Injected hyaluronidase reduces restylane-mediated cutaneous augmentation.

Author: Vartanian AJ, Frankel AS, Rubin MG

Author affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. drvartania@yahoo.com

Publication date & source: 2005.07, Arch Facial Plast Surg., 7(4):231-7.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of injected hyaluronidase in cutaneous areas previously augmented with Restylane (Q-Med AB, Uppsala, Sweden), a nonanimal, stabilized hyaluronic acid (NASHA) gel. METHODS: A prospective, randomized study was undertaken in 2 parts. First, the effects of hyaluronidase and saline were compared on post-NASHA dermal augmentation. Next, 3 different doses of hyaluronidase were evaluated after NASHA gel dermal augmentation. A blinded evaluator assigned postinjection skin scores. Each patient served as his or her own control. RESULTS: Hyaluronidase dramatically reduced the size of the augmentation created by injected Restylane in all of our subjects. A comparison of average scores of saline-injected sites vs hyaluronidase-injected sites revealed a statistically significant difference. By 4 to 7 days after hyaluronidase injection, skin scores were at 20% of baseline (P<.001). Dose-related response to injected hyaluronidase was also observed, although it was not statistically significant. A number of patients (25%) demonstrated localized, self-limiting hypersensitivity reactions to injected hyaluronidase. CONCLUSIONS: Intradermal hyaluronidase injections can be used to reduce dermal augmentation from previously injected Restylane. A small dose of hyaluronidase equivalent to 5 to 10 U may be injected initially.

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