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My eyes look horrible, this has aged me

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I Now Have Eye Bags

Jaynine
$1,600
I originally went here for a PRP Facial, Dr Pickens convinced me to just get the PRP Facelift- I had prp and hyaluronic acid filler injected. The doctor used Voluma as the hyaluronic acid filler-it was placed in/or near the tear trough area-I started to get bags under my eyes and went back for a follow up, the doctor injected more prp. The bags progressively got worse, followed up and got Vitrase to remove some of the filler under my eyes. It looks worse now. Voluma should never be placed in or near the tear trough area, it cause swelling under the eyes. I now have eye bags when I originally had none. Dr
Pickens is NOT a cosmetic dermatologist and should not be doing any facial injections. I just went to a cosmetic dermatologist for a consult, I am now left with the long and costly process of getting the Voluma removed and possibly under eyelid surgery.

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Leslie Pickens, MD

Leslie Pickens, MD

Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician

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Replies (28)

February 23, 2020
Do not use anymore I trade. It eats up your collagen. This stuff is awful.
February 24, 2020
Thanks
June 22, 2020
wait what eats up your collagen?? l trade?
February 23, 2020
Vitrase
February 23, 2020
It probably wasnt the prp it was the voluma! Why voluma there?? You didn’t need volume. You didn’t need anything. Bad doctor for sure. Go see a real doctor and get your face back. You are young you will get it back
February 24, 2020
Thank you, this has left me some depressed.
February 24, 2020
So depressed
February 25, 2020
Hang in there. If you get really depressed go and see a therapist. You have to go on with your life. Work on a plan to fix it. Start researching your options. Healthy eating and a good collagen supplement to start. But please see a good doctor for advice. Sending prayers your way:)
February 25, 2020
Thank you
December 20, 2023
I almost cried reading your post cause I'm going threw exact same thing
December 20, 2023
It's been a year I swell all the time when I wake up top and bottom lids I've lost volume when dissolved all I do is cry and stay home besides work I'm a mess I pray all the time cause I feel I don't wanna live now I'm sorry it happened 2 u did u ever get surgery I would really like 2 know how things turned out cause I need surgery as well
February 23, 2020
Take a lot of vitamin c and give it some time. The vitrase can work for months. Do not anymore injectables ever! Find a good plastic surgeon and have him repair your eyes it can be fixed.
February 24, 2020
Thanks
April 17, 2020
I am so sorry. Thank you for posting.
UPDATED FROM Jaynine
1 year post

horrific experience that has left me botched and needing surgery!!!

Jaynine

HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE THAT HAS LEFT ME BOTCHED AND NEEDING SURGERY!!!

I originally went in to get a Vampire facial, 

Dr Pickens persuaded me into getting the Vampire Facelift-with hyaluronic filler.

Dr Pickens incompetently injected Voluma in my tear trough under eye area resulting in lumpy under eye bags-which I did not have before she injected me.

Voluma is not FDA approved to be injected in, or near the tear trough area-because of the adverse results it causes-the swollen, lumpy, under eye bags that I now have.

I now need surgery by a oculoplasty surgeon, a under eye blepharoplasty to surgically remove the filler, and correct the damage she has done.

I have asked Dr Pickens to refund my money for the incompetence of injecting Voluma in a non FDA approved area, so my refund can help contribute to paying for my impending surgery.

Dr Pickens has refused to refund my money and called her lawyer on me- who is not willing to negotiate any refund at all, and believes Dr Pickens injecting Voluma in a non FDA approved area did not contribute to my injuries.

I DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS BEFORE 

DR PICKENS INCOMPETENTLY INJECTED VOLUMA IN MY TEAR TROUGH (UNDER EYE) AREA!!!

Dr Pickens had ruined my looks and refuses to take the least bit of responsibility or even refund my money.

Dr Pickens calls herself “the cosmetic expert” and a “leading physician in the field of cosmetic medicine” If Dr Pickens was this so called expert she wouldn’t have injected Voluma in the tear trough area-because a cosmetic expert knows better than injecting in a area that causes the side effects I’m experiencing.

Dr Pickens is an ER doctor and is not a 

cosmetic expert” or a “leading physician in the field of cosmetic medicine”

Learn from my mistake and only go to a reputable cosmetic plastic surgeon to get any facial injections.

Replies (13)

January 14, 2021
Sorry for your bad experience. If you decide to dissolve the filler please have an experience oculoplastic do it. I had mine dissolve by an incompetent estethician that caused me deflation of my own tissue. Please be careful. Sometimes is better to wait. It will eventually go away on its own. It’s not worth to risk your skin and make it worse. I regret dissolving the filler.
January 16, 2021
Thank you. This doctor-Dr Pickens did try to dissolve the Voluma filler which made the bags look worse.
I will never forgive Dr Pickens for her incompetence, and refusal to refund my money. I regret going to Dr. Pickens, she ruined my looks.
February 23, 2021
Get an attorney and sue her! She has insurance, and you have a great case. Find an attorney that will only take money IF you win the case, and I believe you definitely will win. Seriously,.....you have a good case here, and I am sure an attorney will take this on a contingency basis,.....meaning they get a percentage of what you are awarded, and only get paid if you get a settlement.
February 26, 2021
I’m looking for a lawyer...can anyone recommend one?
I would appreciate it.
Direct mail me-by clicking on my linked name. Thank you.
June 28, 2021
I have the same issue different doctor