“Juvederm ultra 4 to tear troughs”
Juvederm: NOT worth it
Cost: $525
Pain: Mild
Review of Juvederm:Pain: Mild
Juvederm satisfaction: Poor
I do not recommend my Juvederm provider: Name not provided
Why: Inexperienced
I had the treatment to add fullness to my Tear Troughs as I looked tired all the time due to the hollows. I bruised very badly under one eye & had lumpiness for quite a while. Now I just have 2 'black eyes' one worse than the other as more product was put there.
It would have looked great if it wasn't for the discolouration, but now I have to put up with looking worse than I did before the treatment, so it definitely wasn't worth it for me.
Oct 16, 2009Comments and replies (4)
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11 posts
18 Oct 2009
Hi I also had juvederm injected in my tear trough area. It was Juvederm ultra. My doctor is an eye surgeon so i trusted he would put it in properly. my eyes were black and swollen for about 10 days. He gave me a script for some steroids to take for a week which took down a lot of the swelling. Now i'm taking Arnica Montana for the bruising. They are looking much better. he said he could remove a bit of the juvederm but recommended that i leave it. Right now is about 4 weeks and they are starting to look very good with just a hint of the bruising. He said it would all disappear. If it wasnt injected properly i would have it removed. I hope you had a plastic surgeon do this or someone very experienced in the eye area. Good luck
17 posts
19 Oct 2009
Hi, I also posted about problems with juvederm in my tear troughs. First, due to my Dr hitting a bloodvessle I had a horrible black eye on one side. Took months to heal. Now, 15 months later Both my eyes have pillowy bags and some discoloration. I look WAY worse than I ever looked with the slightly sunken under-eyes! I know that a product can be injected to "melt" the juvederm, but because of the last black eye I had, I am now afraid to get injections in the eye area. I hope you get your problem fixed! (I have a pic posted of my blackeye here on this site.)
4 posts
19 Oct 2009
Thanks for replies. I have asked for the juvederm to be dissolved but my Practitioner (whi is also a GP) has never used it before & doesn't want to attempt it! I have tried various Cosmetic Surgeons in my area but none of them want to touch it so looks like I'm stuck with it until it's re-absorbed. There are too many people out there offering this procedure with little knowledge of the potential problems. My practioner had never even heard of the Tyndall effect! Still, I made the choice to go ahead with it, so in a way it's my own fault.
19 posts
27 Oct 2009
I don't know what Juvederm Ultra 4 is, but in the US we use Juverm Ultra or Ultra Plus. I like the Ultra Plus, personally. I am an aesthetics nurse, and I inject tear troughs all the time and have never had lumps or a bad side effect. The reason is the technique differs injecting tear troughs vs. other facial areas. Sounds as though your practitioner was using the same technique under your eyes as for Nasolabial folds. That is NOT correct. You need to inject DEEPLY into the dermis, almost perpendicular to the trough to avoid blood vessels. The tear troughs do not need much product. if you have bruised badly, then the practitioner injected too superficially, and needed to go deeper into the dermis at approxiamately a 45-60 degree angle. Several of these injections are made (2-3 usually) per trough and the product is massaged gently with ultrasound gel to facilitate smooth distribution. Juvederm is a FANTASTIC product. It is the practitioners who aren't so great. Thankfully, the product isn't permanent.