Don't Book That Appointment, if You Have Cancel It...please Don't Sacrifice Your Health and Comfort - Tulsa, OK

It's been a year and a half since I had Bellafill injections. The product is uncomfortable, the lumps and bumps do not go away, even though your medical professional will tell you that they will. There is a high potential for random swelling caused by this product... which I do battle the swelling constantly. I hate the swelling... those are the things that are unavoidable and can happen to anyone injected with Bellafill. My other issues include the product being injected directly against a nerve, the product is permanent, I just have to live with that. A common complaint after Bellafill is a loss of contour. Contour is attractive, puffy face is not a look you should be going for.... Bellafill is infamous for "puffy face". When you begin to have problems one of the first treatments will typically be anti- inflammatories and a very strong steroid called Prednisone. Prednisone causes terrible side effects, uncontrollable emotions, severe depression ( and aren't you probably already depressed enough that you paid someone to mess up your face?), weight gain (sometimes permanently), and something called moon face ( that's when your face turn completely round), oh and it can give you a hump on the back of your neck. These steroids are unbelievable in the way that they can alter your personality, so be prepared to sacrifice quality time with the ones you love, they will probably suffer too. Then in the end you will have to taper off of the steroids because you can't stop cold turkey and likely after going through all of this, they won't make a difference at all.
If you decide to use this product you will probably someday ( regardless of if it's days later or years later) be telling yourself this, "At least my lumps aren't noticeable or that noticeable", "at least my reaction wasn't as bad as that other ladies", "at least my face isn't swollen EVERYDAY", "just because I can feel it doesn't mean others can see it", "maybe there will be a safe treatment someday"...
That's if you are luckier than some others who can't even try to convince themselves that it's not visible to others...those people are spending thousands dealing with it and many cannot even afford the treatment.
As you start to research options to have it removed, the least of your worries will be how great you will look after, you will have different goals. Like being comfortable physically, just looking "normal" will be your priority.
You will struggle to accept that you will never be 100% free of this product, nor will you return to the way you looked before Bellafill... once you have this product injected, there's no turning back.
So please don't do it, it's not worth the regret.
The issues do not go away after 5 years, did your doctor tell you about the studies? What has actually happened is that after living with the problem for years, people no longer report them. Most issues are reported within the first year with no follow-up, the study claims these non follow-ups as issues that resolved on their own. Nope, they are still very real.
Don't even book that appointment, if you already have cancel it, then take a deep breath and enjoy knowing that you are safe from this product.