Excess Restylane in Nasolabial Fold Ruined One Side my Lip - San Francisco, CA

Here’s something very interesting about physical beauty. Anthony Robbins works with one of the best plastic surgeons in the world. The sultan of Brunei pays this surgeon $1 million to fly over and do surgery on three people. He is now writing a book on how he gets the results he does. When you look at the book what you find is that the difference between being beautiful and being average is... a couple of millimetres. He mathematically calculated the exact proportions to make someone beautiful and if you are one or two millimetres out it doesn’t work. He changes proportions on the face by a couple of millimetres and the results are phenomenal. So my point is, it's just couple millimeters which makes the difference..but in my case it's more than a couple, and since its my face I notice the difference quite well ( and so have other injectors I went to!) The effect is more apparent when one looks at the full face.

Very interesting. I've never thought about it like that. Thanks for putting it into perspective. Definitely makes sense. I just don't want the the vision of beauty to consume your life

I want to say he is really a good doc overall. And has eye for beauty..he did make me look very young and refreshed the first time and so many people are happy with him. My only issue is, why did he ignore it when I raised my concern?

Thanks for giving your overall view of this doctor's ability and his "eye for beauty". His work that I have seen pictures of are impressive. I've consulted with a couple of cosmetic surgeons about overfilling and was told that it can indeed create problems. So thanks again for posting because it helps me to follow the rule of "a little goes a long way" when it comes to fillers.

What did they tell you would be the problem with overfilling? could it be as serious as permanent? I went with Restylane because it's dissolvable. I hope my problem is not a permanent one!

Did you keep your appointment with Dr Mabrie? How did it go?

Yes I kept appointment and I was pleased with the results. I have been researching fillers for several years and believe that each person's results or satisfaction with results is individual. I had lip filler a few years ago (by another doctor) and was pleased with the results, but now I notice that (similar to you) the corners of my lips are turning down, kinda folding over, I don't think that it's the filler's fault but the result of the normal aging process for me. I am so vigilant in the mirror (magnifier) that I notice the little changes that probably would have been overlooked or not noticed in years past. These fillers do not last that long, I am just thankful that we have solutions and fillers that helps us maintain our youthfulness as long as possible...

I'm glad you are pleased with the results. Even I was very happy the first time. Your lip corners might be turning down due to fillers in nasolabial area. The weight there curls the lip corners down. I never had any fillers in my lips.

I hv never under gone lip enhancement either. It's the nasalabial folds that caused lopsided ness in lips. He never did any revision. In fact told me that "it's non known to cause lopsidedness" whereas the world knows that excess fillers in nasolabial can shortn upper lip corners. My lips are still very much lopsided - looks like aberrant collagen development in the area which is pushing my lip down.

My doctor is good at revision as he works on moh's cancer patients who have diformity on lip,nose,ear and forehead. You may want a second opinion. He definitely knows skin as he is a md ,dermotologist. I am sorry this happened to you. I hope everything works out for you

Sure, I'd like to get a second opinion. Please let me know his details. Thanks..

Hi I meant to spell deformity,sorry for the typo. I will message you his info. Stay positive

Staying positive...:-) Have started facial exercise. hope that works.

Prayers and i do hope this works for you. :) I just had restylane before labor day and i always get a little sick. The flu symptoms are a side effect. UGH!

Unfortunately it's still there - even after using dissolver (Hyaluronidase) 3 times the lip has not come back to its original position-it's very much drooping from the corners (much more prominent on the right side). Could it be permanent change?! I don't know!