeks and nearby regions confined to the middle portion of the face" while Sculptra "is injected into the...
Voluma, like all hyaluronic acid fillers, acts as a natural gel in skin to improve volume and appearance. Several studies have demonstrated that fillers can get replaced by collagen over a long period of time. Authors Wanik and Issa published one such study in Journal of Dermatol Surg de...
Hi @Me9! I would recommend waiting a full two weeks to allow the product to settle in. If you are unhappy after 2 weeks, I recommend dissolving the product with Hylenex. Best of luck, Dr. Nima!
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