Juvederm: Stories

I totally feel your pain, I feel like a deformed freak. I've had misplaced juvederm ultra around my mouth going on 4 years now. Tried to dissolve again (3rd time) at 3.5 years and left big marionette flaps where there used to be big juve pillows around the corners of my mouth. But there is still Juve because it swells up too, just not as hard feeling as it was. Not sure why this does not go away around the mouth, it dissolved in my lips pretty easily so I know it was juvederm, not a fake. Keep us posted on your progress.

If in fact what you truly have in your face is juvederm it should be gone soon. The areas of your face that have more movement makes it dissipate faster, such as around the mouth. When I had juvederm in my lips it was gone within a few months. When I had it placed under my eyes if was still there four years later which is why I had it dissolved. Hated juvederm. A horrible filler and I feel your pain. I will bet it will be gone soon, try to give it a few more months. I think they just wayyyy over filled you. Hang in there:)

You need to get a lawyer

You might want to find someone who is not shy with hyaluronidase. Most docs I have seen try to take out a little at a time, which only makes it worse. Tell them to flood it with hyaluronidase and that you want it all out and that you are willing to wait and start from scratch, if necessary.

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I re-read your review - You did get it in your lips. My thoughts are to have your doctor try and dissolve the Juvaderm in your lips first. As I stated above, the Juvaderm cuts your smile short, therefore, I think it's actually the Juvaderm in your "lips" that is actually "messing" everything else up. I HATE the way my lips / smile look now.

I'm so sorry this happened to you - Did you get the Juvaderm injected into your lips as well as your face? - Your lips in your "after pics" are a completely different shape than in your "before pics" (smile) ...I got Juvaderm injected in my lips, and my smile now looks a bit like yours. The Juvaderm in my lips completely ruined my smile - It's like my upper lip doesn't expand all the way and my smile is "cut short." - I look like a completely different person when I smile now, and now, only smile with my lips closed. I am considering getting a small amount of Juvaderm, very small, injected into one side of my smile lines (not the smile line itself, but a little above my smile line on the left side-only. I believe smile lines SHOULD be there. We've had them at 16, we should have them now. I think 5 years olds are the only ones who don't have smile lines - I don't want to look 5, lol). If you got the injections in your lips as well as your face, perhaps you should try having the Juvaderm in your lips dissolved, first - This might help with the global picture. P.S. - I am only considering getting it "above" my smile line because the area is very-very small, like a 1/4 inch by 1/4 of an inch - Way small. I will also look into Restylane.

Hi depressed girl, so sorry to hear of your dilemma, i just hope you were not injected with JUVENI HA filler like I was, I am now scarred forever and even after surgery tiny fragments of hard shards of filler are still working to the surface of skin, as wasn't a HA filler at all.. I have Juvederm Ultra and never had any probs, Juveni is a very similar name and not FDA approved like Juvederm which is FDA approved, I only comment to wish you well as I know whats its like to suffer and just to make people aware of Juveni and the problems it causes and the problems, terrible infection, and surgery I had to go through.. All the best to you

What I have found is that when you go to have it dissolved most doctors just dissolve a bit at a time. Most want to preserve volume because they are afraid you are going to miss the volume. I think you have to convince them to take it all out instead of going through the bruising/swelling process of dissolving every two weeks and just prolonging the whole painful process. Playing with fillers has been like playing Russian Roulette for me, and taking filler out is not as easy as all the docs on this site make it sound. This is an insidious business that capitalizes on our minor insecurities. Most docs make it sound as benign as getting a haircut until something goes wrong- then they try to make you feel like it is your fault and that you should have known the risks involved. I hope things improve, and you should ask a doc to just flood it with enzyme.

Thanks for your post, I had botox for the first time just between my eyes. And I'm 47. I was thinking about juviderm for around my mouth, but my surgeon said he had rather do the fat transfer its a better result , so I'm thinking I will not get the juvederm right now and save toward the fat transfer.. Thanks again, I hope u get the results u are looking for.

so sorry for you did you tra an eco scan? from the eco scan you can see at least if it looks like a hyaluronic, i.e. transparent.. and you can also see the status of your tissues... i had many as i had a strong reaction to hyaluronic.. and i still have.. i also had a biopsy and they still found some product ... this is really terrible...