Holiday Juvederm Treat to Lips Not What I Expected - Thailand, TH

I think the long flight home & humidity would definitely attribute to some of the swelling . I fly a lot and always get really puffy under my eyes when flying to or from Thailand/Malaysia etc. Although I have heard the lips swell a lot on most people. Maybe a week off work next time you get it done? Also I heard if you top up earlier rather than later you might only need a tiny bit so less swelling :)

I feel your pain. Its everyone noticing and JUDGING causes a fuss! Oh also of course the downtime swelling. Also I have an advice that you may try! I'm too freaked out by the swelling after my first time:D who didn't!))) Rushed to the emergency room coz it was a weekend and my doctors office wouldn't open till monday! So actually it helped apart from the fact that I was judged by every doctor and every nurse in the emergency)))) Bottom line they prescribed me allergy pills and they worked! Swelling improved in a day. Also did try arnica pills and cream doesn't do it for me.

I just saw this...So sorry this was so distressing (and fellow Sydneysider here, now live in US - enjoyed reading your nose surgery review. My primary surgery was last April, just had minor revision to "tweak" things yesterday). Anyway, I have small mouth and thinner upper lip so I had my regular dermatologist inject my lips last year. She used Restylane. I was very happy with it. I also looked like Donald Duck initially!! However I only felt embarrassed to be seen for about a day. I don't think anyone noticed after day 1, it just looks really nice in pics and made me feel good. I think she may have been a bit more conservative. She is known to be "talented" at injections (even my rhinoplasty surgeon said this and he does facial fillers etc) and she did small amounts at a time. Also a few weeks after there were a couple of blebs in my lips and she massaged them out for me and said this was normal. I see you had some blebs or something? I went back to my doctor after about a week and she massaged them for me (whereas I know you couldn't do this). Mine also didn't bleed at all. She used one small size syringe of Restylane whereas I have had her inject under my eyes (I am late 30s but small and thin so not a lot of facial volume) and for that she has used I guess the larger syringe and used one syringe for both eyes and then to inject two small pitted scars on my forehead from chicken pox. I am not sure how much is in a syringe of Restylane vs Juvederm..? For me it lasted in my lips I think at least 6 months. She told me that with Restylane that it tends to last longer after you do it about 3 times ( and she has had this herself which is handy). Possibly if you could find someone you like in Sydney? I went to dermatologist originally as my skin is very sensitive and I could not find an under eye cream or sunscreen that I did not react to. Oh and us Aussies know about sunscreen! Then I actually got plastic surgeon referral from her for rhinoplasty. Anyway, if you happen to see this hope it helps!! :) And also that by writing this it doesn't come off as making you feel bad as that is not the intent - I just feel bad for all you went through whereas for me it was sort of like nothing vs the whole rhinoplasty stuff (one day of weirdness and some money) and I think you should be able to have that!!! I don't have nose surgery review and pics for privacy reasons. I am going to get my lips injected again soon - it has worn off and I want it back! :) It was $400 USD.

oh my god! i know how you feel when you said you are surprised at how much this freaked you out... i was very swollen and infected for about 4-5 days and i completely freaked out! i cried to because i thought i would look like a freak forever! now my lips are completely healed and look great... i want to continue to get the injections but I'm scared of getting infected again! also I very surprised that they didn't massage after the injections they are suppose to spread it around your lips

I had this but my Dr recommended a different filler ( not certain which it was ) though I had juviderm ultra under eyes with amazing results( though I looked beaten for several days! my upper lip is naturally tiny so I only had it injected there, the tiny smokers lines and a bit in my nasolabial ( ?) folds- procedure done Monday with dental blocks which helped enormously BUT left awful swelling, the injection sites were VeRY bruised, and I had a mustache look that I could not cover with makeup!! My lip looked AWFUL and freakish though my DR did a lot of " spreading" and this may add to bruising( I'm guessing) but I'm glad she did it! I have a large bruise at corner of my mouth but my results! OMG it's amazing!! I also had Botox in forehead bt eyes and crows feet and honestly I look 12 years younger! ( I'm 50 ( am looking 39-40 -in THE FACE only ) I read your results to decide so, thanks so much for sharing! I haven't posted pics but will soon! I think letting my Dr help me pick the filler was very important! ( I've had collagen lips 10 yrs ago- lasted maybe 3 months! but I went in to get the ultra and am glad she said " Eh, I'd rather use this in this area! bc I had to trust her, though now I'm so glad I had it, at first, I was in tears!! You should be warned that you'll look like a duck for days - bc much stress old be avoided If I worked , I'd have definitely called in bc of my appearance! plus I honestly looked " possibly abused!" ROTFl bc of my black eyes and bruised mouth! Now 5 days later I only have bruising at the corner of mouth- I find a yellow correcting powder is so much better to cover dark bluish areas ( under eyes, injection sites, I bought bare minerals " well rested" on amazon and a good eyeshadow brush and it's amazing for this! hope this helps! thanks again for giving details updates, I decided on this largely from reading these!

Use ice and coat lips with vaseline move lips as much as possible!!Good Luck