I’m 42, and wanted to look less old and tired so I decided to have Restylane done in my eye troughs 7 days ago. Beyond the bruising, there’s bumps, and part of inner eye or sinus area is swollen too! Is this normal? Did the filler go to the wrong place on my left eye? A cannula needle was used to help prevent bruising, but clearly something happened. Plus my plastic surgeon is out of the country so I can’t get in to see them. What’s next? Time, dissolved, laser, more fill? Help!
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I'm sorry to hear of the issues you are having. It is difficult to determine possible causes without an examination. You can elect to have the filler dissolved by returning to your injector for hyaluronidase.
There can be some swelling and/or lumps after injections which can last 1-2 weeks. You can apply firm pressure between two fingers for a few days, for 5 mins a time, in order to help decrease swelling and even out the lumps. If you're unhappy with your final results you can have it reversed ...
Thank you for your question and picture. Based on your picture, I agree that it appears the filler was injected too high and too superficially. It appears you may have the Tyndall effect which is a bluish discoloration that can be seen with superficial injection of Hyaluronic Acid based fillers,...
