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• Posted to Naso Labial Restylane Filler Seems to Have Gone Wrong on 28 Sep 2010

  8440anon replies to her own post. I learned today online that there are 4 or 5 types of Restylane. They seem to be different "viscosities" for lack of a better word. Each different type is for a different purpose, and each is to be injected to a different "level". This MAY account for some Restylane treatments not behaving as expected. I am a total layman; this is just a guess which may not be fair to Restylane, but I pass it on for whatever it's worth.

• Posted to Naso Labial Restylane Filler Seems to Have Gone Wrong on 25 Sep 2010

  Dear "Interior Designer". My story is EXACTLY your story, including we probably used the same doctor. It has now been 5 years since the blue Restylane pencil-lead lines were inserted into my naso-labial folds. The same doctor, who is someone I respect and feel friendship toward, also "comped" me 2 years later with more Restylane, which I now suspect never subsided. I have an unusual "lump" above my upper lip, and in fact, my whole smile and upper lip are weird. (16 years ago I had a fat injection into my upper lip, but that 2nd doctor insists that fat couldn't possibly still be there...it must be lingering Restylane.) One doctor I found on the web says that Restylane can be "excised", I think that was her word, and "squeezed" out. Frankly, the filler went in with a needle, so why can't I puncture it with a needle, and squeeze out as much as I want? A lot less painful than paying another doctor. I would love to hear feedback on whether or not the blue vanishes with hyaluronidase (sp?)... and whether any one has tried "excision" as an alternative removable method. Cheers.