Juvederm: Q&A
Ask a QuestionIs There Any Way to Take Juvederm Out of Your Lips?
i just got my lips done yesterday and theyre absolutely aweful and huge. is there anyway to take the juvederm out?
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Peabody
in Peabody, MA
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Removing Juvederm from the lips
Juvederm, like all hyaluronic acid fillers (e.g Restylane, Perlane, Teosyal), can cause swelling after injection, especially if the lips are treated. Give it 1 week to settle down ; if at that point you're unhappy, you can have your physician inject you with hyaluronidase to dissolve some of the Juvederm. Dr. Benjamin Barankin, Toronto Dermatology Centre.
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Removing Juvederm from the lips
Unlike Prevelle, which is a fully hydrated Hyaluronic acid, Juvederm is not fully hydrated and it absorbs water from the tissues in which it is injected. This causes a temporary swelling which may look allarming.
Most likely, at the end of the procedure you looked at your lips and they must have appeared satisfactory. But within several hours subsequent to the injections, the hydration of the Juvederm took place and they appeared excessively full.
In a few days your lips will...
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Removing Juvederm from lips
Thanks for the question.
It is common to experience a modest amount of swelling following Juvederm injections into the lips. I would give it a few days (3 or so) before you consider removing the product. To answer your question, yes, Juvederm can be removed with the use of hyaluronidase, which is an enzyme which targets and degrades hyaluronic acid ( the active ingredient in Juvederm) immediately.
Best of luck,
Glenn Vallecillos, MD, FACS
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Juvederm Lip Injections May Initially Seem Too Big
It is perfectly normal to initially feel that your lip injections may be too much or too big. I would give it at least two to three weeks before coming to a final conclusion about their size. If you still feel uncomfortable with their size, hyaluronidase can be injected into the lips to dissolve the Juvederm.
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Juvederm removal
It's normal to get swelling immediately after Juvederm placement in the lips. I always tell my patients to expect this so they don't too worried. I'd ice and massage it and wait a few days. If you still hate it and want it removed - your doctor can use a product to dissolve it.
Dr. Cat Begovic M.D.
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Early swelling from Juvederm injection can be treated
After Juverderm injections, marked swelling can occur in the first week. As a lot of the unwanted "volume" at this early point is swelling, (assuming the injector administered the "needed" amount of volume), measures to bring down the swelling will help. Cold compresses, an extra pillow or two under your head at night can help. For extreme swelling, a short course of oral steroid medication, (a "medrol dose-pack"), can also help a...
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Lip Augmentation with Juvederm: Swelling is normal
Lip augmentation with a hyaluronic acid based filler like Juvederm is reliable with minimal complications. The swelling you are complaining about so short after the injection is perfectly normal and is likely secondary to the trauma of the injection and not the filler itself. It would be likened to bumping your lip and getting a "fat lip". Utilizing a local anesthetic with epinephrine to numb the lip before hand, as well as avoiding blood thinner products like NSAIDs and...
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Filler removal
Fortunately, hyaluronidase will dissolve Juvederm as well as Restylane and Prevelle. I inject a small amount when needed.
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You need to be patient after lip injection
There is always swelling in the first 2-3 days which would distort the appearance of your lips. I would suggest waiting for 2 weeks and if you are still unhappy, the lips can be reduced using hyaluronidase.
Montreal Plastic Surgeon
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