Side effects vary depending on the procedure and area being treated. With an experienced highly trained practitioner these risks can be reduced and carried out safely.

Possible complications include:

● Skin redness; associated with skin needling/manipulation and is temporary

● Pain, burning or stinging at injection site; usually low intensity and resolves within minutes

● Bleeding; most often very minor at injection sites and resolves within seconds. Bleeding can be prolonged if taking concurrent blood-thinning medications, high dose Vitamin E or high dose omega 3 oils, or with underlying bleeding disorders

● Bruising; not uncommon but not usually extensive, can be managed with ice/cold compress

● Swelling; temporary and should resolve within days to short weeks

● Discolouration; can occur when filler is placed too superficially (i.e. incorrectly) or possibly post-inflammation

● Infection; rare but can occur. Can be treated with antibiotic and prevented by cleaning the skin thoroughly prior to injection and good aftercare

● Lumpiness; can occur if too much filler is injected into one area, or repeated injections in the same area too frequently. Can be initially reduced with hot compresses or dissolved with Hyalase

● Granuloma formation; rare, formation of tissue around the injection area after inflammation as the body attempts to block off what it perceives as foreign material. Can be treated with intralesional steroids, antibiotics or may require surgical drainage/excision

● Vascular occlusion/embolization; injection into an artery causing vascular occlusion and damage to the overlying skin and tissues which can lead to necrosis (death) of the tissues. This is an emergency and needs urgent assessment and treatment with Hyalase and potentially further emergency medical/surgical treatment.

Topical numbing cream is used for all dermal filler procedures. We do not use nerve blocks as it is important for us to establish whether there is excessive unexpected pain as this can occasionally be a sign of complications such as vascular occlusion.

You must be 18 or over in order to receive dermal filler treatment. In our younger patients we would always request a full facial consultation first to truly establish whether dermal filler is the best option for you.

Dermal filler cannot be performed if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

We always recommend you contact the practitioner who performed the procedure if you require reversal of a treatment. However, after a full facial consultation if we feel it is safe to proceed, we would consider offering to dissolve your filler. Often it is necessary to dissolve previously injected filler in order to perform a new procedure, in which case we would offer this.

While we do have to warn you about discomfort, all our high-quality fillers have local anaesthetic in them, and we apply numbing cream to the skin to help. With many of our filler procedures only one injection point is needed so hardly any pain is felt at all!⁠

You can find our extensive treatment list on our booking system which you can get to via Instagram and Facebook by clicking ‘Book Now’.

You can book yourself in for a Full Facial Consultation on our booking system and we will talk you through your options. You can then choose from a list of our treatment recommendations in your own time.