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Do HA fillers cause permanent shape change?

Shy1215Jul 11, 2015
I was injected with 3syringes of Juvederm Voluma XC in just the cheek area/under eye area(not the tear trough).The area was overfilled and the filler was placed too close to my eyes making my cheeks look puffy, wide and too high. Though, I have had some of it dissolved, my facial shape doesn't seem to be going back to pre-filler shape. My face appears extremely wide right under the eye/cheek area. Has the excessive filler stretched out my skin and caused permanent change in shape?

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Young R. Cho, MD, PhD

Thank you for your question. It is very common for the lips to look over corrected or fake the next day. This is due to all the swelling that ensues. I often tell my patients that this is the "oh my gosh" day. It can be 'oh my gosh' my lips are so swollen! It could also be 'oh my gosh'...

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Jason Emer, MD

It is common to get swelling after fillers into the lips. It is not normal to have irregularities or severe swelling. If you are unhappy you should speak to your physician and have the area injected with hyaluronidase, an enzyme that reverses the hyaluronic acid filler. For the next...

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Mitesh Kapadia, MD, PhD

If it is not much better by 14 days, see another doctor who is experience with hyaluronidase injections. There is no reason you need to wait 6 months if it looks bad. I usually recommend waiting a full two weeks after injections to let swelling subside before dissolving.

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It is common to get swelling after fillers into the lips. It is not normal to have irregularities or severe swelling. If you are unhappy you should speak to your physician and have the area injected with hyaluronidase, an enzyme that reverses the hyaluronic acid filler. For the next...

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It is common to get swelling after fillers into the lips. It is not normal to have irregularities or severe swelling. If you are unhappy you should speak to your physician and have the area injected with hyaluronidase, an enzyme that reverses the hyaluronic acid filler. For the next...

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