Question:
What are some of the common complications associated with injectable fillers?
Answer:
Injectable fillers are extremely safe. Having said that, all procedures come with potential complications. Some of these potential complications are not unique and involve all of the injectable fillers. Pain, bruising, bleeding, infection, and transient redness are a few. Skin irregularities, vascular injection with resultant areas of skin sloughing, allergic reactions, and foreign body reactions which are much less common potential complications all dermal fillers but seen more frequently with permanent dermal fillers.
Posted by Dr. Philip Schoenfeld