An implanted gel placed beneath the skin, and the one category on this site where a rare complication can be an emergency.
Fillers are regulated as medical devices rather than drugs, and several distinct material families exist with different handling and different behavior in tissue. We do not name products. What matters at the consultation stage is that the provider can explain which family they are proposing, why that one, whether it can be dissolved or reversed if there is a problem, and what they keep on hand for that purpose.
The common side effects are unremarkable and expected: bruising, swelling, redness, tenderness, and firmness or visible lumps under the skin. Nodules can appear later. Infection is possible, as with anything that breaks the skin. Asymmetry is common enough that it should be discussed before rather than after.
The serious complication is vascular. If filler enters an artery or compresses one, the blood supply to an area of tissue can be cut off. That can cause skin breakdown and scarring, and in rare cases involving vessels around the eye it has caused vision loss, including permanent blindness. It is rare. It is also the reason anatomy knowledge, injection technique and immediate recognition matter more here than anywhere else on this site. Severe or increasing pain, blanching or dusky discoloration of the skin, and any change in vision are urgent — you should be told in advance what they look like and exactly who to call. Ask who will hold the needle, what their license is, how many years they have been doing this specific work, whether the practice stocks a reversal agent, and what their written protocol is if a vascular event is suspected.
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