Juvederm: Stories

Hi MBAgirl,I hope you have not had a bad reaction from a filler.Thank you so much for kindly posting all this useful information,it is so helpful to actually read that this stuff is just made up from a load of dangerous chemicals.How dare the FDA pass this junk and say its safe for human injection.Just to read it all here in black and white makes me quite scared that this is in my body,no wonder I had such an adverse reaction as have many people on here have.That fact I wasn't aware that juvederm is not indicated for the glabella area makes me angry I was I'll informed,that the practitioner failed to bring this to my attention just because he was greedy for money,not even considering the complications that could arise from this placement of the filler.Thank you so much,kx.

Thanks Katie :-) I hope u get to feeling better. Have u tried high doses of allergy med like Allegra? I called and asked Restylane what they use for a crosslink to Hyaluronic acid to make it a hydrogel and they say it is crosslinked with BDDE (Epoxy & Ether!) IF one wanted to get tested for allergy testing to this chemical via patch testing, the doc would test using epoxy. You may want to be tested for allergy to strep bacteria and whatever the crosslink is in Juvaderm. You can find online who the pharmaceutical company is for Juvaderm and ask what the crosslink to Hyalunronic acid is. If you are allergic, it is a start to get to feeling better.

Hi MBAgirl,yes I would have tried any tests,as I have had so many,yet none of the Doctors attempted to do any kind of allergy testing saying it wouldn't show anything even after a few weeks,I begged them to do a skin biopsy when I developed the psoriatic type rash all over my body,they kept delaying and by the time they agreed the rash was gone.It seems you have done lots of research MBAgirl,have any of the people you have talked to said if the bad effects of this will last.I guess that's the only thing I hold onto,that this will eventually metabolise,and I will heal from this.No one has any answers,that's the scariest thing,not knowing if this reaction will ever wear off.I think I was allergic to the whole composition of juvederm,I had a reaction everywhere this was injected so my system didn't like it.I wouldn't touch this stuff ever,even if Allergan paid me,I think if I wasn't as healthy as I was,I wouldnt have made it,I know that,it made me so sick,even now I don't know if I will get through this,I've just got to try and set myself on finding answers and like you say,getting information on the chemicals involved,at least I know what I'm dealing with,I just don't understand how they can put this stuff in fillers and lie and say its safe,how are they natural,they are evil,kx.

Hi Chad987,I'm so sorry you are experiencing hair loss,I too have that still,plus the vision and hearing loss,plus the dementia fog hell.Im so physically exhausted I can't even function properly now.Its been coming up to 16 months for me of pure hell and nothing is working as of yet.I am still taking the herbal medications,plus a thyroid hormone to try to regulate my system even though I have not had a recent test showing positive for thyroidism.Did you have juvederm,I can't believe this stuff is available still on the market,God knows what the long term effects are of this stuff.Please let us know how you are getting on,I don't post much on here as I get so depressed that I'm still trapped in hell,I just want my life back and to not be burning,or suffocating.Please keep posting,best wishes,kx.

I'm curious to how much you had injected and if your symptoms were instant, or rather came when it started to disolve several months later. For me, I was fine until around the 5 month mark when it started to disolve. My skin in my entire head has become pasty and flaky as my body tries to remove it. Now I'm starting to get ringing in the ears, headaches and strange delusional thoughts and even stranger dreams, I assume things are about to get worse... I've done many drugs in my life and nothing compares to this. It's more dangerous than cocaine or heroine if you ask me. I cannot believe this stuff is legal. I wonder if they FDA even tested it, or they were just payed off. I'm now at 6 1/2 months and there is still a lump in my forehead that has not disolved. Would you recmommend getting it disolved with hyaluronidase or did that make things worse? Thank you for replying so quickly!

forgot to mention. Have you tried juicing fruits and vegetables at all? I'm starting to do that a lot. It's the best way to alkalize the body from what I read and since juvederm is basically pure acid it can only help! look up guys like Dan McDonald, and Robert Morse on youtube. they are masters of natural healing. Maybe they can help you. I think alkalizing the body is the only way to fight this garbage. I dont trust anything medical doctors say or do anymore.

