About a month ago I had Restylane placed in my tear troughs to treat eyebags. Since then I've noticed that I seem to have slight bumps of excess filler towards the inside corners of each of my eyes. I don't like how this looks, but I don't want to make a small problem worse by injecting Hyaluronidase and risking damage to my skin. If you were the doctor treating me what you would recommend: Wait for my body to dissolve the filler on its own or inject hyaluronidase to smooth these bumps out?
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April 28, 2018
Answer: Hyaluronidase to dissolve fillers? Can take a series of treatments
Hyaluronidase works for about 6 weeks. After hyaluronidase injections, we therefore like to wait 6 weeks ideally before doing more filler injections. Very occasionally, I have flexed this rule but always warn the patient that the filler may be dissolved. Your body also makes...
It can take 1-2 weeks after Hyaluronidase. If you remain concerned, I recommend following up with your injector. It can take a series of treatments with hyaluronidase to dissolve filler. Best, Dr. Emer
Hi sophiemg72,The number of session s it will take to dissolve 1 ml. of filler is variable. It depends on whether you have lumps etc or whether your doctor dilute hyaluronidase or not. Results are better when it is done on 2 or more sessions rather than a single session.All the best, Justin H...