Darkened Skin After Restylane?

   These darkened areas, if the result of bruising or heme pigments staining the skin, typically improve with time. 

Without viewing photographs of the areas you are referring to, it is very difficult to answer your question. You should consider posting pictures for better assessment and immediately follow up with your provider if you have complications post-treatment.

Thank you for your question.  The area around the eyes is very prone to dark circles as a result of the complex array of veins and thin nature of the skin and soft tissues.  The filler helps to camouflage aging by restoring volume and hiding herniated fat.  Unfortunately, there are some risks.  Bruising due to injury is certainly possbile due to the blood vessels mentioned.  This usually resolves in a couple of weeks.  If the bruising was extensive, either blood breakdown products or extensive inflammation can darken the skin...this is more long lasting and can be permanent if not treated appropriately.  Broad band light and skin lightening treaments can help this problem.  Arnica only potentially helps with early bruising.  The other possibility is that the filler is too superficial causing the Tyndall effect.  It is an optical illusion caused by the filler.  It sounds llike these "bean" shaped areas may be deposits of filler causing this effect.  This can be treated by melting it with hyaluronidase and re-injecting at a deeper level.  Best wishes!

Hi Anda.  If you are olive or black skin, it's possible that the trauma left some darkening or hyperpigmentation.  This is usually remedied with hydroquinone, but it's best to ask your injector what he/she thinks about treatment.  There is a more serious condition called hemosidering staining which is often associated with severe bruising in darker skinned patients.  This is a possibility as well and we use q-switched lasers to treat that issue.  Good luck.

It is difficult to say without pictures, but it sounds as if you have what's called hemosiderin staining from the bruising following the injection.  This can be more prominent in some patients depending on factors such as your skin type.  The good news is for most this will fade away with time. 
I would recommend having a follow up with the physician who did your injections.  Best of luck!

Your dark spots from Restylane injections are most likely secondary to heme or bruising from local injections.  If it persists you may seek out a physician who performs V-Beam and can laser the residual bruising.

Darkened skin in the area of injection can certainly be seen with filler injections, especially in people with color in their skin. Since this the way your skin reacts to trauma, it is likely to happen again if you don't take certain measures. Starting a skin lightening agent after injection (i.e.hydroquinone, kojic acid, etc.) can help prevent the darkening reaction. Broad spectrum photoprotection (UVA/UVB) protection is also a must because the sun worsens the darkening. Arnica is unlikely to have caused the darkening.