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I had a lip filler yesterday (Belotero Intense), and last night I smoked weed with a friend. Can it cause any side effects?

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amandamrSep 13, 2014

I am now really concerned that it may have side effects on my lip outcome. Can smoking/ smoking weed straight after have any effect? I'm paranoid (no pun intended) that the filler could move with the sucking of the smoking.

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