RESEARCH STUDY

Blindness from fillers: review of world literature (2015)

2015
Review
Moderate

One-line finding

Filler blocking a blood vessel can rarely cause blindness; the brow, nose, and smile lines are highest risk.

Plain-language summary

Researchers gathered 98 reported cases worldwide where filler caused vision changes. Most vision loss happened right away and did not recover. The riskiest areas were between the brows, the nose, the smile lines, and the forehead. Fat and hyaluronic acid were the most common fillers involved. This is rare, but it shows why an injector must know the face's blood vessels well. The paper explains how to prevent and manage this emergency.

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