Restylane for Under Eyes After Rhinoplasty?

Depending upon the extent of your rhinoplasty surgery, the swelling you may have following the surgery can distort the lower eyelid anatomy and placement of dermal fillers for lower eyelid hollowing requires precise application. I would suggest waiting 4-6 weeks prior to Restylane injection to the lower lids.

You are very likely experiencing a visual exaggeration of your under eye hollows following surgery on your nose. Swelling following Rhinoplasty can be lengthy and if you were my patient I'd certainly recommend that you wait until all major swelling has subsided.
Why? Swelling does not go away evenly, so you could easily end up with too much or uneven areas beneath your eyes if you attempt Restylane injections in that area too soon.
Your surgeon will be your best guide in letting you know when the use of Restylane in the tear trough would be deemed most reasonable. Although you can remove "too much" hyaluronic acid, the removal process is hardly one you should risk on purpose.

Hello,
You should wait until any bruising is resolved before you have Restylane injected around your eyes. It would be best to speak with your physician who performed the Rhinoplasty surgery, as he/she knows the extent of your procedure and may best guide you as to when you should have Restylane. Restylane will not interfere with your Rhinoplasty healing, but if there is still bruising in the area it will be difficult for your physician to do the best job possible performing the injections. Hope this helps answer your question. Thank you and best of luck.
Dr. Nassif

Restylane for the tear troughs ( non-surgical eye lift or tuck) will not interfere with rhinoplasty (nbse job) healing. However, the nose job swelling could interfere with adequate correction of the tear trough due to post surgical swelling. I would wait a minimum of 3 weeks and preferably 3 months, in my opinion.

Whether you have Restylane or Juvederm injected as a filler, you should allow for all swelling from a nose job (rhinoplasty) resolve, otherwise you could increase the swelling of the inner eyelid areas as there already is congestion in the drainage pathways. Furthermore, you want your doctor to have a better understanding of your baseline anatomy so that the injections adequately correct you. It is possible that you would not get enough filler because the swelling hides a deeper hollowness, or the swelling could create a pseudodepression adjacent to it and this might get filled, only to find that when the swelling goes away that you have a lump from the injection. Everyone heals at a different rate, but rarely some patients can take up to three or more months for swelling to go away after a rhinoplasty. It may only take you 4 to 6 weeks, though. Good luck.

It is a matter of allowing the swelling to settle so that you can get an accurate correction.
I would wait about 6-8 weeks before having the filler injection. The one thing I need to tell you is that the dark area under the eyes do not improve a whole lot with restylane. Part of the dark area is secondary to shadowing from the enlarged fat pads and bulging but the other part is hereditary. You will have an improvement but not complete resolution.
Good luck.

The procedure of rhinoplasty itself has no contraindications or reasons against placing a filler like restylane for the tear troughs. The main reason to wait would be for some of the postoperative rhinoplasty swelling to settle down so that the physician could tell how much to put in and where exactly to put it. I would probably recommend about 4 to 6 weeks to be conservative for most of the visible swelling to subside. I hope this information helps.

Hi Aurora,
Let the swelling and edema under your eyes resolve before having Restylane placed to fill the hollows.  It varies from patient to patient, anywhere from 6 to 10 weeks.
Enjoy your new nose, and youthful eyes.
Dr. P

However if you recently had Rhinoplasty, there will be swelling that can distort your anatomy and make the Restylane treatment less than ideal. I suggest you wait at least a month before any filler around the eyes after Rhinoplasty. Plus, since you are swollen from the nose surgery, you are unlikely to be partaking in any important social functions anyway for a few weeks.

 Usually I wait 4-6 weeks depending on the amount of swelling. Also, I like Juviderm for this area since it lasts longer and flows better.