Can you tell me what are some safeguards that a good surgeon follows in order to 100% avoid this terrible event from occurring? Everyone's anatomy is different so how can even an experienced surgeon avoid hitting blood vessels in a person's face? Will using a cannula ensure that an artery won't get poked? How about aspirating before injecting? Although it would take longer, is that what should be done, otherwise, how can you know for sure that you didn't hit a blood vessel?
Answer: Filler and blindness The incidence of blindness with filler injection is very rare.The essential precautions to be taken, Choose a board certified Plastic Surgeon, who is familiar with the face anatomy and specially the vascular anatomy.The use of a cannula instead of a needle decrease the possibility of filler embolism.The pressure of injecting the filler is important.Certain areas of the face are more prone to filler embolization.So the person doing the injection is the most important.
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Answer: Filler and blindness The incidence of blindness with filler injection is very rare.The essential precautions to be taken, Choose a board certified Plastic Surgeon, who is familiar with the face anatomy and specially the vascular anatomy.The use of a cannula instead of a needle decrease the possibility of filler embolism.The pressure of injecting the filler is important.Certain areas of the face are more prone to filler embolization.So the person doing the injection is the most important.
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April 8, 2021
Answer: Blindness from facial injections first of all, embolisms to the ophthalmic artery are very rare.
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April 8, 2021
Answer: Blindness from facial injections first of all, embolisms to the ophthalmic artery are very rare.
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Answer: How "rare" is fat embolism leading to blindness with facial fat transfer? I fastidiously avoid injection of any fillers to the corrugator area (11s) since I have especially heard of fat injections causing partial or complete blindness in more than one patient when this area was injected. I think that filler is safer in the form of hyaluronic acid but I also do not use it between the brows or in the forehead for the same reason. Embolism from injections of fat in other areas have been reported but are extremely rare. I have been using fat injections to the cheeks and nasolabial areas as well as the jawline for approximately 10-20 years and have never seen a single complication.
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Answer: How "rare" is fat embolism leading to blindness with facial fat transfer? I fastidiously avoid injection of any fillers to the corrugator area (11s) since I have especially heard of fat injections causing partial or complete blindness in more than one patient when this area was injected. I think that filler is safer in the form of hyaluronic acid but I also do not use it between the brows or in the forehead for the same reason. Embolism from injections of fat in other areas have been reported but are extremely rare. I have been using fat injections to the cheeks and nasolabial areas as well as the jawline for approximately 10-20 years and have never seen a single complication.
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February 16, 2017
Answer: How "rare" is fat embolism leading to blindness with facial fat transfer there is no way to guarantee that a complication does not occur except to do the procedure. The odds of this happening varies with the location and delivery method of the fat. Using a needle seems to be related to a higher rate of complications and cannulas are generally thought to be safer. The top of the nose and forehead is associated with more complications, Which in any event are extremely rare. The incidence is unknown, estimates go from 1 to a million to one in fifty thousand. The lifetime odds of dying in a car accident is about one in 80.
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February 16, 2017
Answer: How "rare" is fat embolism leading to blindness with facial fat transfer there is no way to guarantee that a complication does not occur except to do the procedure. The odds of this happening varies with the location and delivery method of the fat. Using a needle seems to be related to a higher rate of complications and cannulas are generally thought to be safer. The top of the nose and forehead is associated with more complications, Which in any event are extremely rare. The incidence is unknown, estimates go from 1 to a million to one in fifty thousand. The lifetime odds of dying in a car accident is about one in 80.
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