Bumps After Restylane Lip Injections

I have two small bumps on my lips from the Restylane. The doctor injected my lips from the outside. Should he have injected the lips from the inside? Will these lumps go away soon? It has been 6 weeks. Is there anything he can do to get rid of these bumps on my lips? It seems like my lips did not plump up as they should have.

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4 Doctor Answers | Asked by dkraskal in NC

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Restylane injections

If you have 2 lumps at 6 weeks, they probably will not go away for awhile unless you have them injected with hyaluronidase.

Steven Wallach, MD

12 reviews

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Lumps with Restylane Injections

Even with good, meticulous technique, patients may experience lumps or bumps. If these are not resolved within 2 weeks, the use of hyaluronidase to dissolve the product is a viable option. Like the other panel member mentioned, dissolving the product will possibly affect the rest of the product and results. Therefore, you and your practitioner must decide if the potential negative side effects will be outweighed by the benefits of hyaluronidase. If the product/lumps are only something... more

Harold J. Kaplan, MD

4 reviews

Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.celibre.com

Lip nodules after Restylane injections can be eliminated

Restylane is one of the more popular fillers for lip augmentation, however "lumps" do occur for the following reasons. The lips are muscular "sphincters", which move constantly in speech, eating, drinking, etc. This accordion action makes the injected product "pearl up" and make a nodule; this occurs irregardless of whether the product was injected from the inside or outside, but more commonly because the product pooled superficially. There are two ways to... more

Lavinia Chong, MD

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Orange County Plastic Surgeon

www.chongmd.com

These need attention from your doctor.

Dear DKraskal Please don't live with funky Restylane results. This product is so easy to adjust that there is no reason to like with an unsatisfactory treatment. As it has been 6 weeks, your lumps need to be injected with the enzyme hyaluronidase. This is an enzyme that breaks down the Restylane which is made from the sugar gel hyaluronic acid. Call your doctor and let him or her know that you are having an issue. Your doctor should have the enzyme and only a tiny amount is need to... more