It has been almost 6 months since I had Skinvive. The bumps are still here even as the somewhat filler effect of skinvive has mostly gone away. Needless to say, I look much worse than before the procedure. I had saline injected to try to get rid of the bumps but it did nothing. Is there a chance they are permanent. They are slightly less noticeable now but about one dozen remain.
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Hello there Fab,
There are many "fabulous" lip fillers for you, Fabulous! SkinVive is intended to be injected in micro-droplets for skin hydration. It is not intended for lips. It sounds that it was improperly injected and resulted in bumps. You have beautiful lips. I would inject your...
Hello there Cat,
Seek an expert physician injector and your SkinVive nodules will be safely dissolved. It only takes a minimal amount of hyaluronidase to take care of the nodules. Good luck and be well.
Michael A. Persky, MD
Encino, CA
Hello Jane. It sounds like you may have hemosiderin staining. This is a condition present often after bad bruising (see link). To treat it we use q-switched lasers.
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