Had bellafill with 1 syrenge for superficial marionette lines. Instead of placing it in my lines he placed it from my chin to the line. It gave me a heavy lower puffy jaw now. I look like I have cotton shoved in my lower gums. My pretty pointy chin is gone. I'm on day 5, the swelling is gone. But I'm scared. Once my own collagen starts to build will I look deformed? Should I get cortizone shots now? I'm so scared! Plus I feel one bump forming in there. Should I message it?
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Bellafill (formerly Artefill) was FDA approved in 2014 as afiller. It is promoted as a permanent filler because a portion of the filler ismade of microspheres of methyl methacrylate.. The large proportion(80%) is madeof bovine collagen. Collagen last lessthan one year while the PMM is...
I would not recommend Bellafill for acne scars, or any other permanent filler for this purpose. My office is an international referral center for permanent filler complications and I have seen many longterm complications. Best, Dr. Karamanoukian Los Angeles
The studies of 5 year duration for Bellafill are about to be published. It is the studied filler on the market. The fact that the particle size is 40 microns makes them too big to be "digested" by the macrophages. All that can be done is form a collagen matrix around the PMMA. The big caveot is...
