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Can saline injections be used as an alternative to Hyaluronidase? Please help?

regretfulsoulNov 14, 2019
I posted two days ago about my extreme regret of having upper eyelid filler and asked doctors how they could recommend such a horrible dissolver such as hyaluronidase. Many physicians jumped to say that they have always used it with no issues and ignored the fact that there is medical proof that it destroys the skin, such as the images I attached below from another realself member who suffered horrible tissue damage. Can saline solution be injected and break the filler up instead?

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Dr. Robinson Facial Plastic Surgery - Alpharetta
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