I have a family party nine days after my restylane injection appointment for cheeks and marionette lines. Should I postpone or do you think that is enough time for complete healing and any bruising to be gone? I do not wear makeup so have not technique skills for cover up. I am not using any blood thinning products.
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February 6, 2015
Answer: Injection healing time
Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MDBoard Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Fractional CO2 laser is an excellent tool for skin rejuvenation in our center in Santa Monica. We use the fractional multi-depth ablative approach to help resurface the skin, recontour acne scars, improve incisional plastic surgery scars, and reduce surface irregularities from skin tone to dark...
Hi @tsikis! The filler was injected above the vermillion border. Hyaluronic acid facial filler products that were previously injected into an improper tissue plane can be dissolved by hyaluronidase injections. Best of luck, Dr. Nima!
Thanks for the question and I am sorry that you are having this degree of swelling following your Restylane injections. Swelling in the lips does occur with these injections and this will go down more and more over the next several days. If you can make it, don’t do much except ice the area a...