I have used Juvederm for both my lips and my nasolabial folds. I had my lips done initially about a year ago with Resylane (half syringe) and was reallllllyyy unhappy with the results. Actually, there were no real results, plus I had a ton of swelling, pain (during and after) and bruising that just deflated into nothing. The bruising lasted longer than the results. Waste of $$$$. So I returned to the same doc and I decided to try a full syringe of Juvederm instead upon his recommendation.

Motivation was to complete first time MOHS surgery successfully. However, even though I was told by Dr. Carney on check up visits, the wound would take a long time to heal due to location on shin & he did not feel skin graft would be a good idea, so it was an open wound. Surgery was on April 28. On July 16, he informed me he was "not happy" with progress & I needed to see someone about a skin graft. I said, "So it's not going to heal?', rather stunned by sudden turn from