Q. How can I fix the dark lines on my cheeks after Restylane filler? These lines showed up just two weeks after getting restylane filler under my eyes. Over a year later and I still have these lines. What are they? What caused them? And how do I get rid of them? Again I didn’t have these before I got the filler 🙁 HELP
A. Thanks for sharing your photos! Unfortunately, this is a side-effect of clear gel fillers under the eyelid muscles.
If superficial dermal injections are performed with clear gel, hyaluronic acid fillers like Restylane, a “tindel” effect can occur. This is when the superficial gel under the epidermal upper layer of skin absorbs the spectrum of light colors except blue. Massage and /or dissolve with hyaluronidase enzyme to improve it.
In your case, it appears to me that a deep technique of Restylane fill was used to volumize the naso-jugal (also called tear) trough. The ring muscle around the eye called the orbicularis oculi is elevated from a shadowed, recessed trough into the light. With thinner fat, (loss of yellow coloring which camouflages blue or dark eyelids, like that of concealer make-up), the bluishness of the muscle and maybe the underlying gel reflect causing the “dark” lines you speak of. Unless you wish to dissolve and return to a hollow cheek-lid dip, I believe you will do best with a concealer.
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