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Never Have Dysport Under Your Eyes Inside Orbital Bone - Minnesota
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I had zero wrinkles on my face/eyes. When I would...
Lauren BOctober 5, 2011
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I had zero wrinkles on my face/eyes. When I would order a glass of wine at dinner I usually was carded. People have always commented on my youthful skin/ appearance.
I went to my Harvard grad dermatologist that was voted "best" Dr. and when I asked if there was anything I could do to help wrinkles at bay he suggested dysport. He put it under my lash line on the lower lid.
By day three where my lower lid had touched my blue of my eye I could see about an eighth of an inch. When I smiled I noticed a large horizontal line where my cheek and eye meet. This used to be seamless. I called my dr and he had me come in. He took photos and said he gas never seen this before. He said all I could do was wait 2-6 months for it to wear off. In the mean time I could not smile, every day the bunching under my eyes got worse. My face is destroyed and now I look a min of 10yrs older.
This has been the worst ordeal of my life and I have lived through a lot. I have always known things happen as they should and I always have a bright sunny disposition, but that is gone. I used to smile all day and was told daily my smile and live of live changed people's days. Now I refuse to smile because I am afraid it will cause permanent damage because of the deep lines that form when I smile.
Please never ever have dysport close to your eye. I think only above your eyes on your upper forehead not under two inches from your eyes. Why would we want anything under our eyes to fall? I trusted my Harvard dr with my life and he ruined my life. Please learn fom my mistake.
I had dysport done on June 22. I have seen zero improvement and my skin around my eyes is worse everyday. I am going to a plastic surgeon on October 18.
If you have not done this please don't and if you have do you have any advice? I have never felt more alone m, more depressed or more uglyin my life.
Replies (95)
November 7, 2011
hey dont have any advice i just want to say i know how you feel and it really hurts me reading this stuff and from btru2life, obviously good people trying to do something good for themselves, and i really feel they were truly preyed on by the industry. its very upsetting. // i dont have any advice at all. just remember that character is who you are and the sum of the choices you make and the feelings you feel. i think you should put lots of vaseline on your face to smooth the skin and try to smile. no matter what smiling is the best thing you can do for your face. i feel exactly the same as you though all my expresions are different and its really more than a little scary but im trying to keep my skin very soft and do things that make me smile and pray that it goes back to my normal self. // it seems you are four months out has anything improved? do you feel its wearing off? hope it does soon.
November 7, 2011
Hello,
Thank you so much. So, I had dysport on June 22. Just last week I stated to show some signs of improvement. I think what has to happen is first the dysport has to wear off, which for me has. I can tell it is gone now. That took about 4 months. Now my muscle has to regain strength. I have heard this can take 2-3 months. My face is slowly starting to look like my own again. I thank G-d for that every day. I hope by the holidays I will be normal again. Thank you and I hope u have a full recovery.
Thank you so much. So, I had dysport on June 22. Just last week I stated to show some signs of improvement. I think what has to happen is first the dysport has to wear off, which for me has. I can tell it is gone now. That took about 4 months. Now my muscle has to regain strength. I have heard this can take 2-3 months. My face is slowly starting to look like my own again. I thank G-d for that every day. I hope by the holidays I will be normal again. Thank you and I hope u have a full recovery.
November 7, 2011
oh awesome and thanks, im so happy to hear that. // what a relief that must be. just wish it didn't take so long. do you mind if i ask how fast it wore off, when it did finally? i mean now at 2 months, i can tell it is wearing off a lot... i have alot of movement back and its only 2 months. so im really hoping this is the beginning of it really wearing off and it will do that soon. do you mind if i ask, at what point did you first notice it significantly wearing off, and after that, how long did it take to be mostly worn off? you say about four months total, im curious at what point did you start getting most improvement... and also, are the 'new' lines going away? im soo glad for you its better now. //
November 7, 2011
I would say I started to notice my muscle tingling like it was waking up around three months and mow it feels like my own skin again at four mOnths. My under eye area had no lines and they are still there, but they are starting to get better. I would say the skin under my eyes is 50% better. But it didn't start to improve until I hit 4 months. So in the last two weeks it is healing quickly. I have heard that it takes 6 months for it to go away and regain strength. You sound like you are going faster because yours wire off faster. Once it is gone you start to heal. I also bought. Carolynsfacialfitness I found the tip on this site. It helps to rebuild muscle strength. It seems to be helping, it can't hurt.
January 10, 2012
hey thanks a lot for answering lauren.. how are you doing now? its either 4 or 5 months i think for me, cant even remember anymore.. i cant really tell what's happening honestly.. my normal lines and wrinkles that were already there, they are starting to be almost normal again. my 11 lines and forehead lines are still a bit distorted but they are almost back where they should be, much more than they were. i almost look like myself again... almost. however the middle of my forehead is still very stiff and weird. i still cant make normal expressions there, and i still dont look my normal soft self there. its weird, it gives me headaches, and i really dont like it. the stuff you said about feeling you ruined your face and look much older, and that this is the hardest experience of your life, thats exactly the way ive felt. ive had a really, really difficult life.. and this has honestly been by far one of the worst experiences ive ever been through :> i think the government should use it as torture. i also went to a very very reputable doctor and trusted he would do an appropriate job which was a mistake. im really happy for you if you are starting to feel more normal now!
