To be glad that people are realising the effects of filler!

I truly hope the potential impacts of using these injectables become common knowledge as the use seems to be very prevalent amongst extremely young people who clearly don’t need it. If you watch the women on Married At First Sight there are so many that have gone down that path with over inflated lips and filled out faces. What on earth will happen to these women who use fillers for decades?

Even on MN, I am alarmed by the number of stunning women with clearly raging body dysphoria who post asking how to 'fix' their already gorgeous faces. Everybody has to look like Julia Roberts, it seems.

Recently I was in Thailand and it was awash with cosmetic surgery tourists, many of whom looked ridiculous, almost comical. It blows my mind that anyone would choose to make themselves look so awful.

Well I’ve never really believed filler dissolved. How? Sounded very convenient and too good to be true.

I would do plastic surgery before filler.

It’s a shame people, manly women feel under pressure to have these procedures.
I do find it odd though, and yes flame me all you like, when people are shocked and horrified when something goes wrong.
There was a post on here recently about a woman who had died after having a cosmetic procedure.
I found it bizarre that so many people were saying how shocked/surprise they were. As if the idea that it is a dangerous procedure never entered their head.
Its not like she was volunteering somewhere and got shot whilst in the cafe.
Like already pointed out, it carrys a risk. The same as eating crap. Or drinking. Or taking drugs. Sometimes it goes wrong.

I don't think people who get fillers care about the risks, as others have said.

The general tone of this thread has become pretty nasty.

Who'd have thunk fulling your body full of shite was bad for you, eh?

I dont think its necessarily about status, its about a certain look that people want, its just fashion. Something else will be along some time

I would imagine thats whats happened to Sharon Osbournes face, not only has she had face lifts but also filler and lost a huge amount of weight, so her face is suffering as its all moved in the wrong way. People are keen to say she has Ozempic face, but this isnt what it is, its becuase the skin and flesh has been affected by the procedures, they dont compliment each other

I have been looking at face lift information for some time now, they say the best people to do it on, are people that have never had any filler or other modifications at all, so I wouldnt touch anything as one day I might want a face lift.

I find it quite depressing. Nothing screams insecure and easily influenced than when you see a person (females and male too) full of filler, lips done, Turkey teeth, vaping (or worse, smoking) and drinking an energy drink. Walking around Manchester and you would be shocked how many times you see such a combination. People filled with these poisonous chemicals, the damage they are doing to their insides astounds me.

I'm late 40's and quite a few of my friends are starting to have filler and botox. Obviously I wouldn't say anything, but it's just so obvious and they don't look younger, just a bit odd. One of my friends looks as though somebody broke a pencil in half and put each half on top of her cheekbones, under her skin. She is extremely wealthy so it would have been the best money can buy. She seems very happy with it though, so that's the main thing.

Young women I.e 20s getting fillers is sad.
This whole Industry is playing havoc with mental health too.

I think the look will die a death eventually. The majority of people I know irl it's looked bloody awful and very obvious. I'm sure there are great practitioners who manage a very subtle effect but the danger is people end up with more and more 'tweakments' and end up looking weird anyway. I do think as a look it's incredibly ageing. I just assume someone is 10+ years older trying hard to look young if it's obvious they've had surgery/Botox/filler.

Is hyaluronic acid safe as a substance to use on your face ?! I googled hyaluronic acid + cancer as have never heard of a link and stuff came up about pancreatic cancer but also about to being used in cancer treatments.

Yes, we know the risks with other substances and posters are saying that in future fillers will be similar.

It is not peculiar to avoid injecting something foreign into your body that could cause longterm side affects.

Smoking companies made it look cool to smoke and denied health issues in the earlier days.

This is the same.

Besides the filler look makes you look awful.

I want something done to my face just not this. Has anyone had face acupuncture?

The cheap high street stuff won't be doing people any good. I think there'll be a health fall out from this in a few years.

I also hope you are all of a BMI of less than 25 as having any increase in body fat is also KNOWN to increase the risks of cancer

It would be churlish to worry about something that has no evidence of cancer beyond some random person saying it does when there is hard evidence that carrying any excess body fat WILL increase your risk of cancer

www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/bodyweight-and-cancer/how-does-obesity-cause-cancer#:~:text=A%20BMI%20of%2025%20or%20higher%20increases%20the%20risk%20of,take%20to%20reduce%20your%20risk.

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So you don't have any stats or actual evidence of filler causing cancer but are ok with alcohol?

Alcohol is KNOWN to cause cancer. So I guess none of you drink alcohol. It would be peculiar to avoid something that has no actual cancer risk evidence whilst happily partaking in something known to increase the risks of cancer 😑

www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/alcohol-and-cancer/how-does-alcohol-cause-cancer

I don't think you can compare a glass of wine to having a foreign substance injected into your face

Probably not. People only tend to learn the hard way.

I think those with filler actually look so much older than their age. It definitely has the opposite effect people are hoping for, however, I agree that these days it's more about looking like you've had filler than actually trying to enhance yourself.

I had lip filler several times over 5 years and then had filler in my nose to mouth lines, following pregnancy it migrated and swelled and I had a hard ridge on the right side of my face.

The second picture is after having it all dissolved. Still have lines but thank god the ridges and lumps are gone. Please be careful who you go to, to have cosmetic work done.

I think in future there may be a return to a more natural look. Filler can look good at first but it starts to make people look mask-like and creepy, or sometimes even like they've had an allergic reaction/punch to the face.

I don't think this is going to change the minds of people who get filler.

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