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Can Profhilo cause vascular occlusion if injected wrongly?

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t santierreDec 5, 2018

I cannot get a straight answer as to whether Profhilo can cause vascular occlusion if injected WRONGLY into a vein/artery as other fillers can?? Please someone tell me for sure.

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