Thank you for your question.
You state in
your question that you had Restylane placed under your eye and that you were advised to
massage any lumps.
And after you massaged some lumps , that 8 hours later, you developed bloodshot eyes,
blurred visions and you are concerned whether or not you had some of the materials into
a vessel that could affect the eyes.
Certainly, I can assist you with this question and in the absence of physical exam.
I’m a board certified cosmetic surgeon and fellowship trained oculofacial plastic and
reconstructive surgeon practicing in Manhattan and Long Island for over 20 years.
The oculoplastic surgery means that background first training in ophthalmology before training
in advanced surgery of the eyelids.
So I think that it’s an unusual history that would be consistent with what your concern
is.
When injectables are performed around the eyes, it is possible that an injection can
be done at the time by entering a vessel that can then push the material into other vessels
you don’t want to be in.
With that being said, if the material is already in place, then it seems unlikely that the
material would end up inside a vessel and then end up affecting the eye.
In medicine, there is very often a temporal association where an event A and an event
B happens and then you think that event B was caused by event A and sometimes I refer
to it as correlation causation error which is a very common issue in the medical field
as well as in clinical studies where you take in fact A and fact B and try to connect them.
What you need to do is see an ophthalmologist.
These symptoms are concerning and regardless of the relationship with the filler, posting
a question will certainly give you some guidance but the sudden onset of red eye and blurred
vision is a concern to anyone who has an ophthalmology background.
Now this may be as simple as conjunctivitis but without a physical examination, we don’t
want to make that assumption.
So my advice is to see an ophthalmologist as soon as possible.
Get a proper examination to make sure that the eye health is fine and that everything
else can be a secondary concern from that point forward.
So I hope that was helpful, I wish you the best of luck and thank you for your question!