Juvederm: Stories

Update us on how you do I may have to do the same thing....I'm 16 weeks out so it is too early to tell. I'm probably too scared to do anything else ever again. I do not trust plastic surgeons after my experience.

Update...I am saving money for a lower eyelid bleph to repair the problem from now FOUR years ago juvaderm injections. It is going to cost $5700.00 to repair the damage. I look tired and puffy all the time and I can't live with it anymore. Paying the price. What a thing to go through. I'm telling you guy! =S

Could you find a solution for your eyes?

*Katrina* =)

Yes, you have to sign a consent for everything now a days. I ASKED him point blank if there could be any permanent disfigurations from the procedure and he said NO. So the fault there, it seems to me,is that the Dr lied to me. I read the fine print, just like I read what the complications can be on my medications etc. He told me there was NO CHANCE OF ANY long lasting complications and I believed him. So no. In this case I really don't take the responsibility. Sorry Mellisa.I would not have had it done if he told me there was even a CHANCE I could get baggy eyes, and the form I signed did not say that either. Everywhere else juvaderm just melts away. If you don't like it, you just wait a few months and it's gone. Why would I have assumed THIS could be an outcome without being informed. Take your snotty comment elsewhere.

I've been in the ophthalmology field for 22 years. We do cosmetic procedures also. Every patient is informed of the possible risks of procedures. If you are an adult and you read the consent and sign that you understand the possible complications you need to take some responsibility when you have a procedure with an adverse outcome. I'm not advocating for bad doctors but come on. Don't have it done!!

psoldoff: Yes, fingers crossed! I'm confident this will all resolve. Our bodies WANT to get rid of things. I just think this stuff sticks around and mixes things up far longer than these doctors tell us. But in time, we'll be back to our selves. I bet you look better than you think you do too. I mean, my lips have caused me all kinds of panic at times, when I've had a few over-fills and it went away on it's own -- I looked like same old me again. As the eyes are less forgiving, it's not the same, but it IS the same material, so I think it just takes extra time. I had an enormous bruise on my arm from a car accident -- it lasted for months and months. Of course I never felt ashamed because it was an accident, not something I felt silly about (vanity), but it took a long time to heal, and it was ugly! But it healed. And this will too. Our bodies want to heal.

Keep me posted. I'm so sorry this has caused you such stress, but since I understand and empathize completely, it would be nice to lift each other's spirits! And you deserve it!

psoldoff: Thank you for your post. I wish every woman considering this procedure could read this, because it would really help them research more and weigh the pros and cons.

Too often the doctor makes it seem like such a tiny little thing. "Oh, it'll be fine in a week. It's just swelling. You're overreacting." etc. and so on. They don't consider both the patients anatomy AND their self esteem. I really think doctors should talk to their patients at length about not just the procedure, but how one might FEEL after. Even if done well, some patients get depressed. It's an invasive thing that changes your appearance and it can cause obsession and sadness in people who walked in quite normal and healthy. I also had this done. Once, it was just fine. The second time, a year later, it was a nightmare. Huge bruise, lumps, had some of it dissolved, but that never really helped (probably made things worse), and a year and a half later, I too have noticed more eye bags. Some days are OK, others I wake up and I'm like "Oh my god!" I never had eye bags before, my problem was sunken in eyes. Well, not anymore. I'm pretty sure most of the product is gone, but now I will have to suffer with eye swelling more frequently (especially before and during my period). I also developed dry eye syndrome from this, and I've just had to accept that now too.

Please don't be too hard on yourself. One thing I believe is that, through time, it WILL just heal. Our bodies do heal themselves, but when we have unnatural product placed in there, it can take longer or our bodies will get confused. It's just that it takes so damn long... A lot longer than doctors tell you.

I've had my lips done. Very nicely and sometimes overdone -- but it's always gone away. But the eye area is really tricky. Again, there really should be a long discussion before this is done and it should be done in small steps.

Thanks again, and keep us posted. You've been through a lot. I totally understand.

Hi all!
Love my derm that does my JUVE fro me , BUT... it is killing me price-wise. I know I want to keep getting it but don't know how I would :
A. Get a script for ordering.
B. Inject it myself.
I know, I know... But any suggestions? And thanks to all; makes me feel better about beauty- not just vain.

All these stories are horrible! I recently had restylane as a filler for under eye hollowness. My eyes were swollen and black and blue for 3 days. Now I have 2 raised rims leading down to my cheek bones. I am planning to go for an early follow up because this looks aweful. Why do we put ourselves through this???? We spend our hardearned money and it is literally a roll of the dice if you don't end up looking deformed. I did not look terrible before, concealer did the trick. I just wanted to look refreshed without make-up. I did learn a very valuable lesson from all thisI Be grateful for what you have, a few lines or imperfections give you charactor. I will never put myself through anything like this again. I hope those of you who have suffered the pain, and deal daily with the deformaties left by these practioners get retribution. Not only for the demage they have done but for the emotional demage they have caused. I would sue them and contact each and every website and review your experience. These people have no right leaving anyone looking like that. Good luck and god bless