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Filler/ Hyurandase Disaster - New Jersey

  • Not Worth It
  • Cost: $4,000
  • New Jersey

Had restyline in nasal folds on 2011- looked great...

Had restyline in nasal folds on 2011- looked great. Lost weight so I went back for a touch up 4 months later. The Dr put in juvederm ultra in nasal folds, but let me think it was juvederm (regular) or Restyline. My lower face was overfilled. Ten days later He dissolved with vitrase/widase.

It still felt full so I went back 4 days later. He stuck me many times again with the dissolver. I still looked strange so found a new doctor. He put more dissolver in thinking I had lymphatic blockage. I started to notice the quality Of my skin becoming saggy with folds around my mouth area. My skin felt dry from the inside and tingling and burning was happening on and off. Even my lips were dry and brittle because the enzyme spread around my face. I have holes in area above my upper lip as well as tissue loss in all surrounding areas around my mouth and laugh lines as well as depressions leading up to my upper face even though it was technically injected there. Everything feels hollow and dented and loose.

Sadly, as depressed as I was I went 3 weeks later to a very highly regarded derm as she claimed she could "fix me" that was the answer I was looking for, but not necessarily the answer I needed. She injected me with restyline all over my face as a liquid facelift. I now look weird and freaky and still have obvious folds and sags to bring down my face. Oh, will my skin "grow back?" do I need a facelift at 41 or will that not even help. I realize it will lift my face back up, but what about the volume loss?? Help. I truly feel that my face has melted or is slowly disappearing as I am from the emotional distress, depression, and panick involved with the worst experience of my life??

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Comments (4)

Pinkwillow 5 Aug 2012
so did your skin return to normal?
girl_Los_Angeles 20 Jun 2012
Hi Melted2012 Sorry to hear your story, believe me though, you are not alone. There are cases of this happening everday. I have been through a Hyurandase Disaster of my own. We really need to educate ourselves and be supportive of each other because these Plastic surgeons and their fillers, hyurandase and other off label procedures are not to be trusted.
Megan P (Community Manager) 16 Apr 2012

My goodness, you have had a rough year it sounds like. I'm so sorry to hear this has you feeling so down, but its certainly understandable. Since you have had so much done to your skin over the last year, have you considered just giving your skin a good 6-12 month break from any sort of injections or procedures, then seeing what things look like & going from there? It seems right now you might be dealing with a lot of changing variables as the different products dissolve & work through your system.

Sending you a hug!!

KTA 19 Apr 2013
Melted2012: Did your own tissue go back to normal yet? Im so afraid mine will not go back the way it was. I was overfilled for smoker lines. He changed the whole shape of my lips so I got the juvederm dissolved and now i have a huge dent on the side of my upper lip for the last four months! Im hoping its not permanent!

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