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“dysport ~ not worth the risk - Gig Harbor, WA”
Depressed NEVER USE DYSPORT
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Spent: $686 in Gig Harbor, WA
Spent: $686 in Gig Harbor, WA
I had 3 lines across forehead, a couple faint "crows feet" lines and a deeper line next to my mouth other than that NOTHING. I really am not one to go down these paths but at age 36 I went along with my friends and had it done too. The injector from the Plastic Surgery office is said to train many on this type of procedure. First time I saw her for my forehead it was painful and had "goose" eggs on my forehead and really bad bruising.(She said she must have hit a vein) Mid December (2011) I had my forehead, chin, eyes and a couple spots around mouth. A small amount of Restylane into the deep line. Right away deep line became deeper and a darker color and had a blemish type thing at the top of the wrinkle for a couple weeks and a lump which I had to massage out. Now for the Dysport. My face has fallen and it can't get up. Eyes look and feel awful and really do look exhausted and 10 years older. (worked fine for my friends just not me)
Updated on 3 Feb 2012:
February 3rd 2012~I was super tired and there seems to be pressure behind my eyes and a bit blurry. But I gave my skin a break from all face and eye creams last night and makeup yesterday. Also, iced my face with a gel pack and felt a couple twitches in cheeks. I don't know if it is wishing thinking but I feel that in one day I look better very odd. BUT ~ I may not in a day or two who knows. But it at least is a huge boost to my morale.
Updated on 27 Mar 2012:
3 months out. Over the loss of appetite and weight loss. Skin tone is still "rough" hard to apply makeup. Eyes are weepy, glossy and tired looking. can no longer use eye liner since it looks smudged no matter what. LOTS of wrinkles. Full on crows feet, lines around mouth and forehead. I have changed my hair, makeup, skin care and had several different facials NON helped. Eyes are focussing better. Glad the illness went away that was awful. Still waiting for ANYTHING to "go back to normal" In the fine print on Dysports web site I believe some of these symptoms that the DR'S deny as possible are listed. At least a gorgeous girl I am aquainted saw this post and I was able to help her thank goodness.
Updated on 19 Apr 2012:
Took Spring Valley Brand "Hair, skin & Nails" along with Spring Valley brand D3 not D but D3 5000 IU. I really feel these supplements helped and I am someone who does not improve with anything. Ice, supplements, allergy eye drops and Dr. Wexler soothing eye gel really got me by.
5 months later looking improved people said 6-8 months to relatively improve is a fare assessment. Sorry to say. Follow instructions above for some relief.
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(PERSON WAS AN INJECTOR NOT A DOCTOR AT A PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER) rated this person high because they were fun and attentive. Very knowledgeable about muscle system and how they work, etc. Took time to visit and make you feel comfortable and at ease. Is training many other injectors in the area. Friends and Mother had success I didn't. WHAT I DID: Iced my face with a gel pack, no foundation, concealer, no face or eye creams, good dose of Motrin, antacid and Zyrtec. This what last nights and today's "TEST"
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Thank you so much for posting the pictures - as much as I don't want to say it, you are right. A big difference, and not the best one. :( I had some ugly bags develop under my eyes after I tried Botox. The good thing is it does wear off...it just isn't fun in the meantime.
Please keep us updated as time goes on & let us know how you are doing.
Yes, mine did go away completely. It lasts different amounts of time in different people's bodies. Some others have mentioned on here that how fast your body's metabolism is, and whether or not you work out can play a role in it. I naturally have a quick metabolism & I'm at the gym every morning before work, so if those theories are true it would make sense mine cleared quickly (relatively anyways).
This forum was posted in the Botox community, but from what I understand they function very similarly, so this may be of interest.
"Botox does wear off faster if you exercise"
I know it sucks to have to wait it out. There was a period of time when found myself shying away from smiling cause I hated the way my eyes looked when I did. Hang in there - it will get better!
hope this will get through my computers having problems so typing fast! i have to say you are very beautiful and i do think that you still look beautiful so hopefully, that helps some.. i sure do understand the depression though. hopefully it will wear off completely, in my case it has not yet, it has been 5 months. i still have two very noticeable huge new marks on the right of my forehead, were never there before. its exhausting and also physically painful and gives me lots of headaches which i never had before.. dr was sympathetic at first but after passing 5 month mark i told him it wasn't funny anymore and its really starting to get grueling. i told him i didn't blame him but wanted to work together to somehow fix the damage. he is considered the best but he looked like a deer in headlights. these people are playing with fire because in many people things might go ok, but when things dont go ok, they have NOTHING to say and nothing to offer. not even the very best of them.
its marketed as something very minor and safe with minimal effects and little risk, risk that is very rare and 'always' totally reversible and it this is just obviously not the case. this is why people get caught in these situaions because its sold as this extremely minor minimal non-risky thing so people dont even think to research it very very thoroughly like with more extensive procedures. when something goes wrong though, it can be such a disaster and take soooo very long to get better. you do still look beautiful though and hopefully, it will go back to normal. i also feel it made me look much much older. and its been -very- depressing. i put up a thread asking if anyone ever does completely get better.. so far, -noone- has answered it. i still hope the effects will go away completely but honestly, my dr's reaction was really scary. hopefully we'll all go back to normal and the people administering this stuff will quit using us as guinea pigs. >< good luck. also, supposedly, cardio exercise, massage, steam room etc helps and i have found that usign a small hand massager on my face as well as warm compresses and ice compresses, depending how things feel, has helped a lot. good luck getting better.
