Being scared to death of injections (surprisingly not for Botox), I never imagined that I would agree to have hyaluronic acid injected.
And yet, about a year before Forever opened in Lausanne, while we were looking for the 'perfect' hyaluronic acid that would enable us to offer a very natural lip treatment, the doctors begged me to be their first model... I already have naturally plump lips, so I was a little reluctant, but I gave in to help my team! A few weeks later, I was surprised to experience an allergic-type inflammatory reaction: my lips swelled up asymmetrically, a reaction that was as sudden as it was short-lived.
Four years later, as I am approaching 40 years of age and this episode is now a distant memory, I wanted to try a hyaluronic acid injection in my cheekbones, finding that they were starting to lose volume. The injection went very well, especially as I was hypnotised by one of our doctors. However, a few weeks later, I find myself having the same kind of reaction again. Whenever I'm ill or tired, I feel a slightly painful inflammation (this time it's mild, fortunately) in one or other of my cheekbones; fortunately the sensation never lasts long.
Curious to understand what was happening to me, I went to ask our Medical Director and my father, Dr Luigi L. Polla. According to them, I'm one of the few people who can't tolerate hyaluronic acid - even though it's absorbable and already naturally present in our skin.
Here's what they recommend for people like me, who still want to age gracefully and preserve their beauty assets:
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