Restylane Under Eyes: Bruising or Discoloration?

Has there been any change or improvement for you? Have u considered having it dissolved? Is discoloration in a line or more diffuse under your eyes, and was the area over filled? Mine is concentrated in two lines and then there is diffuse darkening all under my eye. My hollows actually appear to be under corrected as well. Sorry for all the questions! Just looking for someone to compare with.

Hi Jessie, sorry to say there has not been a whole lot of improvement. I went to see a specialist in Atlanta, Dr. Harold Brody, who has written work published on hylarounidase. (The enzyme that dissolves retylane) He looked at my discoloration and said it was not tyndall effect. He used a pulsed dye laser to get rid of some of the redness caused by tons of new blood vessels formed from the injections. It helped very slightly but there is still a line of discoloration from my tear duct area down the side of my nose that goes down further than my original hollow/dark circle. There is also darkness that is diffused throughout. Dr. Brody said that some of the original under eye darkness I had before the injections was brought to the surface more with the restylane pushing the muscle up.It is very hard to cover with make up. I also feel like the restylane has migrated to my upper cheek/side of nose area. I can barely feel any restylane on my orbital bone where it was originally placed a few months ago. Now I have chubbier cheeks and darker circles. This has been a very upsetting experience. We should keep each other updated and please let me know what your Dr. says at your follow up. I sincerely hope your situation improves very soon. I know what its like to look at yourself in the mirror and not recognize yourself. Take Care.

I should say that Dr. Harold Brody was not the Dr. who did my original injections that caused the discoloration. I am going to post a review of the original Dr. soon when I get pictures uploaded. Also, I should add that Dr. Brody said I would need 2 to 3 sessions of pulsed dye laser. At this point, I am going to wait until after my wedding in 8 weeks because I do not want to risk swelling/ more discoloration from laser. I was very swollen after the first pulsed dye laser session but I was warned that would be a possible and it subsided within a week like Dr. BRody said it would.

Hi Jessica and Jessie -- I was just wondering if you all thought you had too much resty placed? I've been considering having this same procedure, but am rather worried now. I have really fair skin and think the darkness will show up even worse. I've also thought about setting up a consult with Dr. Brody. Does he have more experience with this type of procedure than your original injector? Just curious