Black Eye After Juvederm Injection

Why do I have a black eye after a Juvederm injection to put volume into my cheeks? I had a Juvederm injection on Friday. That evening and the next day I had a headache and felt unwell, and Saturday I awoke to find severe bruising of a red/purple colour under my right eye. Left eye is fine. Is this normal? Could the headache and feeling unwell be a side effect of Juvederm also?

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Juvederm and bruising

Unfortunately, any injection can cause bruising. It can happen from some food, blood thinners, anti-inflammatories to name a few.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Juvederm and injectables can cause bruising

Any soft tissue filler, juvederm, restylane, teosyal, perlane, etc can cause bruising. When using the soft tissue filler to enhance the volume and proportion of the cheek, the injections are often made deeply, just above the bone. There are many deep veins in this region of the cheek and if the cheek volume injection traumatizes a deep vessel, that bruising and swelling can track along tissue planes to show up as a bruise of the lower lid pad and region 1-2 days later. Cool compresses,... more

Black eye after Juvederm injections to cheeks

As the panel members stated, all injectable treatments come with the possibility of bruising. Although there are simple measures to take before the treatment to minimize this potential and steps to follow to manage the bruise, it will always be a potential with these treatments. The reason why the bruise developed under the eye although the cheeks were treated is because bruising will tend to follow the path of least resistance...the orbital area. Rest assured, it will impro more

Harold J. Kaplan, MD

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Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Injections near the eyes often cause bruising

I tell my patients they have a very high chance of bruising with fillers, especially if injected near the eyes. I can't answer your question about you feeling unwell without knowing more about your symptoms, but I can tell you that bruising under the eye is common, usually not a problem, and will go away in 3-10 days.

Lorrie Klein, MD

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Laguna Niguel Dermatologic Surgeon

www.ocdermatology.com

Bruising after fillers

any time there is an injection, the needle could cause a bruise even if you can't see a vein in the area. The minute bleeding could occur as a result of a tiny vein being nicked that is not visible. The slight blood cells travel underneath the skin and reach distant sites, and are visible in the thinnest areas the soonest. It is not unusual to see the bruise develop two to three days after the procedure.

Bruising after Juvederm injections near the eye

The face is a very vascular region and in any patient there can be bruising from the needle hitting a tiny blood vessel. This is made worse if you hadn't been told to stop aspirin, motrin, vit E etc a week or so before the procedure as these meds make your blood thinner and make you bruise more easily.