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Can you flatten out "lumps" 6 months after restylane?

g2005Jan 13, 2017
Once you mold it to how you want it, should it stay put? Or will it require the same massaging into place daily.

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Clearly you bruised.  That means you need to be patient and let this settle.  At only 3 days, you should not be too alarmed.  However, if you are overfilled in a week, that is another matter.  Fortunately, Restylane can be adjusted.  Please keep us posted.

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I have practices on both the Upper East Side of Manhattan and in Raanana, Israel. Unlike in Israel and Europe, Restylane SQ is not approved in the U.S. With the introduction of so many new and robust volumizing fillers, particularly in Israel, in recent years I have been using SQ far less than ...

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