Description of Event or Problem · 1
I RECEIVED JUVEDERM XC INJECTIONS ON MY RIGHT AND LEFT CHEEK AREA TO INCREASE THE VOLUME OF MY FACE. FOR THE FIRST 24-72 HOURS I HAD TYPICAL PAIN, SWELLING AND SORENESS THAT I WOULD EXPECT FROM AN INJECTION AND IT SUBSIDED SO I WAS FINE. HOWEVER, 5 DAYS AFTER THE INJECTION, I EXPERIENCED SEVERE LEFT MAXILLARY PRESSURE AND A HORRIBLE PAIN ON THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH. WHICH KEPT GETTING WORSE UNTIL MY PAIN WAS A 10/10. THE PAIN AND PRESSURE WAS SO SEVERE THAT I WENT TO THE ER. I RECEIVED A CT AND WAS TREATED FOR A SINUS INFECTION AND PAIN SECONDARY TO FILLER INJECTIONS. THE ER DOCTOR STATED THAT THE FILLER MAY HAVE BLOCKED A LYMPH OR NEGATIVELY AFFECTED A FACIAL NERVE. I RECEIVED ANTIBIOTICS AND TOOK PAIN MEDICATIONS FOR A MONTH. THEN I EXPERIENCED EYE PRESSURE AND PAIN. I SAW AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST WHO STATED MIGRATION CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE MAL EFFECTS AFTER HUA INJECTIONS, AND HE REFERRED ME TO AN ENT TO FOLLOW UP ON MY SYMPTOMS. DOSE OR AMOUNT: 1ML, FREQUENCY: INJECTED ONCE, ROUTE: INTRADERMAL. DATES OF USE: (B)(6) 2014. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: TO INCREASE FACIAL VOLUME IN THE CHEEK AREA.