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Restylane Injections for Malar Bags, Worried About Effects of Hyaluronidase - London, UK

Hi both, Firstly Sallify - yes alcohol made the swelling SO much worse!! The morning after drinking alcohol I looked like a hamster, it was terrible. I had to become almost T-total for a year. I also got puffy after salty meals (e.g. chinese) and just before my period when I was retaining lots of water. To toomuchfiller - I would say 18 months for the filler to be absorbed, but the swelling is mostly gone by 12 months, and it decreases gradually over that time, so the really bad period is 1-9months. I know how awful it seems waiting for that long, but honestly in my opinion it is better not to mess further with your face by using the dissolver. The damage that that could cause will not be gone in time, but the filler will. Stay strong and I promise you in a year's time you will be feeling well on the way to being back to the 'old' you.

It is because so much water binds to the restylane. If you google it it is a ridiculous amount of water compared to its weight size! And when restylane is broken down water takes its place and the more it breaks down the more water it is able to bind - this may be why your swelling didn't start immediately. Eventually it is broken down enough that the swelling starts to decrease though.

I didn't have the hylauronidase in the end and I am glad - from what I read it can cause more damage than it solves in some cases. It does dissolve the natural hyaluronic acid in your skin as well as the resty and around the v delicate eye area with thin skin this seems a huge risk. If I were you I would wait for it to go and then when you are back to "you" in 18 months perhaps consider that surgery. Although what I've been through with restylane and other things over the past few years has made me really think long and hard about making any changes to the face unless absolutely necessary - they never turn out how u picture them in your mind! Anyway all the best to you and I hope u have a speedy recovery in a shorter time than 18 months! It is true time goes by quickly (even tho it doesnt seem so when u are waiting to recover!) and in the end it will be gone

It does go away eventually I promise - 18months to be gone totally. I know it might seem like an eternity but there is light at the end of the tunnel. I can say this through my own experience and I know it would definitely have helped me to get through if I'd known there was an end point, however far away. It's difficult to think there will be when you're in the middle of it seeing your face like that every day, but I promise it will get better. It does all get absorbed (restylane and juviderm I mean - and I've tried both!)

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.