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Restylane Injection Site Hard and Protruding

asked 2 years ago by 9929anon in Washington D.C.
Latest answer by Steven Wallach, MD
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Tags: nasolabial folds

I had 1 unit of Restylane injected into my nasiolabial folds yesterday (.4 on one side and .6 on the other). By last night the injection areas felt hard and swollen. This morning they're worse, and the swelling is making my upper lip protrude, giving me that very fake look so common in women who overdue it with dermal fillers. Will this recede and start to look more natural and normal, or do I need to have this reversed? Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me.

2 answers to Restylane Injection Site Hard and Protruding

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Swellling after fillers

Fillers normally cause some swelling just after injectiion which may last a few days or more.  Give it some time to settle down.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Restylane hard swelling

Call your doctor to see if they want to see you and make recommendations such as massage or hyaluronidase injections which can make it dissolve. Most would want you to "hang in" for a while and see with massaging and time how it does before recommending injections to dissolve it. It would be rare to have a hematoma (bleeding) that caused your findings, and very rare to have an infection that soon.
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist

www.thenyac.com

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