Restylane Injections By Atlantic Coast Aesthetics #QOTW
Sometimes the results of cosmetic procedures aren’t everything the patient hopes for. In these situations, other options may need to be explored. This may be the case with our Atlantic Coast Aesthetics Question of the Week, which comes to us from North Palm Beach. The patient asks, “I had Restylane injected on my tear trough on May 4, 2016. I was told it would last for 9 months. But contrary to what I was told, it only lasted for a week. I work out every day (Zumba) for an hour. Does my workout have anything to do with my filler’s disappearance?”
Dr. Pane observes that injections into the tear trough and certain other areas are very tricky to do correctly. This is in part because of the small area and level of precision required to accurately target the injection. While they are far from impossible to perform, a high degree of caution is necessary to ensure the injection performs as intended. An injection that is improperly placed or performed could create a number of problems for the patient, one of the less serious of which is the possibility that the injection may not deliver the anticipated results.
When one surgeon examines another’s work after the fact, there is often no way to say with any certainty what exactly went wrong. Dr. Pane notes that the patient’s exercise regimen is unlikely to be the cause of the problem in this situation. It is more likely that the initial swelling from the Restylane injection was taken as the final effect, or that the injection was performed improperly, missing the tear trough and injecting the filler nearby instead of in the target area. In either event, the Restylane is unlikely to have stopped working so soon after the initial injection.
In this situation, Dr. Thomas Pane suggests an in-person evaluation and comparison of before and after photographs to get a sense of what the initial problem and expected results were. Some patients do not respond to Restylane or other fillers in the expected way, while others may find that some fillers are better than others for achieving the desired effect. Restylane is generally well-tolerated, but every patient is different and a treatment that delivers great results for one person may offer minimal or no results for another. For this reason, only a clinical evaluation can accurately determine what the problem is and suggest the proper corrective action.
Filler injection procedures depend greatly upon the skill and capability of the surgeon delivering them as well as the patient’s tolerance for the filler. However, the patient’s expectations concerning the filler and....to read the complete blog post, click ( Restylane Injections Procedures )