Wow, your eyes look much more relaxed in the photo you posted today. Very interesting! I do hope that is the case & will be very interested to hear what tomorrow brings for you.
ha thats what all the drs say. thats whats so pathetic about -all- these doctors.
boy if there is one common thread in all these stories, in all these reports, and in even all the doctors here when they answer stuff, its a lot of total bs. like they say 'you must have forgotten what you looked like before' (what ??) or 'gee ive never seen THAT before' or 'you must be imagining it' or 'thats totally unrelated'. seriously. its really pathetic and thats the worst part. its bad enough they do this stuff but they are so in denial! and they flat lie. so pathetic. people here even accused me of faking my pictures, squinting when i wasn't. they also said my pictures 'didn't look worse'. ha my pictures look horrifying. pathetic. they really, really really need to come up with a better response when things go wrong. they really dont need to treat people like we are stupid.
i agree dont spend money on anything just yet. it might be a while to go yet sadly and very few people have gotten any help from seeing other drs that ive heard. once this stuff is in there there is no choice but wait for your body to rebuild your acetylcholine receptors which have been killed by the toxin. so the stuff to focus on is anything that will help your body regrow nerves and muscle tissue, and try to stay mentally relaxed and let your muscles heal. its very hard to just ignore it thought cause its right on your face! and like you said, it makes you feel so crappy.
one thing that interests me is you said you went wiht a bunch of people and none of them had problems. presumably you were done by the same injector/s so this makes me wonder, what exactly is the difference in people who have problems. you seem pretty healthy. im healthy too. so not sure what would cause the problems in just certain people and im curious about that. but its not acceptable for them to say what they say when people have problems, flat out lie and make things up and blame all these random illnesses.. they need to do much much better. i think you have a good chance to improve. your pictures look strange but not too bad. i really do hope you feel better real soon. i really do think the ice helps at least with swelling, i think sometimes warm packs also help, and i really think using a little hand massager helps when you start to get muscle tone back because i think it helps the muscles relax into their proper positions again. (or if you can afford it actual massage.)im keeping my fingers crossed for all of us.
i had mentioned lots of times to this dr that i am pretty sensitive to toxins.. i still can't figure out why he gave me such a massive overdose, especially after seeing what happened with the glue. about the human lab rats this is what i believe is happening. the reason i feel this is because i know a lot of doctors and i know that they often honestly have no idea what they are doing with certain procedures.. they really are 'practicing' and really often its just luck that certain things seem to work for lots of people, (like botox) and when things go right the doctors take credit.. but when things go wrong, their lack of real understanding becomes really apparent. just because something happens to work for lots of people, this doesn't mean the doctors really understand it or know how to control it fully. a safe medical procedure to me is something that the negative effects are also well understood and the doctors recognize them and know what to do about them. the fact that so many doctors here really show a lot of real ignorance about anything beyond 'yeah well it always works and it always goes away in a few months' which is obviously totally untrue, is pretty bad doctoring in my opinion.
hope things are getting better. it has been six months for me and i was ready for it to be over six months ago. this was a nightmare from the very first week. i was told this would last 'maybe 2 or 3 months' (typical lie) if i had known i would be looking this awful and feeling this awful SIX MONTHS later.. i would NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER have done this. ever. i was told this was a harmless little procedure with subtle natural looking results that are -completely- gone in 2 or 3 months. big fat lie. i -still- dont look like myself, my face still moves very abnormally and looks extremely unnatural. noone not even the dr who did this, can tell me at this point what to expect, or when this wil go away, or -if- this will go away. thats a big change from 'it always goes away completley in 2-4 months, ALWAYS' which is what they say when they are taking your money. im glad you are having a glimmer of hope and i sure hope that you get better very fast. maybe you are already feeling better that would be great.
Glad to hear an update from you, of course I wish it was better news, but at least you are getting closer to the Dysport being out of your system. If you feel comfortable, I'd love to see some updated photos.
Fastscription™ Instant De-Puff Eye Gel this product helped my eyes quite a bit. also, Clinical Dark Spot Corrector which makes your skin little more even. My health has improved quite a bit that part was so bad. My family Doctor did not think the "Dysport" was the cause for some of my issues BUT did say he does not know enough about the product to know it's effects. thought that was a fair statement. Hope that helps
Thanks so much for sharing what you found helpful to get you through this. I'm so glad to hear things are improving for you. Thank you for updating us regularly, please continue to keep us posted on what changes you are seeing!