Why are fillers not good?

The FDA has warned against getting filler injected into the breasts, buttocks, or spaces between the muscles. Using injectable filler for large-scale body contouring or body enhancement can lead to serious injury, including long-term pain, infection, permanent scarring or disfigurement, and even death.

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What is the downside to fillers?

Con: Potential Side Effects

Patients usually experience minor bruising for 24 hours to several days. Other symptoms include rashes, swelling, and potential infection. Over time, patients may feel the filler moving away from the desired area, or, although extremely rare, develop lumps under the skin.

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Do fillers damage your face?

Temporary bruising and swelling are the most common side effects associated with filler. Hard, inflamed nodules and allergic reactions are also possible, though much less common. Skin necrosis and blindness are the most serious, though rarest of the bunch.

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What are the long term side effects of fillers?

Long Term Use: Over time, long term use of dermal fillers can result in weakness of the muscles of the face, head and neck. These side effects can have undesirable consequences when swallowing, with vocal cord function and eye movements, including double vision.

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Do fillers age you faster?

Fillers are a great option for patients seeking a softer, more youthful look. However, if used improperly or over used, fillers can have negative long term consequences. In fact, patients who do not properly use filler could actually speed up their skin's aging process, resulting in older looking skin.

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Are cosmetic dermal fillers safe?

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What is the best age to get fillers?

If you're looking to a dermal filler to combat signs of aging, your mid-20s is often a good time to start. Your body starts to lose bone and collagen around age 26, so it's a good time to begin maintenance injections. By starting early, you'll use require less product than if you wait until your mid-50s.

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What age is best for fillers?

Most experts agree that patients in their mid to late twenties and thirties are at a great age to start treatments. By injecting the muscles that typically cause wrinkles around the mouth, eyes, and eyebrows before they start developing, you are preventing them before they happen.

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Which is better Botox or fillers?

Compared to Botox, dermal fillers are just as effective. More importantly, the results last longer. However, the duration of the effects of dermal fillers still varies mostly on the type of filler. Some may last as long as Botox, while other types of fillers can last for more than a year.

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Does your face go back to normal after fillers?

Can your face go back to normal after fillers? Many patients fear that when the filler wears off, they will look worse than before. Though fillers may stretch your skin, it is elastic enough to revert to its original form before your treatment. However, anything that's too much is also not good for you.

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Why should you not get fillers in your face?

As well as stretching of the skin, excessive use of fillers can result in longer term damage including wrinkling of the lip and disturbance of the attachment of the facial fat pads and some degree of irregularity and ageing of the skin, he explains.

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Is Botox safer than fillers?

Dermal fillers carry the possibility of more risks and side effects than Botox. Severe side effects are rare. Moderate side effects usually go away within two weeks.

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How many years do fillers take off your face?

Depending on the filler used, you can enjoy a younger looking face for 2 years but that should depend on your priorities. The results of either of the aforementioned fillers can vary from one person to the next.

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What is the safest filler for face?

Hyaluronic acid based products are considered one of the safest in dermal fillers, particularly those made from synthesized HA, which is made in bacteria instead of using human or animal tissue.

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Do fillers stay in your body forever?

Dermal fillers are one of the more popular anti-aging treatments in the United States. They're quick, convenient, and provide noticeable results. Dermal fillers don't last forever, though. Over time, the body will eventually metabolize and break down the primary substance that fills in wrinkles and fine lines.

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Can filler cause permanent damage?

It is possible to have temporary changes in the appearance of your lips or face after dermal fillers, but irreversible damage can happen too. Necrosis, which means filler was injected into a blood vessel causing tissue death, can have long term effects.

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What is a pillow face victim?

“Pillow face” is a direct play on the puffy, unattractive result of using too much facial filler or transferred fat. Another term often used to describe this overfilled look is “chipmunky.”

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Can filler ever look natural?

“If you put the right amount of dermal filler in the right place, it looks completely natural.”

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Why does my face look weird after fillers?

The first sign of a facial injection filler gone wrong is puffiness long after the initial injection. It's typical for patients to experience slight swelling or puffiness in the area for up to 24 hours. This is a common side effect that should be no cause for concern.

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What is better than face fillers?

Botox or Dysport: "If someone has lines caused by muscle movement, filler may not be the best option, and Botox or Dysport may be a better alternative," explains Herrmann.

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Is there a downside to Botox?

Nausea. Redness. Temporary facial weakness or drooping. In rare instances, the botulinum toxin may spread beyond the treatment area, causing botulism-like signs and symptoms such as breathing problems, trouble swallowing, muscle weakness and slurred speech.

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Which is better for lip lines Botox or filler?

While filler is commonly used to address concerns related to the lips, Botox is necessary to treat more complex issues such as vertical lips lines that result from movement as opposed to simple volume loss.

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Are fillers worth it?

A dermal filler treatment can help to rejuvenate the skin and enhance shape or fullness in specific areas of the face. They have the bonus of reducing wrinkles, fading fine lines, reversing the loss of volume and rehydrating deeper skin layers.

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Will 1ml cheek filler make a difference?

Cheek filler

They are ideal for replacing volume loss, enhancing cheek volume, and can improve the appearance of the lower eyelid by volumising the upper cheek area. We recommend using as little as 1ml per session for an enhanced appearance.

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Where do I put fillers to look younger?

Where can you use dermal fillers to look younger?
  1. The eye area and eyelids.
  2. Marionette lines, smile lines and frown lines around the mouth.
  3. Frown and furrow lines near the eyebrows and top of the nose.
  4. Thin or deflated lips (plumping).
  5. Chin creases.
  6. Neck creases.
  7. Along the cheekbones.

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