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I recommend following up with your injector. If necessary, the filler can be reversed with hyaluronidase. Best, Dr. Emer
Thank you for your pictures and question.Although swelling IN the lips is common for a few days post injections to lips, your swelling is a bit unusual as it is quite outside the red lip and the white rolls (vermillion border). There is no concern about arterial injection yet it seems like you might need a dissolving agent.Best to visit your injector.Dr. Marc DuPere, aesthetic plastic surgeon
Lip filler can look funny 2 days later due to swelling and other factors. After lip injections we always suggest waiting 10-14 days to allow it to settle. Within reason, small issues tend to resolve as the filler tissue integrates. Your photos appear a little funny. Not dangerous like there’s a vascular occlusive event or an infection: just funny, like the filler was injected poorly. I would give it a few days. If not improving, then perhaps a dissolving injection is needed.
Thank you for your question. I would recommend following up with your injector about this swelling area. That does not appear to be normal swelling after lip filler injections. If need be you can dissolve that filler. Best of luck, Dr. Heffernan
I recommend you followup with your injector for in person examination. This does not look like the typical swelling after lip filler injections.
The filler does not last forever. However I have now seen patients with issues related to filler treatments performed more than 8 years ago. These products persist much, much longer than the manufactures first informed physicians regarding the persistence of the hyaluronic acid fillers. Just...
Hi @KrystalAvah. I would recommend waiting for the fungal infection to resolve prior to getting lip fillers. Best of luck, Dr. Nima!
Hi Marion. If we used only 1 syringe of Restylane for all of our tear trough patients, we would have a lot of unhappy patients. We use up to 2 syringes of Restylane in a visit but over two visits have done as many as 3-4 syringes for those with profound volume loss. Swelling is a key issue in...
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.
It's difficult to tell from your picture, but it can take up to 2 weeks for final results after Restylane. I would wait a full two weeks before assessing your results and whether you need a touch-up. Fat grafting is an alternative. Best, Dr. Emer
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