Juverderm Eye Bags (Tear Troughs) - Australia

I know how hard it is for you. I had Juvederm two weeks ago for eye hollows. I got a ridge along each injection site. It appears a raised line on my cheek bone. I can feel the gel when I touch it. I am going to see the dr tomorrow and will ask for the treatment of Hyaluronidase. I don't know whether it will work or not. I wish I would' never do it.

Also - to add if this is a granuloma is there a treatment for it other than surgery?

Philippa - I live in Australia also. I had restylane dissolved with hyaluronidase in June 09 and it has been downhill ever since. The swelling under my eyes after the hyaluronidase was incredible. I had a hypersensitivity reaction to the hyaluronidase and under my eyes blew up like two water balloons and went completely black. I had dark circles before but honestly they went BLACK. I too have puffy bags under my eyes now, but guess what? They are from BOTOX. My face got dropped by botox (administered at same time as the filler), causing my eye muscle to flatten out which allowed my facial fat to droop down my face. I also think my cheek muscle got caught by the botox too. It is called cheek ptosis and I have written all over this website about it. Botox can also cause festoon formation under the eye (which I also have) and I have written about that too. Lots of people complain about puffy eye bags after botox. I have improved a bit now (six months later) but initially it looked like I was ill or had lost a lot of weight, but it was neither. It was botox. The botox also overly weakened the muscles directly under my eyes enabling the fat pads to herniate and bulge forward. Hence, the new puffy eye bags. No amount of hyaluronidase will fix a botox disaster. I was very confused as to what had happened because I had two things done at once - dermal filler under the eyes and botox. When something went wrong, I blamed it on the restylane. WRONG CHOICE. It was not the restylane and I should never have had it dissolved. It was botox. But because I didn't know, I had more botox to try to disguise the damage and it made it a million times worse. My advice to you is stop with the hyaluronidase - it damages your own natural tissue. Also you risk permanent damage to your orbital septum, which only surgery like a blepharoplasty will be able to fix. After the amount of hyaluronidase you have had there is no way that you have any restylane left in there. And hyaluronidase dissolves your own natural hyaluronic acid so you are just damaging the tissue under your eyes very badly. Please no more. MY QUESTION FOR YOU: HAVE YOU HAD BOTOX IN THE CROWS FEET, BUNNY LINES OR UNDER THE LASHES WITHIN THE LAST SIX TO NINE MONTHS OR SO? I have done a lot of research on disasters with juvederm/restylane and hyaluronidase and botox. I am happy to help you work out what has gone wrong. There are several possibilities regarding your new eye bags: 1. It is swelling from the hyaluronidase which will only resolve with time 2. It is tissue damage from the hyaluronidase which is unlikely to resolve 3. It is botox related (if this applies to you) for which the only antidote is time 4. It is damage to your orbital septum from either the hyaluronidase or any of the injections around your eyes for which you will need to consult an ocular plastic surgeon to determine the extent of the damage and what can be done for repair. If you want to talk directly to me, please send me a private email through this site with your real email address and/or phone number. I have also been living this nightmare for many months so don't feel alone. Cheers, K

Thank you for your help. I just had the Juverderm and then the reversal. The lump is only in my left eye and makes it look like a bag. The hyaluronidase worked perfectly in one eye but this one still has the lump its firm so i am not sure if its product. I am trying to get into a occular surgeon with no avail until end of Feb. I thought it might be a granuloma but i have read the chances of that are so slim. So i am baffled as to what it could be and am tired of people pointing it I am curious to know if it is a granuloma what is the treatment, do they go with time or what else it could possibly be? Any help woudl so appreacited.

Thank you for your help. I just had the Juverderm and then the reversal. The lump is only in my left eye and makes it look like a bag. The hyaluronidase worked perfectly in one eye but this one still has the lump its firm so i am not sure if its product. I am trying to get into a occular surgeon with no avail until end of Feb. I thought it might be a granuloma but i have read the chances of that are so slim. So i am baffled as to what it could be and am tired of people pointing it I am curious to know if it is a granuloma what is the treatment, do they go with time or what else it could possibly be? Any help would so appreacited.

From all my research BEFORE I went to the doctor, Juvederm should never be used for eye bags. I want mine done too, but the only safe and long-lasting way is plastic surgery. Believe me if there was a non-invasive way I would do it. When I had my marionette lines done with Juvederm I asked the Doc. was by research right - response, most definitely. Don't mean to sound like a "know it all" but it's your face ladies/gentlemen, don't rely on your doctor for everything.

philippa is everything ok now?? Are you happy with your eyes? After the removal are you finally improved or just plain back to what you look like before you took any surgeries???

thanks!!!

Hi Tried But Failed

I had a huge amount of hyaluronidase injected in my laugh line area on the right side of my face 24 hours after having juvaderm injections. There was an arterial blockage from the juvaderm injection which was why it needed to be dissolved otherwise I was at risk for skin necrosis. The hyaluronidase spread throughout my face and causes swelling and blackness underneath my eyes. This happened six months ago and although better I still have what appears to be two fat pads protruding from each corner of my eyes. Not sure if this will eventually disappear or is permanent damage from hyaluronidase...I also have indentations under my eyes which appears to be tissue damage and hollowness...very frustrating as the hyaluronidase was not injected near my eyes and I never had any product injected under my eyes but it does show how dangerous this supposedly "safe" product is ...

i noticed nobody really answered your question . this exact thing happened to me and yes, it’s still possible to have one product left as when juvaderm is injected in the tear through it has to be injected very deep . I had juvaderm for about a year until i did it again and had a bad reaction to it, i had to get it dissolved 3 times. the best thing to to do is to talk to your cosmetic surgeon and have him reevaluate and verify if you need more.