I got Restylane injections two and a half years ago in my tear troughs that wouldn’t dissolve. Even after three tries with hyalase, I have hard lumps I can feel moving around when I press in underneath my eyes. Do encapsulated fillers eventually dissolve on their own? Is it safe to keep some amount of old filler in my face or will it cause me problems down the road, like inflammation or infections? I’d like to limit more hyalase, my under eye skin is so damaged from filler and repeated swelling.
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November 7, 2018
Answer: Generally the issue is that skill is required to judge how much and precisely where to place the enzyme to dissolve the product.
Than you for your question! Your doctor is correct in the fact that when there's too much hyaluronic acid filler you start to form bags in your eyelids and the filler starts to shift. This is exactly the reason why I prefer to use autologous fat grafting as it provides complete correction of th...
The fillers take so long to degrade that you really can't expect to wait this out. You have taken the right step of seeing an oculoplastic surgeon for an assessment. Did your injector also inject the eyebrows or subbrow areas? That is more often a cause of upper eyelid ptosis.
