I hit my face 4 months after filler. Did it move or deform my filler?

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I got fillers 4 months ago under my eyes and hit my face yesterday with a heavy full Cardboard box while I was trying to lift the box. Could this accident deform or move my fillers?

Michael I. Echavez, MD · Answer

I would not expect a hit to the face, 4 months after placement of a filler under the eyes, to have any effect on the filler.  The hit should not move or deform the filler.

Gordon Andan, MD · Answer

I'm sorry to hear you took a hit, but thankfully it shouldn't have affected the results of your dermal filler. The fillers under your eyes shouldn't be moved or disrupted by a minor trauma. The results of your fillers should have been fully set after two weeks at the longest. If you're noticing a change in the area where your fillers were applied, you should return to your cosmetic surgeon. It could just be the natural degradation of the fillers over time.

Vilma Di Maria, MBBS · Answer

Thankyou for your question. You do not need to be concerned after  months. The filler is truly integrated at this time  ( ie set)  Nothing will have happened to the fillerGood luck

Amy Miller, MD · Answer

After 4 months the filler should be “set” or anchored in the skin where it lives.  It is unlikely to deform or or move despite a blow or forceful facial injury.  If it a hylauronic acid filler it can retain some the swelling that occurs with the injury.  So, it may look a bit “puffy” even after the injury has healed and the swelling subsides. The HA molecules like to hold onto that water, but this will go away and things will go back to normal.  No harm done.
Hope this all makes sense and is useful for you,
Dr. Amy

Lindsay Sturm, DO · Answer

Great question thanks!  Most fillers are incorporated into your tissue at that point so it would be unlikely that a hit in the face would distort the filler or move the filler.  Thanks again for your question.

Take care,
  Dr Lindsay J Sturm

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