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6 Days Post Under Eye Fraxel:reStore - Sydney, AU

Botox - Love It! - Headaches Gone! - Sydney, AU

Painful! - Sydney, AU

Ultherapy - 2 Months on - Sydney, Australia

Worked, Somewhat - Sydney, Australia

Keloid Scars - Treatment That Has Worked for Me - Sydney, AU

Botox takes approx 3-4 months to wear off for most (sometimes longer if youve had it before). So you should be back to your "old self" in a couple of months. As a former nurse (who has worked in cosmetics), i can advise that your former doctor was being misleading by prescribing eye drops. What are they supposed to do? Your muscles were injected with a paralyzing agent, eye drops wont make a difference; nor will meds such as antibiotics. I mentioned previously that my dr had gone under the eyebrow for the first time last time i had botox (Dec 2012). Since that time i have had nothing but moderate pain in my left eye (never experienced before) - a pain i now live with daily. So much so that i recently had an MRI of the head (at my expense) to see if anything else could have been causing the pain. Came back clear. Botox is great when it works, but when it doesnt, it can be the pits.

How awful for you. Ive been having botox on/off for 10 years. Ive never had such an issue, except for some bruising near my eye once. Ive gone to several different medical practitioners in that time, depending on where i happened to be living, or where i was working. But i always go an see a medico. I think your doctor really messed up; i've always been under the impression that, once injected, the effects are there for a few months. You should find it improving over the course of that time though. I guess that's a risk we always take when getting the procedure done. My doctor injected me only the other day, and he went under my eyebrows, something he'd never done before (i was upset he hadn't asked my permission to increase the dosage first) - i was VERY nervous, to say the least, but, touch wood, no side effects. Your droopy eye lid is likely a result of too much botox (some dr's i imagine would inject more to charge more - always ask how many units and why there has been an increase, if any - ask for the least amount possible to obtain the best results), or injection into the wrong (part of the) muscle. Id be quite upset if i were you, as that will likely be noticeable for a while to come. I'd go to someone else next time. PS: why have you spent $2000 on the procedure - that would be an obscene amount of botox being used. For 56units (up from 40u), i just recently spent $840 (usually around $800 for the 40u). $2000 could inject quite a few people!, who had really bad wrinkles. Judging by your photo, you're not old, and so wouldn't need more than average. I'd ask how many units was used. Average is between 40-60 units.

A year and a half post procedure, i can honestly say the fraxel did not do much for my under eye area. I don't have a greater number of lines, despite aging and also giving birth to twins, but it certainly hasn't erased the fine lines i had. What i have noticed works, is hemorrhoid cream, of all things! :o) i read somewhere years ago that supermodels use it, as it vasoconstricts the under eye blood vessels. I used to use it years ago in my 20s, but then stopped (not sure why). But have started applying it again (using the same $10 tube from years ago!). When i use it, I can really notice a diminishing of the puffiness under my eyes when i wake up in the morning - great to use as a last minute freshen up (takes less than an hour to work on me). And because it's quite oily in consistency, it has a line smoothing effect. I'd recommend some such cream (although embarrassing when you go buy it at your pharmacy!) instead. Unless you go for the nip/tuck, i doubt very much these non-invasive treatments work - and ive tried many, including the fraxel, which i wouldn't bother trying again.

Hi yokidoki,

I came across a site which might be useful for you (re finding an ultherapy practitioner in Sydney).

http://www.plasticsurgery.org.au/

Regards.

Dear BritB,

Since my last post, i've purchased my own dermarollers and have been dermarolling myself regularly (to save money and time - travelling with newborn twins is somewhat of a luxury these days! lol). I've found it hasn't diminished my acne scarring at all; however, it has certainly produced great results with skin texture, tightness and complexion. I don't use any topical anaesthetic, so i find the procedure somewhat painful over certain areas of my face. Namely, brow, nose and under eye areas. The trick is to put on your chosen night cream, and then dermaroller it into your skin. For that reason, i choose to use only natural skin products (namely, quality rose hip oil) as the thought of having synthetics penetrate into my skin doesn't appeal. If i knew how to upload a photo, i would, to show state of skin post pregnancy - i dermarolled throughout my pregnancy and have had absolutely no melasma (which i was told by a doctor you can't really get rid of). Would highly recommend derma rolling either professionally (for a deeper treatment) or at home (for maintenance). Best wishes to all.