Hi Chad987,thanks for your info on the juicing I will definitely look that up,yes I too totally believe this stuff is so dangerous how the hell it's been passed is beyond me,Allergan could not tell me that they had any test papers for juvederm in the glabella,that scared me,as they've probably only tested it on lab rats and not human subjects.I think we are all experiments for these drugs and chemicals,they have to test it on someone.I got very sick after the hyaluronidase,it was administered 7 weeks after the juvederm.Thats when the severe 24 hour burning started,that was horrendous.I didn't even have any real visible lumps just one either side of my eyes.When you think that hyaluronidase contains thieremosol a derivative of mercury which can get into the brain,that's bad.This was done as a precautionary measure just to see if it would alleviate any of the symptoms,but it didn't it just made everything worse.I have been seeing a herbalist now for a few months I found her by chance as I was looking at natural herbs that could get into the brain and detoxify it,I found a herb and then a practitioner in Scotland who had great success using it,he has a daughter who funnily enough was visiting him when I emailed my story to her father,she wanted to help as she couldn't believe I had been so sick for so long,so I went to see her about an hour from where I live,she is doing all she can to help,even consulting with a Doctor in America that is quite well known,if I remember his name I will post it on here.She makes a tonic that tastes like something out of the bottom of a rats cage,not that I truly know what that tastes like,but it's something that's close to being that foul,but after not sleeping for a year,just the usual 1-2 hours a night I finally slept,and touch wood have only had 4 nights in about 3 months where I had the agitated state of insomnia return.I also looked up using bicarbonate of soda and maple syrup that is being used to treat cancer,as an Italian doctor,states all cancer is acid.So I have a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda in the tonic,it is supose to pass freely across the blood brain barrier to neutralize acid cells. My symptoms started that night after the injections,with severe burning on the cheeks and nasial label folds.Then 4 days later the heavy head,flu like symptoms,then the memory loss,severe sickness,then the insomnia then the blurred vision.It just got worse after that with the vomiting,diahorea,weight loss,hair loss.Ive never taken drugs,smoked or drank,but this feels like a trip into hell,like my brain is poisoned,this stuff makes me drowsy like I have been drugged,it's hijacked my brain.The feelings of severe depression hit me at different points of the day,and the suicidal thoughts are just plain crazy and so totally out of character for me,it's like waves of nausea,then the depression,then the crazy kill yourself thoughts,then the drowsiness,then the total desiquilibrium,then the ive been drugged feelings where I can't concentrate and slurr my words.I pray that you do not get to experience any of these symptoms,for me it was a gradual decline,I would say the first 5 months I deteriorated quite rapidly,every step of the way I felt this stuff pass into my blood into my brain,as crazy as that sounds that is the only way I can tell you,just feeling the acid circulating like a poison in the blood around my brain,patches of burning moving around different parts,several doctors here in England informed botox can get into the brain if injected incorrectly so why can't juvederm.Juvederm is highly lipid so can be easily transported into the bloodstream into areas of high fat content,like I.e the brain.The blood brain barrier apparantly does not keep all toxic substances out,anything lipophilic in composition can enter.No two peoples barriers are the same,so what might be ok for one does not necessarily mean it is ok for the other,everyone's composition is different,I think when these chemicals are tested they are just based on general compositioning,they do not take into account genetics,age,past illnesses etc. Please keep us informed of how you are doing and if things keep changing,if want to ask anything I will gladly tell you all the symptoms I have,and ones that have changed or stayed the same,I will also post any information I have on treatments I might try or if anything changes with the herbal route.I have thrown out all the sleeping tablets,antidepressants and painkillers my gp threw at me just to shut me up.None of It worked it just made the burning worse,I think I'm so sensitive now that even paracetamol makes me feel drugged.I hope this is biodegradable wether from the brain or body,I just wan to feel well again,happy,to enjoy life,not be locked in this hell of daily brain dysfunction.I am thinking of you all and hope you don't continue to suffer,it's a lonely journey,but sights like these are a Godsend when you feel like giving up.Hold on in there and talk anytime you want,I'm here for the long haul,it's already been too long,I hope it won't be too much longer,all the best kx.

Sorry forgot to mention I had 1 syringe of juvederm ultra 2 in the glabella,around eyes,and around lips which was 0.55 ml,and 1 syringe of juvederm ultra 4 in the cheeks,nlf lines which was 0.8 ml,the dermatologist put approximately half of the 0.55 ml into the glabella area,and in the frown muscle next to it,thanks,kx.

I think I'll hold off on the hyaluronidase and let this stuff disolve naturally. I've made it 6 months without it, what's another few months (Crosses fingers)... Don't want to risk making my health even worse. One thing I've noticed. just when i think it's starting to disolve, it puffs back up again. It seems to react to certain types of foods. I hate this stuff!

