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Why has my filler lasted 4 years? Can I get just the problem part dissolved?

jtat37Jul 5, 2015
I had filler in My smile lines 4 years ago! I was never happy and as it hasnt even started to dissolve i had the marriot lines done to try and even it out ..its made it look worse is it possible to dissolve as ive just found out with injectable dissolve to just dissolve the problem area?

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Dr. Steven Wallach, MD
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Answered on Jul 6, 2015
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Dr. Edwin Ishoo, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Answered on Jul 6, 2015
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Dr. Francis R. Palmer, III, MD (retired)
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Answered on Jul 7, 2015
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