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Never Have Dysport Under Your Eyes Inside Orbital Bone - Minnesota

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I had zero wrinkles on my face/eyes. When I would...

LB
Lauren B
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I had zero wrinkles on my face/eyes. When I would order a glass of wine at dinner I usually was carded. People have always commented on my youthful skin/ appearance.

I went to my Harvard grad dermatologist that was voted "best" Dr. and when I asked if there was anything I could do to help wrinkles at bay he suggested dysport. He put it under my lash line on the lower lid.

By day three where my lower lid had touched my blue of my eye I could see about an eighth of an inch. When I smiled I noticed a large horizontal line where my cheek and eye meet. This used to be seamless. I called my dr and he had me come in. He took photos and said he gas never seen this before. He said all I could do was wait 2-6 months for it to wear off. In the mean time I could not smile, every day the bunching under my eyes got worse. My face is destroyed and now I look a min of 10yrs older.

This has been the worst ordeal of my life and I have lived through a lot. I have always known things happen as they should and I always have a bright sunny disposition, but that is gone. I used to smile all day and was told daily my smile and live of live changed people's days. Now I refuse to smile because I am afraid it will cause permanent damage because of the deep lines that form when I smile.

Please never ever have dysport close to your eye. I think only above your eyes on your upper forehead not under two inches from your eyes. Why would we want anything under our eyes to fall? I trusted my Harvard dr with my life and he ruined my life. Please learn fom my mistake.

I had dysport done on June 22. I have seen zero improvement and my skin around my eyes is worse everyday. I am going to a plastic surgeon on October 18.

If you have not done this please don't and if you have do you have any advice? I have never felt more alone m, more depressed or more uglyin my life.

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B
October 6, 2011
Hi Lauren,
I'm so sorry for your tragedy. I hope that you've reported your experience with the FDA. Did you get a chance to read about my experience with dysport? An even worse experience because I now have Lymphoma cancer in my tearducts. I have zero tears, forever. The year & a half experience was the worse hell I have ever imagined anything I or anyone to go through I had always looked younger than my age, like youraelf & known for being so bubbly & outgoing. I won't explain the 24 hr. ordeal of living with so much of the experienc to this day. It's just too much & I can't tear over it. That alone is a physical pain with my natural passion & emotions of who Iam. I've always been a very passionate woman & can become tearful over many things. I feel so much & will just cry. Whether it's sad or happy tears :). I'm in remission with my cancer, but the statistics say 5 yrs. My oncologist says to not use dysport ever again & that hopefully my cancer won't come back. It's in God's hands, such as all life.

Another thing what bothers me is that in 12/08 an Austrailian pregnant woman had dysport injections & her babies were born deaf, blind & died [if I recall]. I honestly can't remember the entire jest of it. My right eye is giving problems, as I type, so I've got to get going. My eyes are my tools. While also my full body I had taken great pride with balance in, for total health & fitness. I was ant athlete since 1990. I can barely get going anymore. My days & nights are mixed up because of when I could not be in the light for so long. Anyway, dysport continued to be on the shelves, even after the Austrial babies incident. Ironically, almost a year to the day, I had my 1st & only dysport injections [12/09]. If you google about the Austrailian babies you'll find it. Do more research on it. I did prior to my injections in 2009 & literally nothing negative was being revealed. It wasn't until somewhere a few months after my initial injections that so many people are having serious side effects. Life threatening. I'm case, my days are possibly numbered. Malt lymphoma is a low grade cancer & is incureable. You can't just cut it out & it's gone. You're in my heart & prayers. Don't let this go. I reported it to the manufacter & the FDA. I'm now on my way to see a lawyer.
LB
November 7, 2011
Hello,
Thank you so much. So, I had dysport on June 22. Just last week I stated to show some signs of improvement. I think what has to happen is first the dysport has to wear off, which for me has. I can tell it is gone now. That took about 4 months. Now my muscle has to regain strength. I have heard this can take 2-3 months. My face is slowly starting to look like my own again. I thank G-d for that every day. I hope by the holidays I will be normal again. Thank you and I hope u have a full recovery.
LB
November 7, 2011
I would say I started to notice my muscle tingling like it was waking up around three months and mow it feels like my own skin again at four mOnths. My under eye area had no lines and they are still there, but they are starting to get better. I would say the skin under my eyes is 50% better. But it didn't start to improve until I hit 4 months. So in the last two weeks it is healing quickly. I have heard that it takes 6 months for it to go away and regain strength. You sound like you are going faster because yours wire off faster. Once it is gone you start to heal. I also bought. Carolynsfacialfitness I found the tip on this site. It helps to rebuild muscle strength. It seems to be helping, it can't hurt.
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B
November 8, 2011
I mentioned often that dysport was FDA approved for use of the glabellar lines & not below because of it spreading. I also visit various sites which still glorify the good uses for it & not revealing the severity of so many reported cases in 2009. I just now googled 'FDA approved Dysport to be injected only into the glabellar lines' & came up with several more informative revelations of what is being told to the public, what is not being exposed about Dysport, in comparrison to the 16 deaths of kids treated for spastic dysplasia & died & the reports of over 250 PEOPLE that had serious side effects! It was still on the shelves treated as a safe && temporary product for csmetic treatment. Infact,here are a few links that says that FDA had approved it for use of only 2 areas, not revealing even the many severe side effects. Secondly, this is sad. The other link gives information on treatments for botulism poisoning. My doctor that I went to to have these injections (VanderVeer) never gave me any information for treatment such as on this site, another doctor had given a medicine for treating her poisoningfrom Dysport. VanderVeer never even called me when going through the sudden zero tears into infections, breathing problems/pneumonia/ viral bacterial poison into my lacrimal glands crystalizing into low grade malt lymphoma cancer in both tearducts. It's been worse than hell & no one can understand what I had been through over this. Again I researched thoroughly, It's sick that it's taken my yelling & having to project my values from day one because I'm so careful about chemicals & I research everything such as prescriptions/ natural supplements/ etc. For what I put into my body. In 2009 the doctors misinformed people of interest when they had their coupon specials for Dysport. (my doctor offred the coupon special, without the realities of severe side efffects). Google exactly what I typed & read for yourself. Here are a few links that I mentioned. Http://.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin And http://artisticsurgical.com/dysport_botox.html
DD
February 2, 2012
ME TOO so sad for you :( It has been almost 4 months for you....ARE YOU ANY BETTER?????????