Hi Chad,how are you.Yes I agree I think this stuff reactivated even with hormonones,I would love to get a vial of it and have it analysed just to see what it contains you can actually buy the stuff off the internet.I know it contains bdde which is a pretty horrible chemical,but yet passed in fillers.My hair still comes out in clumps especially when I wash it,it's so thin now.My hair use to be so thick and healthy.My teeth have also thinned and cracked,my dentist even asked if I had too much acid in my diet as he said my teeth looked transparent.Why the hell did I do this,why is this stuff allowed to be used in the forehead and between the eyes,it's not even FDA approved for this,but the injector doesn't tell you this,they just want our money. I think we are just experiments for these chemicals,which is evil,I pray this does metabolise as Allergan says,I can't stay in this burning dementia state forever it's not living,it's existing.I really didn't think I would make it to Christmas this year,I am grateful I am still here,but it's hell,I miss my clear head just waking up happy,now I dread the mornings,thinking here we go another day in hell,and you are on your own. I wouldn't put this stuff near me even if I were paid millions,I would rather shoot myself in the foot. I hope you are not going through too much Chad and things pick up for you,I will keep you posted on what's happening,take care kx.

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Hi Samantha123 how are you,I will definitely try to email you again,how have you been feeling.I have been thinking of you,I've been feeling so Exhausted,so sick I am totally drained from just cooking Christmas dinner,I forgot stuff,burnt stuff,I was just in a muddle.I have been taking my temperature as adviced by the herbalist and I think i actually ovulated,something I thought would never happen again,I don't know if my body is trying to fight this stuff,I felt so bad just before a rise in my temperature and the symptoms ramped up so much I couldn't even move,this stuff seems to get reactivated by food,alcohol,hormones,anything that could counteract it.I don't know what this stuff is but appears to be an excitotoxin,it gets rectified by stimulants and body changes,I hate the name juvederm,it makes me sick every time I hear it or see an advert for it I want to scream.Please let us know how you are Chad and Samantha,I hope you were able to enjoy Christmas and relax,take care,kx.

Sorry that was suppose to be reactivated,not rectified,typing error!

Hi Katie, glad you are still with us! It really sounds like you are going through hell and I feel for you because I'm only feeling a small fraction of it and it's driving me mad. have you tried juicing or anything, does it help with your symptoms? with my thinning falling hair and pasty flaking skin. I looks like i'm 50+ years old and I'm only 31! eating all this christmas food sure isn't helping. people must think I'm back on drugs/drinking and I've been clean for 10+ years. At first I thought maybe my hair was thinning just from nautrally aging but I know that is def not the case because my beard wont even grow normal... it gets to a certain length and stops growing. and i have dandruff in my sketchy beard. wtf is that? my forehead is also extrememly pasty and flaking. do you have pasty flaking skin on your face?

