“Juvederm allergy (tear troughs)”
Juvederm: NOT worth it
Cost: $325
Pain: Severe
Review of Juvederm:Pain: Severe
Juvederm satisfaction: Very good
I recommend my Juvederm provider: Name not provided
Why: Not doctor but product's fault.
No swelling, etc, looks great. An hour later I developed an allergic reaction- blisters,swollen palms and soles,face and inside eye lid red raw,numb swollen tongue also with blisters,faint and unwell.Ended up in A&E.
I had Radiesse injected in my face last year and Restylane 6 years ago and never had any problems.Good result but serious allergic reaction. Wanted to fill tear trough area. Would never use again but want an alternative.
Oct 25, 2009Comments and replies (3)
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1417 posts
26 Oct 2009
Here's a related Doctor Q&A about the difference between Restylane and Juvederm allergies:
Juvederm and Restylane allergy?
Both are quite rare; being allergic to one and not the other is even rarer.
4 posts
26 Oct 2009
Hun, I would suggest you be very careful & let them know of your reaction to the Juvederm...The doc said that it is extremely rare to be allergic to one & not the other... The situation could very well be that you just became sensitized to it & you could definitely react to the other now...ie. You could theoretically take a baby aspirin every day of your life for 41 yrs, then suddenly become "sensitized" & no longer able to ever take it again. The same situation occurred for mewith sulfa drugs - I spoke to a nurse who told me since I hadtken them numerous times beefore that my symptoms "couldn't be an allergic reaction"... FORTUNATELY, the doctor called me himself just before I popped another one, as I would up in bad shape later with facial swelling & GIANT welts all over my body etc... You under no circumstances want to risk an anaphylactic reation!
3 posts
16 Nov 2009
I just tried Juvederm for the first time, but had Restylane and Perlane in the past with minimal bruising. The Juvederm was injected around my mouth and the beginning of marrionette lines, only 1 syring, but I have had redness and crusty in that area now for a week. I think you can have reactions to one particular filler.