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Considering Hyaluronidase to Fix Overinjected Lips with Restalyne

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I had a restalyne injections into my upper...

tinherbell1012August 25, 2009
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I had a restalyne injections into my upper lip,(mostly), and the corners of my bottom lip, and into the nasolabial folds. The technician had a very heavy hand and I swelled up terribly. To the point where I thought my upper lip was going to burst open.

It has been 4 days, (today is tue, had it done last fri), the swelling has gone down, however, I have that duck look on the top lip, or kinda like a cat, its very awful looking. I have been hiding out. Called off work. Can hardly look my boyfriend in the face. I want it gone.

So I have been reading here on realself, about hyaluronidase to dissolve the restalyne. But what im finding is mostly stories about the eye, not the lip. Has anybody had any success with dissolving restalyne from the lip.

By the way I have contacted a Doctor from this website, and have an appt. tomorrow. However, I dont want to make things worse, and would like to hear your stories of how it affected your lip.

My fear is, after reading all the comments on the hyaluronidase, that it may cause more damage to my face, or look. I want to correct this, I dont think I can go into work in 2 days looking like this.

Replies (17)

tinherbell1012
August 27, 2009
Ok so today is the day I go back to work. The swelling and look is better than 2 days ago when I first posted. It has been 6 days now since the procedure. I cancelled my appt with the doctor yesturday, mainly because I am scared of doing more damage. But I am keeping that option open still. Yesturday I went in public, had dinner with friends, nobody said anything. I had one girlfriend even tell me they looked cute.LOL It seems that what I have been reading that 2 weeks is the time frame. So im gonna wait it out. They still hurt, especially yesturday after a spicey dinner and lots of talking. This just tells me that they are still swelling though, so keeps me hopeful. Oh, also it helps if I look at the victoria secret catalog, cause it seems most of the models in there have that serious pout going on. lol Gonna go look at it now. I will keep you all posted.
tinherbell1012
August 28, 2009
just got back from work....most horrible experience of my life. Everybody knew. Im getting this taken out. Honestly I think Im going to die. This is really really bad guys.
noab0800
November 21, 2012
I fel ya
tinherbell1012
August 28, 2009
Woke up this morning and got on the phone, found a doctor on this website. He was able to get me in by 10 am for the hyaluronidase injections. Had them about an hour ago, still numb from procedure. Im having minimal swelling. Almost nothing. He injected the hyaluronidase into my upper lip (where most of the product was) and decided to hold up on the lower lip for now. anyways I will keep you guys posted on how the day unfolds with the disolving product. I hope this works!!!
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Sharon at RealSelf
August 31, 2009

Good luck! Hope it works out for you.

noab0800
November 21, 2012
I hope its just swelling on me i look like a duck, the nurse told me to wait atleast a week. Feels like hyaluronidase is unsafer them restylane. So i think ill jeep massaging alot alot alot
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Dr Seify
September 1, 2009
I would try a small injection of the enzyme first. Most of the filler will be gone anyway.best
tinherbell1012
September 1, 2009
Dr. Seify Could you please tell me what a small amt is? The Dr. I went to used 0.8 cc of hyaluronidase in my upper lip. Now I had quite a bit of filler put in. almost 2 cc in my upper lip. (I know, outrageous) It has been 5 days. And I can still feel alot of filler in the upper portion around the lip line. I have an appt to go back on friday, but just wondering is 0.8 cc considered alot or a little of the enzyme.
tinherbell1012
September 1, 2009
ok, it has been 4 days since the enzyme. And here is what I think. I either need more enzyme, or it was not hyaluronic acid. My upper lip has gone down but there is alot of product still right around the upp lip border. From the side it still really sticks out and looks funny. He injected the enzyme into the lip body, and that is where I can tell it has gone down. But I did get the impression that he was injecting alot. 0.8 cc of hyaluronidase. But now I did have almost 2 cc of filler. So anyways im going to go back on friday, im hoping that the price I paid for the hyaluronidase was for more than one visit.
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