Hi Chad thanks so much for the post,I hope you were able to enjoy Christmas,that is crazy about the hair,mine is so thin,it's receding now slightly at the front too,I did have flaky skin on my face when I developed the psoriatic rash all over my face and body,that lasted about 7 weeks and was a few months ago,I developed flaky scalp as well,that isn't prevalent now,just the thinning of the hair.Yes I was 40 Shan I had this done last year,I looked 30,now I look and feel 50.My skin is pasty and white,I have dark rings under my eyes,I look like a zombie,I use to have glowing pink cheeks all the time,no wonder people look at me weirdly.I would really like to try the juicing,as I think my body is now totally toxic,I changed my bedding the other day and the quilt is yellow as are the pillow covers,I have been experiencing sweats at night I think my body is trying expel this rubbish,in any way it can.The depression even though it is not normal depression Persai,just hits me in waves,one minute I'm trying to think what to go to the shops for,say,the next I'm wanting to walk in front of a bus it's that intense,that quick,then my brain suffocates,then the dementia fog comes and even my vision goes darker,what a load of crap. This has saved my life coming on here,I truly am just holding on to my sanity by a thread what this stuff has tried to do to my brain,literally hijacking it and causing these disgusting weird out,symptoms,they are totally out of character for me to feel suicidal,it's like I can't control it,whatever feelings it wants to throw at me I am just at its mercy if this stuff working its way round my circulatory system,this is slowly killing someone,making them suffer. I totally believe you Brad trust me,until you experience this toxic sludge for yourself it's not even worth giving the stuff airspace or wasting your breath trying to tell what this stuff is doing to you,even Allergan when I informed them of the dementia symptoms said,"dementia with sundowning,really,come on,"that's how much this stuff is protected.One A & E Dr told me " you will never prove it ," at the time I didn't know what he meant,this one one of many hospitals I visited in complete agony with the feeling that acid was burning holes in my brain,through my skull. He knew this would be hard to show possible. I think I am worried now as its been so long I've been stuck in this state that an MRI may now show damage and thats when there is no going back when structural damage to the brain has occurred.Would it be better not to know,or to know that this stuff has done exactly what you felt it doing and no one believed you until it was too late. How are your symptoms now Chad,do you think the juicing has made a significant difference,I was thinking of blending raw veg too,and eating nothing cooked at all and no dairy,but this goes against what the herbalist advices,she is trying to keep my sugar levels up,by having sugar,milk,fruit juce.I remembered the Dr she is consulting with in America Apparantly he is a well known endo crinologist,Ray Peat is his name.He too advices my sugar levels are low by the temperature charts I have been adviced to fill in.I am just so physically and mentally exhausted its continuous Groundhog dementias everyday for me,the tinnitus is like a switch 8 o'clock and it's bang on,what a croc,and mainly in the left ear where the hospital of neurology picked up a slight hearing imbalance,where I was a patient. I can also hear it if I am in a quiet room,it just feels like I'm not in reality but this dimension just outside normal,but I can't step back into it.A newspaper here in England did a story on fillers,after 4 other papers said they would run the story then didn't,but that was a waste of time,getting any feedback from Allergan is like trying to uncover the mafia,it just doesn't happen.This company is so well protected you are fighting a losing battle as they just deny,deny.These people are evil they are ruining people's lives,not caring what is put into this stuff,even with the risks of blindness and necrosis in the glabella these greedy Doctors continue to take the risk,Mine did and had left me retarded with limited cognitive function for 16 months,I am so angry,how dare they take your money,leave you sick,and tell you it's your fault you had a reaction,that's what Allergan told me. I'm scared I will never be the same,I feel like my brain is dying,that sounds extreme but it's an undeniable feeling. If it was just me that had a reaction,then ok,there's something funny going on,but to have so many people on these forums post problems with these toxic fillers,you cannot ignore what is happening. I just want my life back,to be let out of the cage so to speak,I want an end to his hell,why do I have to slowly suffocate an burn to death,for anyone to see the connection,that this stuff can kill you,painfully,and you pay for the priveledge. Please forgive my fuming rant,it's Christmas,and I'm still sick,I know I'm still here,and I'm so grateful to be with my kids,but I can't even play with them,I can't carry them to bed,run round the garden,watch a tv programme with them,I haven't watched tv in a year,because I can't concentrate or have the brain capacity anymore to retain information,all this from a stupid injection,that was supposed to make you feel better about yourself.If any Dr on here tries to tell me that what I am suffering is not from juvederm,I will tell them,come see me,look at how sick I am,do a hair mineral analysis test,a muscle biopsy from wherever you like,because this stuff is moving about in my blood,causing inflammation,I have never taken drugs before,but this must compare to a seriously bad,long acid trip,literally,it's insane,it's like it's tring to make me depressed enough to just end it all. I'm going to post on here as long as I'm able,whilst I till have the energy to type.I just want help,and to know I will get better,that there's a chance that this stuff will dissipate over time,that the suffering will end. Thank you all for being there and listening,it really helps,please keep posting,kx.

Sorry typing error again meant Chad,not Brad,my goodness I am getting worse,and I meant 40 when,not 40 Shan,need to wear the glasses I have now been advised to wear by my ophthalmologist,as my eyesight has deteriorated from this stuff,great,kx.

juicing and raw food diet definitely helps. you can get plenty of sugar from fruit.. not sure why you need diary, that just sounds ridiculous to me, I would ignore that doc if I were you. I had to slow down from eating only fruits and vegatable because I was wasting away to nothing, but i was feeling good.. I need to put weight on and I cant do it eating raw. I feel much worse after stuffing my face with cooked food, it has helped me put on weight but I have no energy now and feel much worse. so now I will try to balance it out more to maintain my weight. juicing and raw food def helps for the headaches and head pressure. does for me anyways. also try nettle tea. it helps for circulation.

hi i have humming in my ear now, dizzienss, fullness, memory loss, fatigue sinus issues , jaw pain. mine seemed worse right after the juv, but now for months later i am having the jaw pain that is out of this world. my humming in my ear is still there and driving me insane. how about you, you any better?

Hi dizzy girl,I'm so sorry to hear of the horrible symptoms you are experiencing obviously as a result of having the juvederm.Your symptoms sound so much like mine,especially the memory loss.Its been almost 19 months for me,I am so weak now,exhausted from the persistant symptoms that have just never let up,ever.I am still taking herbal preparations,for six months now.The tinnitus is 24 hours for me especially in the left ear,I feel like I've been poisoned and drugged and walk round in this semi dementia state.i still have the hair loss,nausea,stomach issues,vision loss in right eye and hearing loss in left ear.Im still in hell everyday and can't see a way out,best wishes to you all,kx.