Can I Get Hyaluronidase 1 1/2 Years After a Restylane Treatment?

However, after about a year or so most of the filler is gone. If there is any residual filler, there may be further improvement. What's good about hyaluronidase is that it won't harm your natural tissue. I have found that some patients get improvement in areas that have been over-injected even 2 years later. Since there is little downside other than a few needle sticks, it can't "hurt" to try. If fullness or lumpiness persists, scar tissue and natural collagen buildup can be seen in areas of injection, especially if it has been injected numerous times.

While we tell patients that the service last 6 to 12 months, what we are really saying is that you are likely to see enough of the effect diminishing that you will want to be retreated at that time.  That does not mean that the product disappears in that time frame.  I have had patients present 3 years after a service is volume issues that were completely resolved in seconds after injecting hyaluronidase, the enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid filler.  This shows that the volume issue was created but the original treatment.  Get enzyme, it will help you.

Yes, if there is still product and it was an HA product such as Juvederm or Restylane then the hyaluronidase injection will help.  However, 18 months after injection, most of the product should be gone.  However, it is always worth a try.

 

Good Luck.

You could return to your injector for assessment to see if hyaluronidase would help dissolve the Restylane.  It is worth a try if you do not like your lips.  You could also discuss adding more filler with an experienced injector to even out your lips.

Hyaluronidase can certainly be injected at any point into the skin, but realistically speaking, the filler is typically gone by 6 months in the lip area so the benefits here would be modest at best.