“Horrible outcome, worse than before!”
Juvederm: NOT worth it
Cost: $500
Pain: Mild
Pain: Mild
Juvederm satisfaction: Poor
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Why: Because he told me that the swelling was normal and would not help me get this injection reversed.
I have bags under my eyes and was just not ready to have surgery done yet. So I went to a plastic surgeon to find out what could be done without surgery. He then told me Juvederm injected in the lower eyelid would get rid of the bags completely because he would fill in the the areas around the bags so it would be all smoothed out.
Boy was he wrong!!! It looked ok the first day but then the Juvederm "relocated" all the way from the inner corner or my eyes to past the other corner.
Now instead of just having little bags under one side of each eye I have HUGE ones ALL the way under my eyes !! Please look at my pics and do not have this procedure done under your eyes.
Oct 3, 2008Comments and replies (29)
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23 posts
5 Oct 2008
Juvederm under the eyes is very tricky. I have heard that it either works well or it works horribly...there is no in between, and the person that is doing the injections, must really know what they are doing. I myself, would opt for another treatment of under eye bags and not go with the Juvederm, even though I would recommend it for around the mouth. I have fantastic results with Juvederm and my nasolabial folds...
94 posts
9 Oct 2008
I am so sorry about the results from the juverderm by your eyes,isn't there a injection that takes the juverderm away?? I forgot the name of it but I di believe it works. I wish you well*
7 posts
10 Oct 2008
Thank you Ladies for your help and support. Just hope to have saved someone else from making the same mistake I`ve made.... Unfortunaltely, I am unable to take off of work right now to have the Hyaluronidase injection done so I guess I`ll have to look like that for a while. Does anyone know of a non surgical treatment for eye bags? I`ve heard of Ultrasonic or Microcurrent devices that are suppose to help. Has anyone had experience using those and do they work? Again, thank you for your help!!!
94 posts
11 Oct 2008
hi again, bags under the eyes is just fattty tissue, the ultrsonic devices may help somewhat but short of having that fat removed in that area you may be disapointed & spend more money on something that will probably not last long?? I guess it would not hurt to try these things if you don't want the surgery right now* JoJo
77 posts
6 Nov 2008
I know how you feel!
3 posts
6 Nov 2008
You can have it removed by a doctor (hopefully a different one!) using 18G needle, pricking the skin and squeezing it out. Sound dramatic but it works.You will have a week or 2 of bruising but it's better than waiting up to 6 months for it to resolve, since it is a relatively immobile area - compared to NLF or lips. Dissolving doesn't always render best results.
77 posts
8 Nov 2008
the second doctor I went to said he could not do anything because he did not know exactly where it was placed!
2 posts
16 Dec 2008
I am sorry for your poor results and the stress of having to deal with the matter. I had asked about having the bags under my eyes removed, though was told what I instead required was a filler and was told Restylane would work. I had this injected into the top layer of the skin rather than into the underlying deeper tissues and indeed the results have been very good and there has been no movement of the filler itself. I had later gone to another doctor (for convience sake) and he had done some deep injections, those these have given the area a somewhat translucent and darkened look, though it's really not all that bad. In the future, I'll instead be going back to the fellow that had done the original work, as he really seems to be better at doing his job. I hope that time will soon make your condition better.
7 posts
17 Dec 2008
Thank you for your reply, I am glad you`ve found a doctor who knows what he is doing! It has been 1 year now since I was injected and it still looks like the picture I posted. Thanks for all your help and support, guys!
1 post
31 Dec 2008
i think the proplam is with ur doctor not with Juvéderm. but don't worry it's will become normal in time