“31, just had restylane in tear troughs”
Restylane: NOT worth it
Pain: Mild
I am 31 and recently (just over 2 weeks ago) had restylane injections for my tear troughs. I went to an Ocuplastic Surgeon in the UK. People were always telling me I looked tired/run down - my eye bags/dark circles were really quite deep and made me look exhausted.
The procedure itself was ok (nearly 1 full syringe in each eye) however I had considerable swelling and bruising afterwards. Bad swelling lasted about 5 days and bruising for just over a week. Now that things are settling down and 'socking in' I am starting to look better however I am not totally happy with what I am seeing now.
My tear troughs are definetely MUCH better however there are contour irregularities (made worse by fact i seem to be retaining fluid) which although not asthetically great I can live with. Main problem is that I have darkness/bruising (slight in-dents)on my cheek area that although you cant really see in natural light is terribly noticeable under certain lights - looks like I've been punched.
Follow up appointment with Surgeon the other day - he says that he felt the treatment was a success and that he picked up under skin bruising I was talking about with a different flash on his camera - he says this will go away... fingers crossed because I am getting married in 5 weeks and feel upset at the thought of my pictures picking this up or the idea of long term damage to tissue/blood vessels?
Jun 22, 2009Comments and replies (6)
15 posts
9 Jul 2009
UPDATE: I have now had the restylane dissolved. This was very straight forward. I just didnt like how I looked and the bruised look was too noticeable. I didnt realise that the skin UNDER the tear trough is raised - effectively to mask dents - this made me look a tad swollen and changed how i looked - not asthetically ideal. But the big positive is that it was very easy to reverse! :-)
1 post
10 Jul 2009
Hi, I'm so glad to hear your situation is resolved, especially because of you upcoming wedding. Congratulations on that. Other reviews have stated that having this stuff dissolved made matters worse by leaving wrinkles, sagging and or bags that were not there before the treatment. Were you completely back to normal, or do you feel something has changed? Also did you have the option to have only some of it dissolved so that you could still have some benefit. I ask this because I too had my under eye hollows filled with Juvederm a few days ago. One eye looks fantastic but the other eye was slightly overfilled making a bag under it and now my eyes look uneven. I don't know if I have to reverse it completely or if only a little can be injected into the eye that is puffy to dissolve some of it and maybe it will even out with the other eye.Because my right eye looks so nice and rested, I would hate to have to go back to looking tired.Thanks
5 posts
12 Jul 2009
Hi there, I am seriously considering having hyaluronidase to dissolve the undesired results from restylane in my cheek, but am scared that it causes swelling of its own/permanent damage to my own tissue. Have you had any adverse effects from your hyaluronidase? Does it appear that you have had any damage to your own tissue i.e. is it worse than when you started or exactly the same? Would be so grateful to know as there is a strange lack of info online about hyaluronidase and its effects.
24 posts
18 Jul 2009
FB I had restylane in my upper lip along with a surgical procedure. I ended up with a bump under my lip. I researched and found this is not uncommon and would go away with time. I waited for weeks just to make sure it wasn't just swelling associated with the procedures. It did not go away. I finally had my PS inject with hyaluronidase. It actually took more than one round (my body really hangs onto restylane). It finally took with no resulting damage for me. Good luck