Smokers Lines and Marionette Lines and I Dont Smoke! - Commack, NY

I am 60 years old and took excellent care of my skin using what I believe to be top grade cosmetics that have sun screen and emoliants for my skin. Despite this natural aging took over and I developed smokers lines above my lip and marionette lined below the corners of my mouth. I have always been thin and I really think that makes lines and winkles seem worse. I also had developed lines at the top of my nose , forehead and crows feet. I received Dysport for these areas and will write about that later on. I was told that fillers in the upper lip don't look natural and if in the fine lines may become kind of blue or bumpy. Then I read about Restylane Silk that its thinner I guess and made just for the lip lines so I found a doctor who offered it in town. The restylane silk has lidocaine in it that makes It less painful but the doctor recommended a little shot to take the pain completely away and he did it through the inside of my mouth into the upper part by my canine tooth believe it or not scary as it seems the shot did t hurt. The injections were don't along the top edge of my lip ( I did not want to do the lower lip) and in the skin of the lip between my nostril and pink lips. There was no pain at all. I also had a depression at the corners of my mouth and wanted these marionette areas filled my doctor didn't like silk in that area saying its thin and instead used regular restylane there ( this was not in my $600 price but lowered the price so both syringes came to $1100 instead of $1200). I noticed the marionette area was filled immediately but the lip looked swollen. There was no bleeding and I didn't get a bruise but my lip was swollen for a day then became a beautiful natural looking lip with a nice edge and the smokers lines were gone! I loved it, I admit the swelling scared me bu my doctor has a policy that he encourages you to call with ANY worries and I did and he was just so kind and alleviated any worries. I recommend this product and will definitely do it when needed again. How long it lasts well I will let you know my doctor says 5-8 months.

Its a week, Dr. Messina told me that the lip will set in this time and remain this way for the next months to come. I only did my upper lip and a little in the crease at the chin. The swelling was totally gone after the second day.
Messina Esthetic Medicine is where I went and am very pleased with my result.