{"id":1047,"date":"2021-05-04T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/hyaluronidase\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T11:25:52","slug":"hyaluronidase-injection-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/hyaluronidase-injection-in-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyaluronidase injection in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Principle of hyaluronidasis :<\/h3>\n<p>Hyaluronidase (or hyalase) is an enzyme that dissolves hyaluronic acid, active even on injections that were several years ago. It is not active on certain hyaluronic acids such as Scupltra\u00ae or Radiesse\u00ae or on old silicone injections.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyaluronidase injections can correct<\/li>\n<li>Overcorrection<\/li>\n<li>Subcutaneous nodule<\/li>\n<li>Tyndall effect: bluish coloring related to the visibility by transparency of a product injected slightly superficially under thin skin<\/li>\n<li>Asymmetry<\/li>\n<li>Correction technically satisfactory but for which the patient wishes, after reflection, not to wait several months for the product to resorb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Warning:<\/h3>\n<p>Only doctors, with a practice authorization, can inject hyaluronidase in Switzerland. The laboratories selling it are only authorized to sell it to doctors with a license. There are many counterfeits that can endanger your body.<\/p>\n<h3>Technique:<\/h3>\n<p>Skin allergy test: for patients who have never had an injection of hyaluronidase or for multi-allergic patients, a small dose of hyaluronidase is injected in the arm and one waits 20-30 minutes before injecting the desired site. Redness appearing within 5 minutes and persisting at 20 minutes is considered a positive reaction and contraindicates an injection.<br \/>\nTopical anesthesia with cream and injection with cannula or needle.<\/p>\n<h3>Results:<\/h3>\n<p><b>Time to results:<\/b> 4 to 10 days (1 injection is sufficient most of the time)<br \/>\n<b>Longevity of results:<\/b> definitive<\/p>\n<h3>Before injfection:<\/h3>\n<p>Inform Dr. Lucas of any anticoagulant medication (Sintrom, Coumadin, Eliquis, etc..) or Aspirin, special care will be taken during injections to avoid small vessels and prevent hematomas and for some injections, a relay will be organized if medically possible.<br \/>\nTake Arnica capsules 5 times a day for 5 days before surgery if prone to hematoma.<br \/>\n<b>Contraindications:<\/b> pregnancy, breastfeeding, hyaluronidase allergy<\/p>\n<h3>Procedure :<\/h3>\n<p><b>Pain:<\/b> the pain during the procedure is not significant, with an adapted anesthesia, but patients describe a burning discomfort during the hyaluronidase injection<br \/>\n<b>Duration of the procedure:<\/b> 20 minutes<br \/>\n<b>Anesthesia:<\/b> local or topical<br \/>\n<b>Location:<\/b> office<br \/>\n<b>Outpatient (without hospitalization)<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>After the procedure:<\/h3>\n<p><b>Post-injection pain:<\/b> no<br \/>\n<b>Social eviction:<\/b> no (except if hematoma, which can be minimized with the use of a cannula and minimal swelling between 1 and 3 days depending on the patient)<br \/>\n<b>Return to work:<\/b> immediate<br \/>\n<b>Return to sport:<\/b> immediate<\/p>\n<p>Avoid anti-inflammatory drugs and smoking for 48 hours<br \/>\nIce for 48 hours to reduce swelling<br \/>\nMassage areas the next day if you feel irregularities or hard areas for 1 week<br \/>\nArnica capsules 5 capsules 5 times a day for 5 days after injection if hematoma<br \/>\nControl Dr Lucas 2 weeks<\/p>\n<h3>Complications:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Infection, hematoma, asymmetry, undercorrection<br \/>\n&#8211; Allergy: the allergic risk is low, but it must always be taken into account and requires strict precautions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2172\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210920_171014_com.instagram.android_edit_10632762950981-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210920_171014_com.instagram.android_edit_10632762950981-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210920_171014_com.instagram.android_edit_10632762950981-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210920_171014_com.instagram.android_edit_10632762950981-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210920_171014_com.instagram.android_edit_10632762950981.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hyaluronidasis nose, nasolabial folds, chin, jawline and lips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principle of hyaluronidasis : Hyaluronidase (or hyalase) is an enzyme that dissolves hyaluronic acid, active even on injections that were several years ago. It is not active on certain hyaluronic acids such as Scupltra\u00ae or Radiesse\u00ae or on old silicone injections. Hyaluronidase injections can correct Overcorrection Subcutaneous nodule Tyndall effect: bluish coloring related to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1047","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucasplasticsurgery.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}