Managing inflammatory reaction to restylane.

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg

Plastic Eye Surgery Associates, PLLC, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

Published: March 2005

A 62-year-old woman received injections of Restylane, cross-linked hyaluronic acid, for the cosmetic filling of facial rhytids and developed a severe dermal inflammatory reaction. Hyaluronidase administered directly in the inflammatory nodules resulted in rapid resolution of pain, palpable nodularity, and visible induration possibly due to dissolution of the hyaluronic acid.

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