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I am "better", but I am still on nerve painkillers, and occasionally have breakthrough pain in trigeminal nerve. Have seen 2 neuros and they are really just treating the symptoms--one thinks it is from the juve, the other doesn't know, but my problem started 3 days after the injections, so very suspect. I am taking lyrica and cymbalta to control the nerve pain--cymbalta worked better. I was almost completely disabled for 6 mos till they found out what would work.

I just wanted to mention that I believe the waiver you sign and info given either for Juvederm or Botox (I think it's Juvederm) says you should not have if you have an autoimmune disorder. But some of us do not even know we have such a disorder until taking the Juvederm--it seems to bring them out. Be careful. I am disturbed to see these products getting pushed so widely on TV programs such as Dr. Oz with no mention at all of these possible side effects. It's back to "buyer beware", because doctors and FDA sure are not looking out for us.

Just a p.s. to previous post. I had the juve in nasolabial folds, two small spots on each side of chin and one wrinkle down left side of face. Not a lot, but it has basically left me without a life because of the constant nerve pain. I am just praying for the stuff to get out of my system and my wrinkles to come back. It was my first time to get the injections--and the reactions started within 5 days of the injections. This stuff can be very dangerous--I think there is a lot they do not know about it, and all of the people who sell it are brainwashed by the manufacturers into thinking it is safer than it is.

I would not recommend it at all if you have autoimmune disease. In fact, I believe they state that you should not do juvederm or botox if you have autoimmune disease. I did not know or think I had AI disorder, but i have had a severe problem develop since having botox/juvederm injections. I have developed trigeminal neuropathy--neurologist thinks it is inflammation of the nerves from an autoimmune response. I have also developed nerve pains in neck, shoulders and upper torso, and also having autoimmune type symptoms in joints eyes, eyes. This is severe pain, and I am on many drugs (Lyrica, Cymbalta) and the pain is still with me, almost 5 months after the injections. I don't know if the nerve damage is permanent or not, but I would not take a chance. That stuff stays in your body for at least a year. The injections to "dissolve" it do not take it out--they just disperse it more throughout your body. Do not take a chance.

Do not come up to Saskatoon for Juvederm treatment. I had mine and have been in terrible pain for 2 months--they will basically ignore you and deny that it can happen.