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What does a “high risk area” entail and what can happen?

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Emarie731Jun 8, 2019

When injectors say certain areas are “high risk” what does that entail? And is the risk something that could happen immediately? For instance I want forehead filler, because I have brow bossing so it creates a “concave” looking appearance. It’s subtle but bothers me enough to want it fixed. Some injectors say it’s fine while others have said that’s a very dangerous area for filler. So what can happen?

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