BACKGROUND As the popularity of soft tissue fillers increases, so do the reports of adverse
events. The most serious complications are vascular in nature and include blindness …

Background: The ever-expanding range of dermal filler products for aesthetic soft tissue
augmentation is of benefit for patients and physicians, but as indications and the number of …

Accidental intra-arterial filler injection may cause significant tissue injury and necrosis.
Hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers, currently the most popular, are the focus of this article, which …

Background: Complications following facial cosmetic injections have recently heightened
awareness of the possibility of iatrogenic blindness. The authors conducted a systematic …

PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical manifestations and visual prognosis of retinal artery
occlusion resulting from cosmetic facial filler injections. DESIGN: Retrospective …

Background: Vascular occlusion during the injection of facial fillers is uncommon, but can
result in serious adverse events, including necrosis, blindness, and stroke. Objectives: We …

Importance Iatrogenic occlusion of the ophthalmic artery and its branches is a rare but
devastating complication of cosmetic facial filler injections. Objective To investigate clinical …

Background: Clinical use of autologous fat grafts for facial soft-tissue augmentation has
grown in popularity in the plastic surgery community, despite a perceived drawback of …

Introduction: Autologous fat is ideal soft tissue filler. It is easily accessible, biocompatible,
cheap, and it provides both volume augmentation and skin quality improvement. Fat grafting …

In recent years, several cases of blindness, stroke, and skin necrosis have occurred after
injection of soft tissue fillers. To avoid such complications, the author recommends using …