A patient recently called me (who lives relatively far away from Modesto) to see if I can give her a second opinion regarding restylane under the eyes. \u00a0She has a local injector (local to her) who wants to inject restylane under her\u00a0eyes and she wanted to know why we don’t do restylane under the eyes. \u00a0 Here are some thoughts I had.<\/p>\n
I would tell her that I think that any product could work well under the eye in the tear trough region with a skillful injection artist.\u00a0 The more important factor is the artist who injects under the eye. \u00a0There are so many things you can do with a filler (off-label FDA) – such as dilute the filler or add lidocaine\/epinephrine or inject deep or use a cannula, etc.<\/p>\n
The filler product is like the violin without the violinist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Restylane in my hands is excellent under the eyes – I have even used it before quite frequently and was very happy with the results.\u00a0 I personally prefer Belotero because in my hands currently because it results in a smoother contour. \u00a0The edges are not as aparent to me if I have some superficial injections. \u00a0My technique is usually to inject deep. \u00a0But some patients need a thicker fill under the eyes, and thus they would be better served with Restylane \u2013 which also lasts longer than belotero under the eyes.<\/p>\n
Because of the smoother<\/strong> contours, I prefer belotero under the eyes rather than Restylane. \u00a0This is only a personal preference and it is my current preference which can\/will change with time and further experience and further feedback from patients.<\/p>\n
The reason I don\u2019t carry Restylane, it\u2019s because it\u2019s a product that is very similar to Belotero and Juvederm.\u00a0 Similar enough that I don\u2019t really see a point in having it in my practice, and I have received poor customer service from the Restylane company in the past, and thus I chose not to carry their products for the past 6 years.<\/p>\n
Juvederm under the eyes<\/strong>, in my opinion causes a bluish hue (tyndall effect)<\/strong> in the hands of many surgeons\/doctors\/injectors including myself.\u00a0 I have rarely experienced this problem, but because other surgeons have reported this more often than I’d like to hear. \u00a0Thus I tend to stay away from Juvederm for under the eyes.<\/p>\n
The under eye filling with any filler is consider off-label FDA usage, and thus there won\u2019t be a ton of information about this because companies\u00a0are technically prohibited from advertising off-label FDA uses of products.<\/p>\n
I think she would be fine getting Restylane if she trusts her injector.\u00a0 I am not able to comment on the skills of other injectors because I don\u2019t know how they inject. \u00a0 Please continue to see your injector in person for detailed information. \u00a0I would welcome another visit to our office to continue the conversation if that were convenient.<\/p>\n
Disclaimer<\/strong>: \u00a0The above is medical information. \u00a0It’s not intended to be advice. \u00a0Please see your doctor\/injector in person for personalized advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A tear trough filler question (under the eyes) A patient recently called me (who lives relatively far away from Modesto) to see if I can give her a second opinion regarding restylane under the eyes. \u00a0She has a local injector (local to her) who wants to inject restylane under her\u00a0eyes and she wanted to know … Continue reading Restylane or Belotero under the eyes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,5,17,22,30,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belotero","category-modesto","category-plastic-surgery","category-questions","category-restylane","category-under-eyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}