Breakouts on Chin After Juvederm

Based on what you describe, there is nothing to suggest the acne breakout on your chin is related to Juvederm injection into your lips. People can have adverse reactions to fillers, but fillers are not a cause of acne. If you are having an acne breakout after facelift surgery, it can be related to so many other things, including the stress of surgery, the cleansing or prepping agent used before surgery, any tape that may have been in the area during surgery, any dressing covering the area after surgery, or ointments or other topical agents you may be using. Your surgeon can help you with identifying possible triggers, and can recommend a good skin care regiment to improve the acne.  Good luck!

Juvederm is one of several commercially-available pharmaceutical (physician-only) fillers made up of cross-linked hyaluronic acid, which is a natural substance in all of our tissues. It does not require allergy testing (like bovine-derived collagen in the "old days"), since it is present in our tissues already.

The biggest hint that this is not an allergic reaction is that the injections were in your lips, but your breakout has been in your chin. If you were allergic to something in the Juvederm syringe, you would have had breakouts in your lips, and it would have occurred within a day after injection, not three weeks later.

Your break outs are probably due to the surgery, anesthesia, and medication-induced stresses on your body and the resultant adrenocortical hormone surge you get as a result of this. Every patient has this occur, but only a few have skin outbreaks. Others note swelling or other physical changes, most of which are transient and resolve. Even the surgical iodine prep and scrubbing can interfere with your normal skin bacteria and cause temporary outbreaks or acne flares.

Treat your outbreak with over-the-counter washes and medications; keep your skin moist and out of the sun, and if all else fails, see your Dermatologist for expert advice on how to deal with this!