I find being injected with fillers very stressful. So my dr prescribed Lorazepam (1 mg) for me. This helped me tolerate additional treatments. I now moved to another state and need more fillers, but my new dr will not inject me if I take the Lorazepam. I have told her I will sign the release before taking the meds but she still refuses. She has not given me a reason for her refusal, just says the procedure "isn't that bad - we do this all the time". Is my request medically unadvisable?
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Hi @Calileb. I'm sorry you have to deal with this! There is a possibility that the redness may be due to a bacterial infection. I recommend going back to you injector. All the best, Dr. Nima!
Voluma has four main injection zones V1-V4. The areas are the zygomatic arch, malar prominence, mid cheek and the sub zygomatic arch pre auricular region. Depending on were your volume was placed and how much was placed. It sounds that you can have the Volume injected in your pre auricular/sub...
I see this all the time in my practice and it is because people use the filler to lift the cheekbones when they really need it to lift the fat pad in the middle face and to treat the tear trough. You need more filler to the trough and medial cheek to balance what over correction was done...
