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

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GentleOliveFatball · 09/10/2024 19:50

Just that really. It's been advertised by the media, plastic surgeons and the beauty industry for years as a safe, temporary procedure, however evidence is now finding that that is not the case at all!
I'm glad the truth is coming out now although it's still so new I expect we won't know the full damage for years too come.

I also found this video particularly interesting if anyone else is interested:

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https://youtu.be/Su0Az7hp9x4?si=sSS9PgdD1S3Uqldd

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offyoujollywelltrot · 09/10/2024 22:27

Twoshoesnewshoes · 09/10/2024 22:19

Lol I’ve just booked my first ever fillers!
a little bit in my upper lip, smokers lines although I don’t smoke.
there is a cancer risk with a glass of wine, HRT, driving a car…
as with all things, if you overdo it sometimes it goes wrong.

Don't be foolish. It's your health at risk.

offyoujollywelltrot · 09/10/2024 22:26

biglipslittleblips · 09/10/2024 22:11

@KendraTheVampyrSlayer

What are the actual stats on cancer related to filler use?

Non surgical procedures haven't been around along enough to be regulated, so I suspect that it will be a few more years before we see actual statistics.

Twoshoesnewshoes · 09/10/2024 22:19

Lol I’ve just booked my first ever fillers!
a little bit in my upper lip, smokers lines although I don’t smoke.
there is a cancer risk with a glass of wine, HRT, driving a car…
as with all things, if you overdo it sometimes it goes wrong.

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 09/10/2024 22:16

biglipslittleblips · 09/10/2024 22:11

@KendraTheVampyrSlayer

What are the actual stats on cancer related to filler use?

No idea. But I'm guessing like smoking was seen as perfectly healthy in the 50s and is now looked upon with disgust because we know the awful things it does to your body, It'll likely be the same with filler/botox.

It's no surprise that injecting foreign bodies into your face is going to do some damage.

biglipslittleblips · 09/10/2024 22:11

@KendraTheVampyrSlayer

What are the actual stats on cancer related to filler use?

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 09/10/2024 22:10

biglipslittleblips · 09/10/2024 22:09

@KendraTheVampyrSlayer
I've known people who have had filler for a very long time. 10, 15 years. Longer than the people who have apparently had migration issues. Nothing weird has happened to their faces. They look completely normal. Every year they get a top up.

And if they get cancer at least they look good then?

biglipslittleblips · 09/10/2024 22:09

@KendraTheVampyrSlayer
I've known people who have had filler for a very long time. 10, 15 years. Longer than the people who have apparently had migration issues. Nothing weird has happened to their faces. They look completely normal. Every year they get a top up.

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 09/10/2024 22:07

biglipslittleblips · 09/10/2024 22:02

@AutumnalCosiness @SweetSakura

I guess we all think different things look good. I think these show a definite improvement

Did you watch the video? Yes it looks good, at first. Not so much a few years later.

offyoujollywelltrot · 09/10/2024 22:03

Reality star 'The Lip King' dodges questions over death of a woman treated at beauty clinic

A lot of these non surgical solutions are not regulated so anyone can do them, and people are either very ill, or they die. The above link is an example.

Dweetfidilove · 09/10/2024 22:03

I haven't watched the video, but the state of those of faces should be enough to scare anyone off 😬.

biglipslittleblips · 09/10/2024 22:02

@AutumnalCosiness @SweetSakura

I guess we all think different things look good. I think these show a definite improvement

To be glad that people are realising the effects of filler!
To be glad that people are realising the effects of filler!
To be glad that people are realising the effects of filler!
offyoujollywelltrot · 09/10/2024 21:59

BeardofHagrid · 09/10/2024 21:32

Lael Hansen is another anti filler YouTuber, I have been watching a couple of her videos lately and they are very well made. She has one video about veneers that is really interesting.

I actually just finished watching that video too. It's fucking horrendous.

AutumnalCosiness · 09/10/2024 21:46

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 09/10/2024 21:31

It’s not done to look good, it’s done as a status thing - shows you can afford to do it.

It’s meant too look obvious and “in your face”, so people don’t miss that you’ve had it done.

A bit like the orange fake tans. It needs to look unnatural otherwise people wouldn’t know you paid for it.

It doesn't look good

MoreCardassianThanKardashian · 09/10/2024 21:43

Thanks for posting. I'll watch this over the next few days. I've been thinking of getting filler and was always nervous about the long term effects. A post like this could help someone who doesn't know.

Unfortunately, your post seems to have been found by some negative people who should have some fucking niceness injected into them instead of coming here to post their opinions on it being bizarre and looking a certain way. They aren't doing it for you and don't care for your opinion.

Edingril · 09/10/2024 21:33

Injecting something into your body for fun is harmful? This is news to people?

Maybe doing it decreases the brain cells?

BeardofHagrid · 09/10/2024 21:32

Lael Hansen is another anti filler YouTuber, I have been watching a couple of her videos lately and they are very well made. She has one video about veneers that is really interesting.

fashionqueen0123 · 09/10/2024 21:32

it makes people look older that’s what I find bizarre. It’s like 25 year olds looking like they’re in their late 40s because you can see they’ve had work done.

OhDearMuriel · 09/10/2024 21:31

YADNBU
The truth really needs to come out, so that people have the option to be fully informed, before they have these treatments.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 09/10/2024 21:31

It’s not done to look good, it’s done as a status thing - shows you can afford to do it.

It’s meant too look obvious and “in your face”, so people don’t miss that you’ve had it done.

A bit like the orange fake tans. It needs to look unnatural otherwise people wouldn’t know you paid for it.

WiddlinDiddlin · 09/10/2024 21:26

Blocking your lymphatic system is deeply unpleasant to live with - mines blocked around my legs and bum and belly as a result of various health conditions.

The lymphatic system is something most people haven't a clue about nor aware they have or what it really does... but moving fluid around your body freely is important.

Currently I've sprung another leak above my knee and have been sat here working all day, with lymph fluid pissing down the back of my leg, putting me at risk of infection (and a cold wet leg). Fixing a buggered lymphatic system is not easy, impossible in some cases.

Just one of myriad good reasons not to go shoving stuff under your skin to have plumper lips or higher cheeks or whatever!

Wallywobbles · 09/10/2024 21:15

The other point the video makes is that dissolving them also dissolves your body's natural hydronic acid (?) which means you skin detaches and sags. Generally not a great look.

offyoujollywelltrot · 09/10/2024 21:09

PortiasBiscuit · 09/10/2024 19:52

Honestly, what’s it to you? If you don’t want to use them don’t, buy unless you’re a Doctor this sounds like crowing a bit.

...because fillers are migrating and blocking people's lymph nodes, and causing major health issues like cancer.

YourLastNerve · 09/10/2024 20:59

I always thought it was odd. I feel bad for a lot of young women who are probably going to end up looking a right mess.

SweetSakura · 09/10/2024 20:56

It's never remotely appealed to me. I find it makes people look slightly creepy even when done really well.

Notagain24 · 09/10/2024 20:54

It's such a weird fake look, at this stage i think it's about looking like you've had fillers and botox rather than looking more attractive, like fake tan in a way, no one tans to orange.

One of my cousins uses filler and botox to look younger - for work she says - but now she looks like someone who's just got lots of stuff in her face, so she could be anything from 40 to 55, when she's about 45.