Final Results...
The bruising is finally all healed and these are my final results. I am very pleased with the left eye (my right) but not happy with the right eye (my left). Thank goodness I took before pictures because I never noticed I had a bulge under my left eye and probably would have blamed it completely on this procedure. I definitely think my eyes look better but had I gone to a doctor with more experience, I definitely would have gone back to have my left eye corrected. It still looks as though it has edema and is wrinkly with a much more noticeable crease under the bulge now. At this point I am going to just let it dissolve on it's own and have the procedure done again by a board certified cosmetic dermatologist/plastic surgeon (who only uses a cannula) some time in the future. 3+ weeks of black eyes was brutal. I think it will take me at least 6 months to put myself through it again. Thank goodness I only paid $500 (before discount...actual price was $400). I am also still dealing with one eye looking droopy. I still believe this to be the result of badly placed botox but it may just be that the filler is pushing my lower lid up so making it appear smaller than the other eye. Only time will tell. Moral of the story...make sure you find a doctor who is very experienced with fillers in the tear trough area (I knew better but wanted it done so badly that I just hoped for the best).
Exactly Two Weeks After
Well, it is two weeks later and sadly I am not happy with my results. I am still bruised (which would be fine if that was the only problem). And I still have a lump. The left eye (my right) looks better than before but the right eye (my left) looks much worse. It is lumpy and now I have a large crease under the lump making the shadow/hollow/wrinkles WAY worse than they were before. I am not smiling in these pics to keep them consistent with the previous pics, but when I am smiling it looks even worse. Also, at my one week checkup, I had the Dr. add a few more units of botox because I had more movement on one side than the other. Well, I'm not sure if it is just the botox causing drooping or if it is a combo of the botox and filler being too high on one eye and too low on the other but now it looks as though I have a lazy eye or that one of my eyes is a different size than the other. It is much more obvious when I smile. Either way, I am NOT happy. I've been getting botox for 13+ years and I've never had drooping. So I'm thinking it is the filler for the most part. At my one week checkup the Dr. also used the Genesis laser (at no cost) under my eyes to try to help the bruising but I don't think it did much if anything to help. She also mention that she could add more filler to correct or dissolve if I wasn't happy. But at this point, I am too scared to have her do anything else to my eyes.
One Week Later
I still have a large lump under my left eye. It may be slightly better but not much. And I can feel the pressure on my eye. Bruising is still pretty bad. It is shocking to me that there are people who supposedly don't bruise at all after injections to the tear trough area. This lump really bothers me. Have an appointment with my Dr this evening.