Can Permanent Make Up improve Tyndall Effect on Lips?

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Months after getting Lip fillers I do have a blue tint especially visible in sunlight. Will permanent make up on lips help cover the blue effect as I do not wish to dissolve the filler.

Nelson Lee Novick, MD · Answer

First, let me say that the use of permanent makeup is fraught with problems. For one, it is permanent, which means that long after the hyaluronic acid in your lips will have been metabolized away (and, since it is a natural product, it will ultimately be metabolized away, (usually in about a year within the body of the lips due to the additional mechanical effects of repetitive movement), and then you will be left with the permanent color of the makeup, which will likely also fade and become less attractive with time due to such things as sun exposure, etc. The unwanted bluish/gray Tyndall Effect typically results when hyaluronic acid is inappropriately injected to high up within the tissue. It would seem to me that it would in the end be less problematic to simply have the inappropriately injected product dissolved with hyaluronidase and then the lips reinjected properly. Make sure that you consult with a board certified aesthetic physician and ask to see his/her personal before and after photos before proceeding. Best of luck.

Robert M. Tornambe, MD · Answer

Sbn1990.   The problem with permanent make up treatment is just tha, it is permanent! It sounds like the issue you are having with your lip can easily be treated and I recommend you follow up with a board-certified plastic surgeon or dermatologist. Good luck.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD · Answer

Makes not sense. The product that produces the tyndall effect is likely to represent very little volume. It makes no sense to get a tattoo to attempt to cover this.  Just get the product causing the tyndall removed.  That does not mean you need all of the filler removed.  There is no guarantee the tattoo will cover the tyndall effect.  It is possible the tattoo pigment and the tyndall effect might interact to produce an unexpected color change. Do the right thing.

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