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Occasional puffy upper cheek/lower eyelid 5 years after cheek filler - is this related? (photos)

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MragsdaleMar 22, 2022

I had under eye filler about 5 years ago and cheek filler about 2 years ago. I’m 49. I occasionally get this puffy spot under my eye/ above my cheek. Is this filler related or something else?

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