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Can Juvederm Migrate from Glabella Area into Eyes and Cross the Blood Brain Border?

asked 8 months ago by katie daily in England
Latest answer by Jo Herzog, MD
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Tags: eyes, migration, risk

Have heard that juvederm can migrate from its original place.Is it posible for filler to migrate from glabella area into eyes causing floaters and blurry vision.Also have heard that botox can cross the blood brain border as it can be used to treat migraine so can juvederm do this also would this cause neurological symptoms like a stroke.Have also heard this is possible if filler leaks into cartoid atery.Please advice as these symptoms are happening to me but all tests are negative.Thank you.

2 answers to Can Juvederm Migrate from Glabella Area into Eyes and Cross the Blood Brain Border?

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Juvederm into eyes and brain

It is possible for any filler to get into into a blood vessel, unintentionally, and tiny amount migrate and form a clot but this would be very unusual and hopefully most of us will never see this. More likely would be a compression of a vessel in this area and skin necrosis but this too quite rare. Juvederm is very sticky so would not have tendency to "move" on its own and certainly I would not expect this or botox to cross blood brain barrier. If juvederm got in... more
Jo Herzog, MD

Birmingham Dermatologist
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Migration is minimal, if any

Juviderm can be molded after injection, so movement is possible, but migration in the way that you are describing it is near impossible. It certainly will not migrate into the eye or even the eye socket if its placed in the glabellar region. However, Juviderm, as with other injectible fillers, can embolize a small/medium sized vessel and obstruct its flow pattern. Luckily, this happens very rarely and would cauze necrosis [death] of the skin fed by the blood vessel.... more
A.J. Amadi, MD

Seattle Oculoplastic Surgeon

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