What can go wrong
Four categories, sorted by how fast you need to act rather than by how often each one happens.
Vascular occlusion
The complication every filler patient should be able to recognise, described so that you would know it at eleven at night.
Migration and late swelling
Filler that has moved and filler that has become inflamed are different problems. Telling them apart changes what should be done.
When it goes wrong
Eight steps in order. The first two are clinical, the rest decide whether anything comes of it.
Aftercare
Sorted into three groups: instructions with a real reason, instructions that are reasonable caution, and instructions nobody can justify.
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