What if You Are Injected with Restylane, and You Gain or Loose Weight Will Anything Happen to the Results?

Greetings Miguel~

Weight gain or loss will not effect your Restylane but it most likely will effect the amount of fat in various areas of the face.   In many patients, the difference of even a few pounds can cause drastic changes in the appearance of the face....from skeletal and older to round/fuller and more youthful in just a few pounds.  Unfortunately extra pounds we may prefer the look of on the face may add inches and curves to other body parts we don't appreciate. Restylane does stimulate a certain amount of your own collagen in the areas injected but I don't know that it will ever stimulate enough to eliminate the need for at least some...perhaps less or maybe less often. 

Hope that helps.

Good luck~

Dr. Grant Stevens   

Weight gain or loss in the injected area may well change your results. Most surgeons feel that repeated injections promotes longevity and the need for less material to be injected. It is not clear if this is an effect of the Restylane or the creation of new collagen from the trauma of multilple needle sticks.