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Swelling down, weird lump, lines etched in instead of filled

So before I got to the doctor tomorrow -- here is what I'm dealing with. A lump that is adjacent to where I even got my filler placed (near my mouth and above my lip), and then two etched in lines that even when I cover with makeup are still there. I cannot tell if this is overfill and the areas around it are raised, making it look like a fold, a straight up and down bruise, like someone took a blue pen and marked my lines or the tyndall effect. Hopefully he will know by tomorrow. Some doctors say to wait two weeks but I just don't think this is swelling and bruising. It's been a week and this should be fading, not getting worse every day... right? I know I post a lot but it's a way to get this off my chest. I am so scared of the dissolver. Again, anyone out there who had it dissolved, let me know how it worked! Thanks for reading if you did.

Going to get this dissolved ...

Well, this has caused such sadness. Since I know what this should look like based on my first injection five months ago, and how happy I was, I know this is very wrong. I just looked great! It felt like an instant rejuvination. I looked so pretty and it was so subtle. Now, my swelling is gone, it's been nearly a week, I don't have any bruises save for that weird lump near my lip which I don't think is a bruise, I think it's migration or a nodule, I have no idea. All I know is I never had a damn lump with bluish grayish undertones before I came in. And my lines. It looks almost like two lines drawn down the side of my face -- they are far more noticeable than before. I thought maybe this is tyndall also, but I covered with makeup and it looked the same. It's the way it has settled in my skin. I look older than I am and I'm not even old:( I regret getting the touch up. I actually questioned the doctor if I should even do it -- I felt OK that morning. The week before I felt that the left side was looking kind of uneven to the right (that fold is always deeper) and I thought just THAT side could be touched up. But it wasn't a huge deal at all. I made the appt. and then that morning I almost didn't go in because I looked in the mirror that morning and thought, you look pretty. I can barely see any folds. That was my good mirror (you know those mirrors). Well, I should have listened to my good mirror and myself because now my good mirror is showing these lines. I am so incredibly sad. I am scared of getting dissolved but I don't want to feel like this for months and months. Getting something dissolved from my face makes me really nervous. I've told no one about this either, no friends or family, and so I'm sitting here alone, anxious and sad. I hope he will fix this tomorrow. I hope this has a happy ending. I am so sad.

Lines worse...

So, here's the dreaded complication. My folds looks WORSE than before. I think he overfilled with this touch up and some of the juvederm migrated outside the line making it puffier and sinking in the fold I wanted to fill. When I run my fingers across the area, it's flat. It's filled. Up closer to my nose, I can feel the product almost in a ball. So I know there is enough filler there. It's overfilled, filled too superficially most likely where that mark is still there and hasn't changed color (tyndall effect). I'm so bummed out that I walked in looking OK, just a tiny touch up was needed and, I thought, just on one side. Now BOTH sides look worse. I'm reading on here this can happen if the stuff migrates or the doctor overfills. I think that's my issue. I will probably require dissolving it. Doctor was trying to talk me into the cheek enhancement that lifts the folds, and that scared me because of pillow face, but I'm understanding the point behind that now. However, he assured me I was young enough to be fine with having just the folds filled. He is so nice and such a pro from everything I researched. Ugh. I hope the dissolver works and I hope it doesn't completely reverse the effect. If so, I hope he refills for a discount. That would not seem fair... I'll keep you posted. And, please, any of you who have been through this, feel free to comment. I'd be really curious to know how you handled this. Thanks for reading if you have!

Provider Review

Dr. in Santa Monica

Very nice. Talked to me about future procedures. Agreed with what I'm comfortable with. I think he wanted to do that touch up so I left feeling good. He didn't seem like a bad doctor at all. And everyone in his office looked natural and beautiful.