A md doctor who owns a medical office and does rejuvenation, liquid facelifts etc. and is a friend who i trusted injected juvederm (2 vials mostly on one side that needed more) 3 weeks ago. i dont like the results. he used a very small vial of hyalase and it didn't dissolve. i looked into his cabinets and saw he has juvederm 2,3,4. They dont exist in the usa only in ca and eu. he said the names change. i am afraid that i got fake juvederm, may be silicone. feel my trust was violated.
December 10, 2014
Answer: Juvederm 2, 3, 4 It seems most likely that you did not like the pattern and amount of the hyaluronic acid injected, and that Juvederm from another country was used, rather than that counterfeit product was used. Unfortunately, there is no way for us, as physicians practicing in the USA, to know that a product is not adulterated if it is not approved for sale in the USA.It would not be at all unusual for you to need several rounds of hyaluronidase to dissolve what was injected, since you had two syringes injected.I wish you all the best and hope this is helpful to you. Please let me know if you have more questions. It might help to ask to see the cartons and syringes before they are injected in the future.See my video below to learn how to know if Botox, Dysport, or Xeomin being injected is the real thing.
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December 10, 2014
Answer: Juvederm 2, 3, 4 It seems most likely that you did not like the pattern and amount of the hyaluronic acid injected, and that Juvederm from another country was used, rather than that counterfeit product was used. Unfortunately, there is no way for us, as physicians practicing in the USA, to know that a product is not adulterated if it is not approved for sale in the USA.It would not be at all unusual for you to need several rounds of hyaluronidase to dissolve what was injected, since you had two syringes injected.I wish you all the best and hope this is helpful to you. Please let me know if you have more questions. It might help to ask to see the cartons and syringes before they are injected in the future.See my video below to learn how to know if Botox, Dysport, or Xeomin being injected is the real thing.
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December 9, 2014
Answer: Juvederm from sources other than Allergan If the Juvederm is not purchased from the only USA approved source, Allergen, then it is a 'grey market' product. This does not mean it is a counterfeit product but that remains a possibility. Ordering these fillers from overseas distributors breaks the chain of ownership of the product and creates at least a possibility that is not genuine, or has been adulterated. The purchaser really has no way of knowing what the syringe is filled with, despite likely being well intentioned. If the product did not dissolve with one initial injection hyaluronidase, then another injection is indicated. Juvederm may take more units to dissolve than other HA products with differing cross linking such as Restylane. The hyaluronidase itself must be kept refrigerated to maintain potency and the physician can increase the units injected if indicated clinically if the first injection did not net enough change.
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December 9, 2014
Answer: Juvederm from sources other than Allergan If the Juvederm is not purchased from the only USA approved source, Allergen, then it is a 'grey market' product. This does not mean it is a counterfeit product but that remains a possibility. Ordering these fillers from overseas distributors breaks the chain of ownership of the product and creates at least a possibility that is not genuine, or has been adulterated. The purchaser really has no way of knowing what the syringe is filled with, despite likely being well intentioned. If the product did not dissolve with one initial injection hyaluronidase, then another injection is indicated. Juvederm may take more units to dissolve than other HA products with differing cross linking such as Restylane. The hyaluronidase itself must be kept refrigerated to maintain potency and the physician can increase the units injected if indicated clinically if the first injection did not net enough change.
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