WHAT IS RESTYLANE?
Restylane enhances your natural looks by restoring your skin’s volume, creating softness and revitalizing your appearance. The treatment lasts for about 6-9 months.

Restylane is one of the most tried and tested injectible dermal fillers available today. It is the benchmark for clinical excellence in its field. Its safety and efficacy are clinically proven and supported by robust clinical data, spanning 10 years. Research and development is continuous.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF RESTYLANE?
Restylane can instantly soften telltale aging lines or improve your looks by enhancing your natural features, such as your cheeks or lips. RESTYLANE restores volume, improves skin elasticity, and smooths niggling lines and imperfections. Long lasting but not permanent, Restylane allows you to stay in control of your looks.

HOW DOES RESTYLANE WORK?
Restylane is a crystal-clear gel produced biotechnologically using stabilized, nonanimal hyaluronic acid and water. The hyaluronic acid is a tissue-friendly substance closely resembling the hyaluronic acid that occurs naturally in the body. By replenishing nature’s supply of hyaluronic acid, Restylane revitalises and plumps up the skin, instantly diminishing the appearance of lines and giving a softer look.

WHAT DO RESTYLANE TREATMENTS INVOLVE?
Restylane is injected into the skin in small amounts using a very fine needle. The gel provides hydration and structure and gives natural volume to smooth away the appearance of lines, enhance facial shape, or create fuller lips.

The treatment is very quick and often takes less than 30 minutes. The treatment benefits can normally be seen instantly and Restylane does not affect facial expression. No skin test is required because Restylane does not contain any animal-derived ingredients.

WHAT AREAS CAN BE TREATED?
Restylane treatments can be used to smooth out facial lines, create fuller lips and shape facial contours, such as cheeks and chin. It is a subtle approach to enhancing looks naturally.

The most common areas treated are:

• from the nose to the angle of the mouth (the nasolabial folds)
• lips (enhancement)
• cheeks and chin (shaping)
• back of the hands, décolletage, face (skin rejuvenation)
• between the eyebrows (the glabellar lines)

HOW LONG DOES RESTYLANE TREATMENT EFFECT LAST?
Most patients have top-ups when they feel the effect is starting to wear off ie any time between 6 and 12 months.

However, one of the great advantages of Restylane is that the effects are long lasting but not permanent. You are always in control of your looks.

• Facial lines and facial shaping: follow-up treatment is usually needed after 6-12 months
• Lip enhancement: follow-up treatment is normally needed in about 6 months
• Skin rejuvenation and deep hydration: after the initial intense treatment of 3 treatment sessions every 2-3 weeks, follow-up sessions are normally recommended around every 6 months

Duration depends on many factors, such as skin type, lifestyle, age, the degree of perfection demanded by the patient and the injection technique of the practitioner.

DOES RESTYLANE TREATMENT HURT?
Some people may experience the treatment as a mild discomfort. A local anesthetic cream is often used. Another form of anesthesia, a dental bloc, is used to numb the area when enhancing lips.

CAN RESTYLANE BE USED IF I HAVE HAD LASER TREATMENT OR A RESURFACTING SKIN PEEL?
If you have recently had some kind of cosmetic treatment, it is recommended you wait until the area is totally healed and the skin is back to its normal condition. This usually takes 4 to 6 weeks.

IS THERE ANY DOWNTIME WITH RESTYLANE?
You can expect slight redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, itching and/or bruising following Restylane treatment. This is the same as you might expect with any type of injection. However, the discomfort is temporary and generally disappears after a few days. With lip enhancement, it is wise to choose your treatment time with care since your lips may become swollen and appear slightly uneven for a few days.

ARE THERE ANY RISKS WITH RESTYLANE?
More than 6 million treatments have been carried out since the launch of Restylane in 1996. Some common injection-related reactions might occur after a Restylane injection; they typically resolve spontaneously within one or two days after injection.

These reactions include redness, swelling, pain, itching, bruising or tenderness at the injection site. Inflammatory reactions may last for up to two weeks in rare cases. After a lip enhancement, your lips may be swollen for several days.

ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS WITH RESTYLANE?
After the treatment there may be some redness and minimal swelling, which normally settles in 1-2 days. Very occasionally patients can suffer some bruising at the injection site.

Most people can benefit from Restylane treatment. However, Restylane should not be used in or near skin sites where there are or have been active skin disease, inflammation or related conditions. Nor should it be injected into an area where a permanent implant has been placed. Restylane has not been tested in pregnant or breast-feeding women.

During your pre-treatment consultation, you should thoroughly discuss your medical history with your practitioner.