restylane lasts longer than collagen but you'll have to prepare to be swollen for about a week but depending on how your doctor injects it, cuz it always tend to be loppsided which is one side bigger or smaller the other. to me i think lip implants are the best and look totally natural and are even looking both sides. on the other hand, they are permanent so you don't have to keep spending the money plus go through pain every 6 months
Hi Jen sorry about the delay in my replay i didnt notice anyone had replyed. Ive since had restylane and yeah my lips are slightly lopsided. Its also very sore! I thought that the numbing cream was suppose to knumb the pain!
With mine the swelling started straight away but i didnt know that and when i looked in the mirror i told the nurse that would be enough (about 3/4 tube) but after a few days once the swelling went down it didnt really look any different. I think next time i do it i will get 1 - 1 1/2 tubes. Id really like for a method where you could look in the mirror and say that was enough and it stayed like that.
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have it. use it for work. after the "breaking in peroid" or whatever it works as good as they say. I was considering lip injections (mostly for the job) before I found this, and now I have it I have shelved the idea of injections ... at least for now
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well Shel...ive had the restyline injections early last year but each time i came in to have the lopsided side fixed by injecting more to equal out, it never really gave me a 100% satisfation, but it was ok...i think i had like 2-3 siringes injected. Anyways i went to another doctor like 6 or 7 months later after the restyline was coming down, he told me about lip implants. At first i was afraid that it might not look natural but after seeing all his before and after pixes, i decided to get it done and im very happy with them.but they do hurt for the like 2 weeks or so...(same feeling when you're swollen with restyline and try to laugh or smile) yet they look perfectly natural after the awelling and no one could tell theyre fake. people just think i have nice pouty lips...and no lopside this time.
Jennifer - Im not so chuffed with my lips now as the swelling has all went down and i dont really look any different from when i first had them done. I dont know about implants though as i would be scared they dont go as planed then im stuck with them
Kalika- The before and afters on that webosite are similar to the before and afters on me. Does it actually work though, have you tried it? and if so how long does it last?
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Yes it works, I own one. It takes a few weeks to "break in" your lips, you need to condition them and get them used to it, but after that, lets say I can give angelina jolie a run for her money for several hours. if I wanna 'refresh' I just go into the bathroom and do another pump. I was looking into injectables and perm. lip implants but Im unhappy with whats out in the market so far, and untill then, Im using this baby.
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I had gortex implants years ago... 12 or more....and never looked back...... However, now I am getting a few lines (lipstick) due to age.... and use restalyne........
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have it. use it for work. after the "breaking in peroid"
or whatever it works as good as they say. I was considering lip
injections (mostly for the job) before I found this, and now I have it
I have shelved the idea of injections ... at least for now
Thanks for the tip! I just ordered mine! I have next to NO LIPS.
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Hey i am just wondering if you tried the product and like it...i feel
my lips are too smal and always look weird in my modeling pics and i
have tried the lip venom and it works very little and i wanted bigger
lips but not injections..so let me know how it turned out for you!
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I think there's a higher risk of infection with Goretex, and the possibility
of the strands protruding through the skin if not placed deeply enough.
www.lipaugmentation.com has a good journal of the site owner's
experience with Goretex. 'Course, this doesn't happen with everyone (see
Genie's experience).
I had Alloderm implants 20 months ago (along with gobs of other
procedures) and it's still giving me a nice pout, better than I had before.
Had 3cc of collagen 8 months ago, disappeared within 3 months. But the
collagen had a built-in painkiller in it, so it hurts a lot less than restylane
(which has a burning sensation).
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i have had and do get resty..i have had it for 2 years and go back every 4/5 months for a 1/2 syringe touch up..makes it last longer than if you let it all go away then put it back in..the only sucky part about resty is the numbing shots..after that it is all good (to me) I do bruse for a few days where the needle goes in..
Kalika- i am from BR too...born raised (but a bit older than you..)Nice to sorta meet you.
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shann - hi hi, I was actually born and raised in seattle tho, moved here 2 years ago in the middle of augest. walked off the plane and the heat was like a slap in the face!
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Kalika- yes it is..and now I live in Vegas, which is just as bad, but dry-like car exhaust always blowing in your face..but at least my hair always looks good- no humid frizzies!
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I bought the pump on Kalika's advice and I love it. $25 or how ever many thousand. I think it's worth a try before the plastic surgeon. GIve it a try. Seriously.
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I got my own fat injected in my lips, I love them. I had restaline also 2 years
ago, I like the look of restaline, it just doesn't last long enough. My doctor
said with fat, it depends on the person it is stays, and it is the most natural
thing you can put in your lips. My first injection lasted 7 months, my lips
were still full, I just wanted more fullness. I got more of my fat put in 3
weeks ago. The swelling only lasts a few hours, I had a little bruising, the
needle is bigger when they inject fat. He took the fat from me when I was in
surgery last year for a nose job.
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