MBAgirl

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• Posted to Juvederm Made Me Sick. on 29 Mar 2013

  In the link i posted in the article, I read that the fillers can actually be contaminated with the actual bacteria that the proteins came from. Also, studies were done on fillers without added chemical and with (crosslinked with epoxy for example) and no side effects to the non-chemical fillers were noted in the study. The article is full of very interesting information on different immune and autoimmune reactions that patients have experienced after injection of fillers. I posted the link above.

• Posted to Juvederm Made Me Sick. on 28 Mar 2013

  Please see article re: reactions to dermal fillers (chemically modified versus non-chemical). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686337/

• Posted to Juvederm Made Me Sick. on 28 Mar 2013

  Dal Sacco and colleagues (2005) described a patient who developed multiple tender nodules in the nasolabial fold 4 months after injection of Restylane. Biopsy revealed the presence of sarcoid-like granulomas. Interestingly, the patient also developed similar-appearing dermal lesions at previous sites of venipuncture and scarring. On further diagnostic workup, the patient was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. Based on the extent of her clinical disease and the presentation of dermal lesions in multiple sites of previous skin trauma, it was concluded that the hyaluronic acid injections triggered a sarcoidal skin reaction in a background of a pre-existing but subclinical case of sarcoidosis (“scar sarcoidosis”). This is an AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.

• Posted to Juvederm Made Me Sick. on 28 Mar 2013

  It depends on the autoimmune disease in question. Some will show certain abnormal labs, some can only be diagnosed via signs on a CAT scan or X-ray - I keep mentioning Sarcoid bcuz my docs suspect I have it, but as an example - blood tests are typically normal and altho I have the symptoms, I didn't know until the CAT scan showed enlarged lymph nodes and nodules in lungs. So no, you cannot rely on blood tests to determine autoimmune disease presence.

• Posted to Juvederm Made Me Sick. on 28 Mar 2013

  I forgot to mention the nausea that started at the monent I was injected and the loss of appetite along with all the other flu symptoms which is resulting in pretty significant weight loss - my smallest jeans are too big :-( This is horrible. Yes, you all should suspect autoimmune, also look up Sarcoidosis for example. I think there are more ingredients in these fillers than we are told :-( When my doctor put me on Prednisone I felt so much better for those two weeks i was on it - some of you could ask your docs about prednisone since it pretty much shuts down the overactive immune system.