“First time juvederm user”
Juvederm: Worth it
Pain: Mild
I am 37 years old and this if my first experience with Juvederm. I have always been told that I look 10 years younger than I am, but with the stress I have had in my life over the past 9 months, I noticed a decline in my appearance.
I had Juvederm Ultra injected in my nasolabial folds yesterday. The left side line was more pronounced that the right side was, so the person who injected me started with the left....he wasn't sure he would be able to accomplish the results I wanted with one syringe and asked me how I felt about trying it out with one to see what we could do (I couldn't afford a second!) So anyway, It was an 8ml syringe and there was such a noticeable improvement with only 5.5 injected he stopped injecting. There was also a bit of swelling going on on the left side, so he wanted to stop there to let the swelling go down a few days and then we can see where we want to use the rest....
Well, it is the day after and besides a few pin spot bruises I have had no problems at all....The mild swelling has gone down on the left side too....what I see today, just one day after my injection is astounding, it almost makes me want to cry. There is such a noticeable improvement even with just 5.5ml injected. My self confidence in my looks has been taking a nose dive the last few months, I have been obsessing about these lines that seemed to appear in a matter of months. I now feel my confidence coming back and feel a ton better about how I look! I think with that one injection, it took 5 to 10 years off my face.
The nice thing about Juvederm is that if you don't use all the syringe, your practitioner can store it for use until next time. I will be going back in the next week or so to have the rest injected, after I look my face over for a bit and see where I think it's needed.
The place I went to for my injection was awesome...the staff are super friendly and the practitioner that injected me was very knowledgeable, kind and honest (He did not say oops! We need another syringe!! lol). He truly was amazed that we got the results we did with not even using a whole syringe. I am too:)
I fully believe that Juvederm was worth every penny I spent and hopefully the results will last as long as they say it can. Pain was pretty mild, just a sting during injection but other than that really its nothing...I actually went to work about an hour after the injection too.....
Thought I would add some photos of my results...it is pretty amazing to say the least! The first one was taken the night before I had the injection done. The second photo was taken about an hour to an hour and a half after I had the injection. No brusing was showing at that time, but a few hours later, I noticed just a few tiny ones. It is now Monday, 3 days after my procedure and the brusing has diminished, but not completely gone....still love the results!!
.JPG "Taken the day before injection")
.JPG "Taken 1 hour after injection")
Sep 27, 2008Comments and replies (21)
94 posts
30 Sep 2008
wow, nice job!
94 posts
30 Sep 2008
oh and before you have the rest (Juvie) put in, ask if it will cost you more money? I was not told my my Medspa that the rest of my Juvie that they saved 4 me would cost me another $150.00 on top of the $750.00 plus "tax"(NJ only..idiots) I payed for origial injections...some spas are sneaky that way* You do have wondeful results so far, glad you R happy with them!
23 posts
30 Sep 2008
Thanks for the advice and for the nice comments....I am having the rest put in this Thursday...I can't believe they would charge even more to get the rest of your syringe put in?!?! That is rediculous....hopefully this will not be the case here....but we shall see....
94 posts
6 Oct 2008
well, that's good, $50.00 isn't to bad but they should tell you ahead of time that a fee will B charged.... so r u still loving your results??? Hope so*
1 post
19 Nov 2008
wow, I have the same lines and have been thinking about doing injections for quite some time. After seeing your pics, I made an appointment for next week!! The cost will be $750, which is really steep for me, but if it makes me feel better when I look in the mirror, it will be worth it!! Hope I get the same results you did!
1393 posts
20 Nov 2008
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2 posts
21 Nov 2008
Hi. Thanks for the infor. Do you have the phone number, address and doctors name for this treatment? Thanks.
14 posts
18 Dec 2008
You look great. I hope I can get the same results.
unregistered guest
10 Jan 2009
where in wi did you have it sone you look great :)
90 posts
28 Jun 2009
please tell me where you went as i would like to go also. finding a good juvederm provider is so difficult. Many "provide" juvederm, but not that many are good at it, i learned from my experience. Also, correction: it was an 0.8 mL syringe, not 8 mL. he only injected 0.55 mL, not 5.5. Trust me, you would look like a balloon if he injected 5 mls into ur face. ! :)