My Experience with Juvederm Vobella + Juvederm Ultra

22 February 2014

I have been reading this forum for a while to gain insight on the best way to remove face wrinkles and scars on my wrist from a silly attention seeking episode when I was 16 yrs old.
I am now 43 and the signs of a hard life are now showing, while I do not have too much acne scaring I do have face wrinkles and those horrible wrist scars I try to cover daily so no one will see. Living in the tropics makes it harder as long sleeves are not an option.
I have had Juvederm volbella in my lips around in the fine wrinkles around them in January 2014 by a professional injector. I also had juvederm ultra in my nasio folds which I had done by a local GP a week before. I was not happy with what the GP done he was inexperienced and did not use enough so I came out bruised and sore with little results. As for the professional I love love love the results, she also placed a tiny bits in some of my cheek wrinkles. The Vobella went a long way she was able to place it in my cheeks, lips, around the lips and a chin.

It cost $500 by the GP (AU) for the Juvederm Ultra and $700 by the clinic (AU) for the Vobella the clinic would have charged the same for the Ultra. It is like I have been air brushed and no one has noticed which is good unless they have not said anything. I had no bruising and just some slight needle pricks which were covered with make up the next day. I even went out to lunch straight after the procedure my boy friend was very kind not to say anything if he did notice.

I am now going to use the 1.0 mm derma roller to begin with and then go up to the 1.5mm or 2 mm depends on how the 1.5 goes. I am going to start with my wrist and neck area. I am scared of using it on my face just yet as the juvedrerm volbella is placed very shallow in the skin I am not sure if it will effect it by rolling over it, I know it won't for the Voluma as it is placed deeper in the skin. I will start on my neck and wrist and move to my face in a few more weeks. I will update after each treatment with photos and comments.

I bought my roller on Ebay for $15 I will also be using Vitamin C after the rolling also bought on Ebay. I also bought some emla cream from chemist warehouse for $14.99 - 5g but I see on ebay you can also get double the amount of cream for the same price. Got to love Ebay sells every thing. I only buy from within Australia.
Update: I have rolled on my wrist and I am not sure if I put enough pressure it is not red and it did not hurt although I had to be careful near the tendon area. Next roll I will put more pressure hardly seems like it did any difference. But I did go hard on my neck and around my eye area that cream really works a treat hey! It's red and hot at the moment so will see how it goes over the next day or so. My rolling technique is a little amateur looks so easy online ...
Photo's are off poor quality I am afraid and they do me no justice :(

I have had no redness or swelling since rolling, I guess I did not put enough pressure to enable it to go dry or swell or do any thing except allow the serum to soak in a bit more..
I think I may try again in two weeks I think this will give my skin time to recover (not that I think it needs it). Makes me wonder if I should go up a size with the needles to a 1.5mm.

I rolled again tonight and wow I really gave it a go this time, I feel like my face is glowing from heat and very sun burnt. I also pushed harder on the wrist scars but still a little less than my face. I did not notice anything at all from the last roll although I did not really push or roll hard at all.
I will be getting a 1.5 mm to do my face soon as this seems to be the popular size for any real improvement.
I did put the vitamin C on straight after I rolled and boy did it sting ... :/ may try something like vitamin E next time as vitamin C can be to hard on my skin.