Thinking about dissolving your fillers. Here are a few things to think about first.
While scrolling through Instagram the other day, I noticed The Cut had a post called The Big Dissolve: They Blew Up Their Faces. Now They’re Melting Them Down. The article goes on to talk about how pillowy faces are a fading trend. And while people were once racing to injectors to use fillers to give them what God didn’t or what aging took away, now they are racing to injectors to dissolve those fillers. The latest trend: An angular face, a la Bella Hadid.
When it comes to dissolving fillers, my take, as an Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner and Miami botox and filler specialist at smith & co, is different then most. To start the dissolving process, it typically takes one to two sessions to dissolve. The sessions can be 3 to 5 days apart. Then, you have to wait two weeks before you can refill from your last dissolving session. When we start to refill, we have to go slow. That means one syringe at a time using a smaller molecule that is less likely to migrate again. From here, we can build the lips up back to the size they are used to, but we typically have to give it at least four to six weeks in between the first two syringes, then two to three months in between the subsequent syringes. If someone has a lot of volume, which is typically the people who also have migration, it can take them a good six to eight months to build back up to the volume they’re used to without the migration. It’s a big process and expensive as well. Each vile of dissolver is $350. Each syringe of filler is $800. For those who have tiny areas of migration at all, you really have to be ready for the process before you just go and dissolve. In my experience, a lot of patients are not ready for the process. In that case, they try to do just a half syringe to shape a little bit more dimension and lift. Then, when they’re ready, they come back and start the process. Most of the time, it’s a year-plus before they come back and decide to dissolve.
As well, I, Danielle Smith, Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner and Miami botox and filler specialist at smith & co, am not someone who will force people to dissolve because it is such a big undertaking. There are a lot of injectors who won’t touch you unless you do. This is not my school of thought. It’s your face and I’m here to help you accomplish what you want in the best way possible for you. But I am here to guide you through what will work best for the look you are trying to achieve.
If you are interested in a consultation, simply reach out by calling 305-393-2311 or reaching me here online. I’m also happy to answer any questions you may have via DM on Instagram at smithand_co. And be sure to follow along to see my before and after shots.
