What Are Risks of Using Injectable Fillers On My Face? (0:39)
You can minimize the risks of using injectable fillers on your face to plump up lips and erase wrinkles by following a few simple guidelines, says plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Youn. Watch the video to get the specifics.
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It's very important that if you going to have injectable fillers to find a plastic surgeon that is well trained in it. There are risks of inject-able fillers. Some are very minor which are lumps, maybe some bruising, even bleeding, but there are also some serious problems that can happen.
There are reports of people who have gone blind after having fillers injected into the danger zone at the face, and that is the area between the eye brows. So its very important if you're going to have fillers injected, it's best to have them injected into the lower parts of the face like the nasolabial folds, and the marionette line, maybe even in the lips and be very cautious is going to inject it into the forehead.
Anthony Youn, MD is a board-certified plastic surgeon and assistant professor of surgery at Oakland University/William Beaumont School of Medicine. He's the author of In Stitches and is a regular contributor to CNN.com and MSNBC.com.
