I had Juvederm injected into my tear troughs about two weeks ago. (The results so far have been just okay.) I was wondering if getting a facial would affect the Juvederm at all and if so, how. Thank you so much for your insight.
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June 23, 2012
Answer: Wait 2 weeks for a facial after an Injectable treatment
Daniel Levy, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
Thank you for your question regarding the use of Juvederm Ultra
Plus for tear trough injections. Currently, in the United States, tear trough
injections are an off-label, non FDA approved area for dermal fillers (although
the consensus is that the recently released Ignore Volbella should have ...
Canada may have different laws regarding purchasing some prescriptions online but Juvederm is only sold to licensed physicians for a reason. If you buy "black market" products online you may not get authentic product. Worse, there is no guarantee of product safety, or sterility. Most injectors...
Correction of tear troughs is for advanced injectors only. If done properly you should not look worse instead of better. While it is common to have some swelling and occasionally bruising, it sounds like you may be worse than usual. At 2 1/2 weeks I think you should expect to see better...