Severe Neurological Symptoms After Juvederm, What Can I Do?

asked 8 months ago by katie daily in England
Latest answer by Andrew Miller, MD
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Tags: blurry vision, headache

Hi please advice have now been suffering severe symptoms almost 3 months after juvederm ultra 2 injected into glabella area.Have seen neurologists,doctors,had numerous tests,no one has any answer to help.Wrote to allergan,they say juvederm is safe for glabella?I have lost so much weight,headaches with severe burning in front.Had hyaloronidase 4 weeks ago,this did nothing but smooth 2 lumps either side of eyes where ultra 2 was also injected.Am so ill,memory loss is prevalent as are blurry vision

6 answers to Severe Neurological Symptoms After Juvederm, What Can I Do?

Neurological symptoms after Juvederm...

Juvederm injections would be highly unlikely to result in neurological symptoms. The substance is totally natural and doesn't affect the nerves. There are possible side effects that can occur such as bruising, and even skin problems such as skin loss in an extreme situation, but not what you are describing. Seeing an additional physician is mandatory, and further testing will be required so a diagnosis can be indentified. Make an... more

Andrew Miller, MD
Edison Facial Plastic Surgeon

Neurological symptoms and juvederm

Neurological symptoms occuring after Juvederm are essentially impossible. I have training in two subspecialties, neuro-ophthalmology and oculoplastic surgery. The neurological symptoms that you may be having are generally secondary to a problem that is occuring in the brain or spinal cord. Juvederm is injected into the skin. Additionally, the hyaluronidase which was injected dissolves it. There is something that occurs in medicine where patients prescribe a medical illness or... more

Chris Thiagarajah, MD
Washington DC Oculoplastic Surgeon

Neurologic Symptoms

I concur with my colleagues: it is very doubtful that these symptoms would be due to Juvederm injections. Any filler ( not Botox, which is not a filler), when injected into the glabellar area can lead to problems. However, this is due to either the filler compressing the supratrochler vessels or filler emollization. The latter would cause loss of vision in one eye. Compression of these vessles can cause ischemia and necrosis. Your symptoms do not accord with these findings at all... more

Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD
Virginia Beach Dermatologist

Severe neurological symptoms after Juvederm in Glabella

It is very unlikely that your symptloms may have anything to do with the Juvederm Ultra injections Having said that, we have to remember that the supratrochlear vessels (arteries and veins) are present at the lateral edges of the glabella and retrograde flow could conceivably make some Juvederm get into the orbital vessels and from there into the retinal vesselsand cause vision problems. However, this extremely unlikely scenario could certainly be diagnosed by an Ophtalmologist... more

Eugene Mandrea, MD
Chicago Dermatologist

Juvederm is not associated with these severe neurologic symptoms

It's true that if a dermal filler is injected into the glabella, it can potentially have serious side effects, but not the ones you are describing. If Juvederm or any other filler is injected into the glabella, it may compress or even more rarely be injected into the superficial blood vessels and result in skin tissue necrosis due to the interruption of blood supply. That would not account for the weight loss, headaches, memory loss and blurry vision. If there were tissue... more

Emily Altman, MD
Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

Does not sound like a Juvéderm® problem.

Your symptoms do not sound at all like something that would be related to treatment with Juvéderm® [or any other filler]. You'd better continue your medical and/or psychiatric workup to try to find out what the problem is.

Kevin C. Smith, MD
Niagara Falls Dermatologic Surgeon

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