I had Restylane in my tear troughs today. It was fine immediately after, but within hours, incredibly hard lines, where I assume the filler was placed, developed, and popped out, making it look very lump and uneven. I called the injector who said it was likely just swelling and the filler will "settle" over time, but this is so hard - it's not just one lump, it's like a continuous limp that runs in a line under both eyes. Is this normal?
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Hi and thank you so much for your question. The difference between the Restylane line of products is the softness and flexibility of each. For the cheeks, we would typically recommend Restylane Contour or Lyft due to their properties of adding more lift and volume with a moderate amount of...
Your question is hard to answer, because you hate to not do something at this time! However, there is no way to know how long the atrophy will last or how bad it will be. Also, the steroid is going to continue working for an unknown period of time. Injecting a filler at this time is going to...