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Hello,
I've had restylane injected to my lips three times by three different doctors and it has never lasted longer than four days. It simply used to disapear and my lips would get back to normal size. How is that possible? I really want to have full lips but I am just afraid to try something different as restylane, which is one of the longest lasting fillers, didn't work with me. Any comments or advises would be really appreciated. Thank you.
from Dr. Alan Engler
www.bodysculpture.com
Hi Jasmine,
I'm sorry to hear that the injections have not been lasting very long in you.
It is certainly true, in my experience, that these injections last a much shorter period of time in the lips than in other areas, such as the nasolabial folds. However, four days sounds like a very short period of time.
How much is being injected? Most people need at least 1 cc for their lips, and sometimes more (there is a limit to how much can be put in at any one time; if more is desired it can be done a week or so later.
However, if you've been getting that much, then the only other possiblity that I can think of is that it is being injected too deeply. Again, though, with three different doctors, it's hard to imagine why it hasn't been working!
The only though, therefore, is to make sure you've been getting enough material for your treatment.
I hope that this helps, and good luck,
Dr. Alan Engler
www.bodysculpture.com
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Alan M. Engler, MD, FACS
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Dr. Engler has answered over 3100 questions as a volunteer expert for AllExperts. His expertise includes breast surgery (breast enlargement with implants, breast reduction, breast lifts), liposuction, eyelid surgery, tummy tucks, facelifts, skin cancers, cysts, etc. Dr. Engler has been listed as one New York`s Top Doctors, and as "One of the World's Most Famous Aesthetic Surgeons" (Aesthetic Surgery, TASCHEN Books, Angelika Taschen, Editor). He is the author of 4 books, including "BodySculpture" (a best-selling plastic surgery book on breast surgery, liposuction and tummy tucks), "EyeScapes" (Plastic Surgery of the Eyelids), "Restylane," and "The Slim Book of Liposuction." Dr. Engler has two US Patents for surgical instruments that he's designed, and has appeared on numerous television shows, including The Tyra Banks Show, The Ricki Lake Show (four times), and the Dr. Keith Ablow Show. Videos of his appearances are available on YouTube (search for "DR. ENGLER"), and his discussion of breast implants, also on YouTube is "How to Choose a Breast Implant." His website is www.bodysculpture.com. Thanks for "Likiing" Dr. Engler on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-NY/Alan-M-Engler-MD-New-York-Plastic-Surgery-and-Aesthetics/107206405967267?ref=ts&__a=8
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Dr. Alan Engler is a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York and the author of BodySculpture - Plastic Surgery of the Body for Men and Women (ISBN 0966382749) one of the top-selling plastic surgery books on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, etc.
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Dr. Engler graduated from Yale University (BA, Russian Studies) and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD). He did his residency training in General Surgery and, after that, Plastic Surgery, at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York. He is on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and is a Special Lecturer in the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University in New York. He has admitting privileges at Beth Israel Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center, both in New York.
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