No. Restylane injections can not be a replacement for any type of surgery procedure.

Surgical procedures generally tighten the skin or muscles to rejuvenate. Dermal fillers like restylane fill up the areas around them that need to be treated and smoothen them to give a younger look. The two procedures are very different from each other and cannot be replaced.

Some times have a surgery procedure performed such as a face lift can not remove your wrinkles. This is why derma fillers have exploded in popularity. Derma fillers smooth out the skin and will provide you with a more youthful appearance.

Surgery and restylane procedures can be performed on the patient but they may have to be staggered, i.e. they cannot be used at once and the same time. It is for the doctor to decide the procedure. Surgery and restlyane complement each other but do not replace each other. Each procedure has its own plus and minus points. The doctor has to be consulted and a thorough discussion on the kind of therapy to be used has to be decided. Maybe a combination of surgical and derma filler procedures may fetch the best results. It depends on the patient, his age, his doctor and his body structure.

Many people do not have enough faith in derma fillers or they are afraid of the unknown consequences. Or they may have a sensitive skin which does not augur well for outside medicines. Though restylane does not produce any allergy or any reaction those with very sensitive skins may prefer the age-old therapy of surgical intervention for face-lifts.

Restylane is where hyaluronic acid gel is injected into the area to be treated. This hyaluronic gel is similar to the hyaluronic acid present in our bodies. Hence pre testing for allergy is not needed in this form of treatment. The gel attaches itself to water molecules and fills up the gaps, which have caused lines or wrinkles in the patient. Restylane then remains there for about six months and then gets absorbed or removed through natural means.

Surgery, on the other hand, consist of incisions and sutures, anesthesia and hospitalization, recovery period and medications which restylane procedure does not have. Yet restylane cannot replace surgical procedures. Each has their own importance.