I want to get a non-surgical chin augmentation, but I'm nervous of a freak accident occurring causing blindness. Do the arteries connected to the eye travel down to the chin?
August 25, 2018
Answer: Risk of blindness from fillers injected near the chin It is highly improbable to inject fillers in the region of the chin that would find their way through the arterial system to cause blindness. There are instances of blindness related to injection in the region of the nose and mid face, but none that I am aware of from the area below the mouth. Severe complications are quite rare with filler injections given the many thousands of patients injected every day.
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August 25, 2018
Answer: Risk of blindness from fillers injected near the chin It is highly improbable to inject fillers in the region of the chin that would find their way through the arterial system to cause blindness. There are instances of blindness related to injection in the region of the nose and mid face, but none that I am aware of from the area below the mouth. Severe complications are quite rare with filler injections given the many thousands of patients injected every day.
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August 23, 2018
Answer: Chin filler risk of blindness Theoretically, it is possible that filler injected into the chin could be injected into an artery that might feed the eye and result in blindness. That being said, it would be exceptionally and in 15 years of aesthetic practice, I have never seen or even heard of a case like that. With any filler procedure or any injection into the face, you want to be sure that your provider has extensive experience in the desired procedure as wellas being expert in facial anatomy. For example, I know many plastic surgeons who are excellent in the OR but has little experience with injectable fillers.
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August 23, 2018
Answer: Chin filler risk of blindness Theoretically, it is possible that filler injected into the chin could be injected into an artery that might feed the eye and result in blindness. That being said, it would be exceptionally and in 15 years of aesthetic practice, I have never seen or even heard of a case like that. With any filler procedure or any injection into the face, you want to be sure that your provider has extensive experience in the desired procedure as wellas being expert in facial anatomy. For example, I know many plastic surgeons who are excellent in the OR but has little experience with injectable fillers.
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