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I HAD RESTYLANE VOLUMA FILLER DISSOLVED UNDER MY EYES, THE TEAR THROUGH AS I HAD MIGRATION, TYNDALL EFFECT AND PUFFINESS THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE EVEN AFTER ABOUT 2.6 YEARS WITH THE FILLER THAT DID NOT FULLY DISSOLVED ON IF'S OWN. I CHOSE TO GO TO A ESTHETICIAN CENTER NEAR ME AND WAS HELPED BY A NURSE PRACTITIONER. AFTER 2 SYRINGES OF HYLENEX IN 2 SEPARATE SESSIONS UNDER THE EYES, I INITIALLY ONLY SAW THE UNDER-EYE FILLER DISAPPEAR, WHICH I WAS HAPPY ABOUT REGARDLESS OF THE NEW HOLLOWNESS. HOWEVER, AFTER SOME WEEKS, I DO NOT RECALL EXACTLY HOW MANY MY EYES STARTED TO SHRINK, VERY NOTICEABLE AND DID NOT HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY IT WAS DEFINITIVELY MORE THAN 3 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST DISSOLVING SESSION. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE VOLUME OF UPPER EYELIDS THAT WERE NOT TOUCHED OR EVER HAD FILLERS COMPLETELY FLATTENED, IS LIKE I LOST ALL OF THE NATURAL TISSUE/FAT AND NOW I HAVE ONLY SKIN. THIS IS TRAUMATIZING AS IT CHANGED MY APPEARANCE IN A WAY I DID NOT EXPECT AND I DO NOT THINK I WILL BE ABLE TO FULLY FIX WITH FAT GRAFT. IN GENERAL, I NOTICED THE VOLUME OF MY FACED DECREASED BUT THE MOST IMPACTFUL AND UNEXPECTED EFFECT WAS THE UPPER EYE LIDS AND EYES GETTING REALLY SMALL. I RESEARCH IN COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ANECDOTALLY IT LOOKS LIKE HYLENEX CAN DEPLETE YOU FROM THE NATURAL VOLUME OF YOUR FACE IN AREAS THAT WERE NOT TREATED OR EVER FILL. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WILL BE REPARABLE OR NOT, BUT I THINK CONSUMERS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS UNFORTUNATE OFF LEVEL USE. REASON FOR USE: TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS WITH FILLER MIGRATION AND SKIN DARKENING.