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Getting counterfeit Botox or getting the real medication injected by an untrained unlicensed injector can have grave consequences. Buying anything on the internet when you’re not a physician, or even if you’re a physician looking for a bargain is a bad idea, and it is actually illegal. Just type in cheap Botox on TikTok and you’ll have a plethora of choices. I can promise you it is not legitimate product and you run the risk of having true catastrophe. You will end up in the hospital on a respirator or potentially dead. The Louisiana Health Department says in September 2 people were hospitalized for severe illnesses, one, after buying fake medication, the other after getting injected. In a non-medical setting by a person with unknown credentials. Too much of the medication in your blood causes paralysis of your diaphragm. The muscle used to breathe. This is a medical procedure. It needs to be done in the proper setting by a proper doctor, preferably someone who’s board-certified in an aesthetic specialty like dermatology, plastic surgery, ENT. Ophthalmology Warning signs are blurry or double vision. Drooping eyelids, difficulty swallowing, slurred speech, difficulty breathing, muscle weakness. Dermatologist Dr. Mary Lupo has also seen the unsightly cosmetic consequences of Botox injected in the wrong muscles, causing a scowl look, or Dr. Spock eyebrows. Dr. Chris Haas at the LSU Health Dermatology Clinic sees it too. Botox party. That is the most common source of that particular instance. Um, alternatively, we see a lot of people going to medical spas where they’re injecting tons of patients with Botox. Some medical spas have MDs in them, and some don’t. Were the ones who had trouble, ones that went to a medical spa and weren’t under the care of an MD or, um, an np. Yes, that is the case. And there’s no medication to reverse the droopy eyelids or crooked smiles. You just have to wait a few months for it to wear off. Meg Ferris, WWL, Louisiana, and Botulinum Toxin is one of the most poisonous biological substances known. So stick to the brain for safety to make the procedure more affordable. Ask the doctor if they can be on an appointment plan or just get one area injected at a time.

When it comes to sun and damage and aging, sun damage and aging, the eyes are the 1st place where you’ll usually see things changing.

Don’t I know it, right?

Yeah,

That’s. Not right. I will not agree with you, your eyes look amazing.

Don’t put me in.

Thank you, but the skin around your eyes, it’s really thin

Yes, it is

It’s 10 times thinner than the rest of your face. And, as meg Farris shows us on wrinkle, free Friday, the FDA just approved a new procedure to tighten that delicate skin without surgery, after a clinical trial right here by a local doctor.

Oh good. How do I look? Do I look fabulous?

It only took moments with this dermatology patient to notice her spunky and confident personality. Bb as we were asked to call her by her initials had the best answer of anyone when asked for some personal background to better tell a story about anti-aging in the skin.

Yeah, I’m of age. Huh. I’m definitely of age

Bb is a dermatologist Doctor Mary Lupo’s patient. She admits to loving the skin and damaging the sun over the years. She joined a clinical trial to test using an injectable filler under the eyes. What is important about this is this is the first study that was done in order to get FDA approval for use in the tear troughs area.

Juvéderm Volbella XC is a hyaluronic acid filler. It’s been injected for years in small lines, lips, cheeks, the jaw. Hyaluronic acid is naturally in your skin and joints. It gives the skin plumpness, elasticity, and it attracts moisture. What’s new is its now FDA approved for under the eyes. Can be used to help shadows and contours as we age, we get indentations, we get ptosis, which means drooping our orbital area gets bigger as we get older and our eyes start sinking back in our heads. Doctor Lupo says it’s important for doctors to pick the right patient for best results. If someone who still has some firmness to their skin? They don’t have a lot of laxity around the skin and they don’t, they do not have the herniated fat pad.

And it’s important that the doctor is trained in facial anatomy and injecting technique the company provides, there’s potential for problems around the eyes.

If you get a hyaluronic acid filler or any gel filler in a blood vessel, and it includes the blood vessel, it can cause circulation compromise to that area. Doctor Lupo uses a tiny cannula instead of a needle to help avoid that the filler is not permanent, it gradually absorbs in a year.

Perfect.

And when I looked in a mirror at 16, I didn’t see anything but once I. Hit that particular mark, I started seeing everything in my face, you know, as I guess a lot of women we do. Although we probably shouldn’t put that kind of pressure on ourselves, but, you know, we do that.

I see the difference. Yeah, I see the difference.

Bb did notice the difference. It was a little bit more plumped there, the indentation subsided a little. It probably enhanced, fabulousness, and just a little bit more, you know?

And that’s coming from a natural woman who doesn’t even like to wear concealer or any makeup for wrinkle free Friday. I’m meg Farris.

Well, I think she looks great before and after, but dark circles under the eyes can also be caused by allergies, congested blood vessels, and even rubbing your eyes too much. And all of those things can stimulate more dark pigments.