“Juvaderm with Dental Block for Fuller Lips, Lip Lines and Nasolabial Folds”

These procedures SHOULD BE PAIN FREE. No excuses! The common barbaric,Paris Island attitude of "no pain - no gain", bite down and ice-it is needlessly common in many offices and I hear about it repeatedly from new Juvederm/Perlane/Restylane patients coming to my Plastic Surgery practice in Memphis. The cheeks can be EASILY numbed without ANY pain. The Lidocaine numbess lasts up to 4 hours. My patients do not wince, tear, hyperventilate etc. They watch and guide my treatment by watching their wrinkles gradually filled in. As regards bruising - in the process of numbing you a vessel in the cheek must have been hit. If you already are prone to bruising and you worsened it by taking Aspirin, Advil, Alleve, Motrin, Vit E or a long list of blood thinning agents - bruising becomes inevitable. But - it does not need to be so. Ask your Plastic surgeon which drugs or herbs thin our blood and do not take then for 3 weeks before the treatment. Your next treatment will be a pleasure. Peter A Aldea, MD, FACS

I have to agree with Dr. Aldea, there is NO excuse for severe pain for these procdecures in this day & age, a simple dental block which I find most tolerable should nuymb the area'a quite well and NO pain should be felt after that. I had Juvederm done to naselfolds, lips and lip line with NO pain whatsoever after the block was given....and my little bit of bruising I did get was from taking an advil 2 days before procedure so my own fault. No pain no gain was not meant for this kind of thing!

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This doctor and her staff are horrible. When things do not turn out the way you want them to be she and her staff treat you like a dog! They do nothing to help you, and it is impossible to even get anyone to return your phone calls. I have been treated so badly simply because my breast procedure did not come out well. When I wanted her to correct the problem, she has given me the run around and her staff totally ignores me, or if they talk to me, it is like I am dirt.