“Restylane for Under Eye Hollowness”

After suffering for a few years hearing that I looked tired all the time I thought long and hard about getting this done. After reading alot of the reviews I was very nervous about the results with bruising and swelling. I shouldn't have been. It went great. He numbed me up with some cream for about 15 minutes before the injections. It seemed like he stuck me about 10-50 times under each eye! Some of them I felt but it was bearable like a pinch.

After I was iced, I was handed a mirror. I was shocked but not surprised by a few stick bruises. The ugly ditch under my eyes was gone! Yeah. Now we'll see how long it lasts. He used a full syringe on me so no left overs. It's been about 3 hours since I've had it done.

Looks great so far. He told me to use Arnica for the next week until I see him again and to use ice today as much as I can. I also took Quercetin with Bromelain caps on my own a few days before I went. I got up some Arnica gel to use too. I wanted to be prepared as much as I could. ")

I'll also be sleeping with my head abit elevated tonight. I'll be updating to give current results as I go.

Updated on May 19, 2009
Well I am a 45 year old and have been dealing with some serious under eye hollowness since my late 30's. I've tried EVERY product/gimmick under the sun to no avail.

After asking my ENT/plastic surgeon about it he suggested Restylane injections. I passed because I was scared of the unknown outcome at the time and cost.

I ended up getting this done a few years later in mid February 2009. I took Quentin a few days before getting the pokes done to help with the swelling and redness and continued taking it for about a week after. I also stopped taking all my supplements and ibuprofen a few weeks before.

He used something to numb me out topically and stuck me what felt like a million times. He went in pretty deep but told me he needed to. Some pricks were worse than others but not anything I couldn't sit still for.

End results? I'm very happy with the results and glad that a did it. I no longer look tired and it's got me out from under my glasses and into my contacts again. It took a good week for the bruising to be completely gone and the first day after the area was red and hot like I got stuck by a bee. It also looked a bit bumpy for a month or two but then smoothed out.

I went in today (3 months later) and did some touch up work under my worse eye. It's about the same reaction as before but not as bad since I didn't get much done at all. If the results last for close to a year I will getting it done on a regular basis.

Updated on 31 Aug 2011:
Update: August 2011
Well I'm amazed and still very happy with the results. So far I have not had anymore injections since the 1st time I went! That's 2 1/2 years! It's still holding up perfectly. I see no decrease at all. The area is still not hollow at all. If I pull down the skin I can see the Restylane under my skin still. I have noticed that if I do any crying sometimes the next day I have a good size bag under the eye that had some "extra" injected into on my recheck from my initial visit. He told me that it when he added more that sometimes it can create a bag instead of just filling in the area. He was right but it's not bad at all and doesn't bug me unless I do some crying and it swells up. Can't say enough how happy I am about doing this and I'm SO grateful to Dr Sandy Sule. Because of him I can breath (He did surgery on my sinuses) and don't look tired all the time from getting the Restylane injections.