Bellafill injected on 5/4..skin abscess appeared on 5/14. Oral antibiotics started on 5/16. Drainage completed on 5/29. Kenalog injected on 6/7. Referred to ID doctor on 6/15. PIC line placed on 6/17. Daptomycin and Ertapenem Sodium started via pic line. Orginal drainage site continues to drain large amounts of infection. 6/25 redness and swelling moved to lower eye lid area. Ultrasound showed cellulitis in entire area. the infection is not localized to the original area and spreading.
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Bellafill is injected differently than other fillers; less over time and then it builds collagen naturally. It is not an immediate fill like other fillers. Bellafill is more permanent than other fillers and thus it requires meticulous injection technique and someone skilled and experienced. Some...
In general, different fillers can be injected in the same area if using US FDA approved fillers. It should be no problem what you propose to do and some of my colleagues to this routinely so you get more global volumization with some immediate long lasting improvement as well.
Bellafill recently came out with 5 year safety data. It will continue to monitor these patients and eventually come out with longer duration data. Bottom line is that PMMA is not degraded by the body and will last forever. It is permanent but the company can't say that because it only has data...
