Black eye after Juvederm - how long will it last?

First of august I had Juvederm Plus put in the eye trough area. One eye had severe bruising. It took about 4 weeks for it to heal. Now that same area still looks bruised, although some days are worse than others.

How long will this last? I hope it goes away when the Juvederm dissolves...

2 answers to “Black eye after Juvederm - how long...”

A: Bruising after fillers

Steven Wallach, MD

Most filler injections cause a small amount of bruising that usually goes away in a few days and most of the time no longer than a week. For you to have long lasting bruising may mean that the tissue is permanently pigmented from the retained hemosiderin.  See your doctor about this.  It is not very... more

A: Some patients skin and soft tissues are very sensitive...

Michael A. Persky, MD

Hi dlb, Some patients skin and soft tissues are very sensitive (take my wife for example, "please", as Rodney Dangerfield used to say), and if the needle should hit a blood vessel, the bruising can be more extensive than even surgery.  It usually takes about a week for most bruising to resolve,... more

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Jeff Wilson
1 post
27 May 2009

I got a black eye about 6 weeks ago and it was bad enough to completely shut my eye down. The swelling and pain went away within a couple weeks, but the black is still there till this day. How long will the blackness stay around my eye??

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