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Bruising or Tyndall Effect?

Anonymous567
I received Restylane injections in my nose to mouth lines a day ago. Straight afterwards on one side I had what I think might be a bruise. It is not in a line, it is a small patch of bruise-coloured skin. I'm worried that it is not a bruise and is the Tyndall effect. I have noted that it does not change colour depending on the lighting. It looks pretty much the same in whatever lighting I'm in. If you were just to glance is would look like a had a smudge of dirt on my face. Help?

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