Microdermabrasion or Chemical Peel After Injectable Filler?

Question

How long after filler injections (Restylane, Botox, etc) must you wait to perform microdermabrasion or light chemical peels?

Michael Constantin Gartner, DO · Answer

I suggest you do the microdermabrasion or chemical peel first, then the filler. If you do it the other way, it's safer to wait about 2 weeks.

Edward P. Miranda, MD, FACS · Answer

Thank you for your question. Ideally you would want to do your microderm or chemical peel prior to receiving your injectable treatments. If not, we recommend waiting 10-14 days post injections for the potential swelling to fully resolve and/ or to have Botox to take full effect before receive any facial treatments. Hope this helps!

Tanveer Janjua, MD · Answer

Chemical peels, wait for 2 weeks.
Microdermabrasion, can do immediately. Just minimize sun exposure by using hats and sunscreen.
Also, make sure you don' t have cold sores on lips. The stress of injections and microdermabrasion can cause a cold sore (herpetic break out) and you will need to use Valtrex.
Regards

Eric M. Joseph, MD · Answer

You'll probably want to have the microdermabrasion performed first. Then your doctor can place topical anesthetic, and perform the Filler procedure. Also, we routinely combine light chemical peeling with microdermabrasion.
I hope this helps, and best regards.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD · Answer

I want to make a simple clarification. Botox is NOT a filler. It is used to relax muscles which cause wrinkles but not fill creases, depressions or grooves.
Generally, I would advise waiting at least 1-2 weeks but this is based on my personal experience. I believe it could be done sooner but Botox takes about 3-5 days to take effect and fillers may cause bruising for up to 7-10 days.

Mary E. Hurley, MD · Answer

Generally, if performed on the same day, I would advise having the microdermabrasion or peel first, then filler afterwards.. If this is not possible, you should wait about two - three weeks following your filler injections to allow for the swelling and/or bruising to resolve fully.

Bryan K. Chen, MD · Answer

Chances are if you were either to have microdermabrasion or a light to medium depth chemical peel immediately, you would probably be fine, however, my preference would be to wait 10 days to 2 weeks, until the swelling and bruising from the filler have fully resolved.  Botox also takes approximately 2 weeks to achieve the full effects. 
Good luck.

Christopher L. Hess, MD · Answer

Although many will say that you could do everything at once. I think that because your going to swell from the filler you might want to wait a week or two to allow any bruising or swelling to resolve before you proceed with microdermabrasion. Now if you're considering the Vi peel than doing any or all together would be okay as this is not as severe a peel as others. This is all very surgeon dependent.

Microdermabrasion or Chemical Peel After Injectable Filler?

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