Will Juvederm Injection Holes Be Noticeable After the Treatment?

Question

Are they noticeable around the lips or mouth, or are the juvederm injection needles so small that it isn't obvious?

Kelly Gallego, MD, FACS · Answer

The dermal filler Juvederm comes in two forms: Juvederm Ultra XC for more superficial lines and Juvederm Ultra Plus XC for deeper lines such as prominent nasolabial folds. These products are both injected through small bore needles (30 gauge and 27 gauge respectively). Although some patients can see needle marks the day of treatment, it would be highly unlikely to see any marks after the first day. Some patients do have minimal bruising, and swelling for a couple of days though.

Roy Kim, MD · Answer

Juvederm is packaged with very tiny needles, the injection sites are extremely tiny.  They should not be visible after your Juvederm injection.

	Regardless of where you have your Juvederm injected, it should be difficult to impossible to find the injected entrance points. 

	 

	Best Wishes,

	Roy

Michele S. Green, MD · Answer

There will not be any permanent injection site marks from Juvederm treatment.  You may have some injection site bruising that will resolve in a few days.

Steven E. Rasmussen, MD, FAAD · Answer

There can be some bruising at the site occasionally but the actual needle stick should not be visible.

Gary Goldenberg, MD · Answer

The sites should heal within a week or so. Using petrolatum usually helps. If you have bruising or swelling, icing the area also helps.

Grant Stevens, MD · Answer

The size of the needle is very small when injecting Juvederm.  Needle holes are not typically seen after injecitons.   However, if there is a small capillary that is hit during the treatment, you may see a small pin point bruise at the sight of injection...

	 

	Dr. Grant Stevens

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

My wonder why the concern? injections in most cases use very small caliber needles. Ask your injecting doctor to show you one.

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

The needles used for injection of juvederm are very small and not visible.  The only thing you may see after injection is a bruise a drop of blood at the injection site.

Jo Herzog, MD · Answer

No, The needles are thin and the most that you will see left behind, if anything, is a little bruising.

Naomi Donnelley, MD · Answer

A small gauge needle is used to inject Juvederm, but any time a needle penetrates the skin there is a little red mark, and usually a little bleeding. These spots will fade over a day or two. If you bruise from the injections, which is not uncommon, you will notice that the bruises take up to 2 weeks or so to completely fade. Usually after a few days these bruises are easy to camouflage with makeup. I usually recommend that my patients get their Juvederm the Thursday or Friday before a weekend where they don't have any important events.

Will Juvederm Injection Holes Be Noticeable After the Treatment?

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