Thanks for your question. Your pictures are not encouraging as this does not look like normal post injection swelling. You should not have pus coming from the area and you should not have hard lumps. This suggests either infection or a granuloma reaction to the filler. You should have this treated ASAP. Treatment usually includes hyaluronidase to break down the lump and possibly the use of antibiotics if there is infection (which it sounds like there could be). I would suggest that you do not put this off. Hope this helps.
I think that I would strongly discourage you from having a face lift at 26. Many males have thin cheeks. You didn't say if this is how you've noticed this or if it has always been this way. You can safely add volume in this area. The best filler for this kind of loss would likely be Sculptra which stimulates your own collagen. One of the side benefits of Sculptra is that it often does enhance the skin as well. There are other options to improve the skin texture and tone once you have got the volume where you want it to be. Sculptra is a tricky filler to use, however, so just make sure that you see someone with good experience. Hope this helps.
thanks for your question. Fillers can have a very nice effect at reducing the appearance of jowls, particularly at your young age. This may involve injecting filler at the angle of the jaw and the cheeks to lift the jowls. Then the triangle in front of the jowl to the chin and the corner of the mouth can also be filled to hide the appearance of the jowl. Sometimes, though, it is better to reduce the jowl fat if there is a lot there. Hope this helps.
this is a very good question. from the photos that you have included, you have beautifully shaped lips and good proportion to each other. what i can't tell is their proportion to your face as this is also important. i would almost be reluctant to add any filler but if you wanted a bit more volume, you would certainly start with a small amount. the lips are funny, though, as they do absorb quite a bit of filler. if you imagine filling the upper lift, upper right, lower left, lower right of your lips, you can see that with 0.5mls you would be putting very little in to each quadrant. as far as the injector, lips can be very tricky to do well and they are an important part of your features. just make sure that whoever is doing this for you has lots of experience especially with your lips as you would not want to alter the shape. hope this helps.
This is a great question and shows the difference between treating men and women. Men do not like the soft look and want to retain an angular look. Some of the HA fillers do not attract moisture. A good filler for males is Sculptra. This is technically a more difficult filler to inject so should be done by someone with experience but it can give very nice results. Usually takes 2-3 treatments then it can be good for 2-5 years. Check it out.
