1 Year Post Juvederm: New Under Eye Wrinkles - Is This Common?

I never had these wrinkles before and my physician is trying to tell me they are from my reading glasses which is totally untrue. Why under one eye? I believe the juvederm stretches the skin and once it wears off leaves stretched out wrinkled tissue.

I looked so much younger a year ago I went back to the doctor and just got more injections because she thought the juvederm would fill in these wrinkled areas instead theyblook more pronounced should i get the juvederm dissolved Marie

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6 Doctor Answers | Asked by marie1955 in boston,ma

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Juvederm can restore skin

Juvederm fills the skin out to where it had been before the body started to atrophy it like a grape turning into a raisin. The Juvederm is not stretching it out to a greater amount than it is supposed to be or ever had been. Once the Juvederm dissolves, the pre Juvederm skin returns. I have never seen new wrinkles form from the use of Juvederm or Restylane. If you are unhappy, though, with the new Juvederm, it can be dissolved with hyaluronidase.

Eyelid Wrinkles Secondary to Juvederm

Juvederm will improve contours, but it is not injected into the skin and will not make the skin quality deteriorate, which does cause wrinkles. Laser treatments or a chemical peel will decrease the wrinkles.

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Juvederm Will Not Stretch the Skin

Juvederm are made of hyaluronic acid, a natural component of the skin that progressively decreases with age. Hyaluronic acid is the fluid matrix that provides stabilization to the intercellular spaces that contain collagen and elastic fibers. Hyaluronic acid has the capacity to bind large quantities of water and keeps the skin firm and moisturized. I do not believe it can "stretch" the skin to make wrinkles worse in the long run. I think it just postpones the inevitable! more

Need more juvederm

Marie, I have never seen juveredm cause wrinkling. However, if your juvederm is gone you might see some return of wrinkles that it was relieving. Might consider getting some again.

Juvederm and wrinkles

It has not been my experience that Juvederm causes wrinkles. On occasion when there is a severe swelling reaction after Juvederm. There can be wrinkling when the swelling reolves. This is rare. If you feel the Juvederm is not what you expected you should contact the treating physician and have it removed. You should return to where you were pre-treatment. However, there is always continued sun damage going on so there may be progression separate from... more

Juvederm does not stretch the skin to cause wrinkles

Juvederm does not stretch the skin to cause wrinkles. It does fill wrinkles, however. Once the Juvederm is dissolved, the skin goes back to the place where it would be if nothing was done to it. That means if there is continuing sun damage or smoking, the wrinkling will worsen over time. This is particularly true on the left side of the face, which faces the driver side car window. Ultraviolet A light gets through the car window easily and does continuous damage... more

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reparata 27 Feb 2013

With my own experience, Juvederm wrinkles thin skinned people if placed under the eyes. It is like the effect of a rock underneath a towel. It also lifts the skin and makes wrinkles that were not visible very visible. I have dozens of before, and after, photos on the RealSelf website. The photos do not lie. Juvederm definitely caused dozens of large, deep, wrinkles to form on my face that were never visible prior to Juvederm under my eyes. I had very few wrinkles before Juvederm . Anyone saying that Juvederm can never cause wrinkles, or make wrinkles more pronounced, is just kidding themselves and refusing to read the thousands of cases on "RealSelf" that show otherwise. They fail to recognize that Juvederm is not intended for around the eyes by the manufacturer. Allergan's case studies show in can cause loads of problems, especially in the under eye area. One of the problems is heavy wrinkling of the skin, and blue discoloration. This is stated right in their case studies, so why do doctors continue to dispute all the available evidence? The product can be very good if injected in the right amounts and the areas it was made to be injected.

RS555 27 Feb 2013

Juvaderm does cause wrinkles and I would defy any of these doctors who say it doesnt to inject themselves for a year and see the results. For around the mouth, it forces you to smile in a different way and for the skin to be pushed up differently. I have new wrinkles where I never had any lines. In addition the skin around my mouth is now is stretched and hangs like loose jowels at the corners. This is 3.5 years post injection and most of the juve has dissolved so these flaps are what is left. Horrifying actually, because I never had loose skin. I only went to her to make my lips a little fuller and she tried to reengineer my entire smile.

reparata 17 Oct 2012

I had Juvederm injected on the top of my cheekbones to fill in eye wrinkles two weeks ago. Only only wrinkle buggged me when I smiled. None of the wrinkles were visible unless I smiled. I wanted the doctor to just trace over the one wrinkle with Juvederm, but she filled a large area, under both eyes, with Juvederm. It caused large, white, rounded, puffy areas under my eyes. I am very upset because I didn't want any of this done. I only wanted the one wrinkle traced. Above the juvederm bump I've developed about 30 condensed wrinkles under each eye and on both eyelids all the way up to my eyelashes. I never had one wrinkle in these areas. They are very visible even when I don't smile, and I look like a freak show when I do smile as these are the deepest wrinkles I've ever seen and I'm only 40 and always took great care of my skin. I was vitually wrinkle free except for the one a was a little unhappy with on the side of one eye when I smiled. I am completely devasted, and horrified because my life is at a standstill and I'm beyond depressed. In the morning, my eyelids are all baggy, and I've never had bags under my eyes in my life. The tops of my cheekbones, and under my eyes, look like someone took both of their fists and thrusted them into my eye area. My mother is horrfied at what I did to myself even though it was done without my knowledge. The doctor thought it looked fine when I suggested that it be dissolved because I never wanted it in the first place in these areas. I'm wondering if it is dissolved if the severe wrinkles under both eyes, and on my eyelids will remain. I want to know if they are permanent for if they can be removed. Should I get Botox on my eyelids and under them and let the Juvederm stay in my face. I'm in desperate need to advice as to what I should do. The doctor kept commenting on how I had unbelievably model like good looks. Now, I look like something from a horror film. If his can't be corrected, I really don't know how I will keep on living. I really feel like my life could be over.

reparata 16 Oct 2012

I was unhappy with one wrinkle that formed next to my right eye when I smiled. It was only visible when I smiled. The doctor told me that since Botox did nothing to freeze it, and she could fill it will Jevederm for $600.00. She decided to fill under, and around, both eyes because my other side had one lesser wrinkle that formed when I smiled. After she injected the juvederm, I had two large rounded circles under each eye and the wrinkles were still there when I smiled. It nothing to help and now I have two large disfiguring buldges under both eyes. Also, dozens of deep wrinkles formed above the bulge, under both eyes, and formed on both my eyelids too. All the way to my eyelashes! They are very deep and I never had one wrinkle in these areas before my injection with juvederm. Can anyone please tell me what I should do to help the large, round, white buldges and also the dozens of deep wrinkles that formed under my eyelids and on my eyelids? I am forty years old but looked at the most 30, and now I look deformed and 50. As of now, my life is ruined if I can't get any help.

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