Effects on Skin After Restylane Resorbs

OK now for some reality.  What will happen when the Restylane in the skin wears off?  The answer is that the skin will be one or two years older than it is now.  Does that mean that your skin will look younger and fresher?  No.  WIll it look significantly worse than it did before the service?  No not so much.  However, Restylane works by filling.  Once it is gone, it is no longer providing a cosmetic benefit.  It is very likely that having had one or two years of benefit, you are not going to like what this looks like once the filler has gone, and provided you can afford more treatment, then it is likely you will want to top off your prior treatment.

The effect of fat can be variable.  Unfortunately, these treatments cause scaring in the skin where they are placed.  How these age is any ones guess.  However, the produce much more wear and tear in the tissues than the hyaluronic acid fillers.

I have never been aware of any patient whose lines looked worse after filler dissolved than before treatment.  Yes, there may be more collagen produced naturally, by the body, in the dermis as a response to the fillers. Furthermore, there is no damage to the host tissue by Restylane, Juvederm and Perlane.

Hi Nexus,

  You raise a good question.

  After you have a hyaluronic acid filler (like Restylane, Juvederm, Voluma, etc.) injected, and your body breaks down the product over months, you skin will not look more "saggy." Anytime your skin cells that produce collagen and elastin ("fibroblasts") are stretched - for example, with the placement of Restylane - they are stimulated to produce MORE collagen. So, the overall residual effect of a filler like Restylane is beneficial to the overall appearance and elasticity of your skin (even after the filler is eventually broken down by your body).

  Hope this helps! MK