ive felt the tingling too as stuff wakes up.. it alternates between tingling and really awful achey headaches. // i have had such bad headaches the past week i have taken medicine for it everyday. i have noticed improvement in the extra lines in the last few weeks, but its very uneven and slow and comes and goes. its being very difficult to stay patient and know what to do that will help. its really embarassing to look like this.. if i see people i haven't seen in a little while they just stare like, what in gods name happened to you, to age 30 years in a few months? i can feel them thinking something very, very terrible must have happened to me. /
i just got another answer today from a dr here telling me basically i dont know what my own face looks like and these problems are not possible or some other really idiotic thing. that just really adds insult to injury because my own dr has already admitted he made a mistake.. he totally admitted those wrinkles were not there before... he told me directly he did not take enough time evaluating my face and was very, very apologetic. // i am super praying he can do something to fix this, and i believe he should do it at no charge honestly or give me a $400 credit in his office.. although i absolutely dont trust this product at all anymore.
i do those exercise too but dont have the cd... ive just been doing other exercises/massage i found on various sites. it seems to be helping and i do recommend it. so if you get this, i hope you are doing better and would love to hear how stuff is. sure hope very much you are feeling better about stuff and feeling back to normal.
ive felt the tingling too as stuff wakes up.. it alternates between tingling and really awful achey headaches. // i have had such bad headaches the past week i have taken medicine for it everyday. i have noticed improvement in the extra lines in the last few weeks, but its very uneven and slow and comes and goes. its being very difficult to stay patient and know what to do that will help. its really embarassing to look like this.. if i see people i haven't seen in a little while they just stare like, what in gods name happened to you, to age 30 years in a few months? i can feel them thinking something very, very terrible must have happened to me. /
i just got another answer today from a dr here telling me basically i dont know what my own face looks like and these problems are not possible or some other really idiotic thing. that just really adds insult to injury because my own dr has already admitted he made a mistake.. he totally admitted those wrinkles were not there before... he told me directly he did not take enough time evaluating my face and was very, very apologetic. // i am super praying he can do something to fix this, and i believe he should do it at no charge honestly or give me a $400 credit in his office.. although i absolutely dont trust this product at all anymore.
i do those exercise too but dont have the cd... ive just been doing other exercises/massage i found on various sites. it seems to be helping and i do recommend it. so if you get this, i hope you are doing better and would love to hear how stuff is. sure hope very much you are feeling better about stuff and feeling back to normal.
November 8, 2011
I mentioned often that dysport was FDA approved for use of the glabellar lines & not below because of it spreading. I also visit various sites which still glorify the good uses for it & not revealing the severity of so many reported cases in 2009. I just now googled 'FDA approved Dysport to be injected only into the glabellar lines' & came up with several more informative revelations of what is being told to the public, what is not being exposed about Dysport, in comparrison to the 16 deaths of kids treated for spastic dysplasia & died & the reports of over 250 PEOPLE that had serious side effects! It was still on the shelves treated as a safe && temporary product for csmetic treatment. Infact,here are a few links that says that FDA had approved it for use of only 2 areas, not revealing even the many severe side effects. Secondly, this is sad. The other link gives information on treatments for botulism poisoning. My doctor that I went to to have these injections (VanderVeer) never gave me any information for treatment such as on this site, another doctor had given a medicine for treating her poisoningfrom Dysport. VanderVeer never even called me when going through the sudden zero tears into infections, breathing problems/pneumonia/ viral bacterial poison into my lacrimal glands crystalizing into low grade malt lymphoma cancer in both tearducts. It's been worse than hell & no one can understand what I had been through over this. Again I researched thoroughly, It's sick that it's taken my yelling & having to project my values from day one because I'm so careful about chemicals & I research everything such as prescriptions/ natural supplements/ etc. For what I put into my body. In 2009 the doctors misinformed people of interest when they had their coupon specials for Dysport. (my doctor offred the coupon special, without the realities of severe side efffects). Google exactly what I typed & read for yourself. Here are a few links that I mentioned. Http://.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin And http://artisticsurgical.com/dysport_botox.html
I'm so sorry for your tragedy. I hope that you've reported your experience with the FDA. Did you get a chance to read about my experience with dysport? An even worse experience because I now have Lymphoma cancer in my tearducts. I have zero tears, forever. The year & a half experience was the worse hell I have ever imagined anything I or anyone to go through I had always looked younger than my age, like youraelf & known for being so bubbly & outgoing. I won't explain the 24 hr. ordeal of living with so much of the experienc to this day. It's just too much & I can't tear over it. That alone is a physical pain with my natural passion & emotions of who Iam. I've always been a very passionate woman & can become tearful over many things. I feel so much & will just cry. Whether it's sad or happy tears :). I'm in remission with my cancer, but the statistics say 5 yrs. My oncologist says to not use dysport ever again & that hopefully my cancer won't come back. It's in God's hands, such as all life.
Another thing what bothers me is that in 12/08 an Austrailian pregnant woman had dysport injections & her babies were born deaf, blind & died [if I recall]. I honestly can't remember the entire jest of it. My right eye is giving problems, as I type, so I've got to get going. My eyes are my tools. While also my full body I had taken great pride with balance in, for total health & fitness. I was ant athlete since 1990. I can barely get going anymore. My days & nights are mixed up because of when I could not be in the light for so long. Anyway, dysport continued to be on the shelves, even after the Austrial babies incident. Ironically, almost a year to the day, I had my 1st & only dysport injections [12/09]. If you google about the Austrailian babies you'll find it. Do more research on it. I did prior to my injections in 2009 & literally nothing negative was being revealed. It wasn't until somewhere a few months after my initial injections that so many people are having serious side effects. Life threatening. I'm case, my days are possibly numbered. Malt lymphoma is a low grade cancer & is incureable. You can't just cut it out & it's gone. You're in my heart & prayers. Don't let this go. I reported it to the manufacter & the FDA. I'm now on my way to see a lawyer.