To think my under eye filler looks awful?

Honestly? I agree you are right to be dissatisfied with your present result. The under eye area is a very difficult area to inject, as another mumsnetter has already mentioned.

I have had filler in my cheeks (and the last couple of years my marionette lines) for 9 years now, and I have always had a good result. This is because my practitioner understands facial structure, where and how to place filler and how to avoid mistakes and injury. She goes on courses to update her skills regularly. She is actually a Dentist who trained to administer dermal fillers and Botox too over a decade ago now. She has both clinics at her practice, dental and facial.

She told me that she is shocked by some of the questions people ask on training courses and that they shouldn’t be allowed to practice. She had a nurse who assisted her (not injecting, administering numbing cream, passing syringes etc) who left to set up on her own, injecting fillers and Botox and she did not agree with it at all.

So I think you should go back to them and claim a refund. I don’t know where you live or I would recommend my practitioner as she likely could put it right for you. A skilled practitioner could do that. I am sorry that your result is not good, and I am sorry for it.

But it can take up to a month for filler to settle, so it may improve in the next two weeks. But if it does not, I would not let the same person inject your face again.

I hope I haven’t upset you by anything I have said in my reply, but you asked for honesty and I have 100% given it.

I'm not sure I would trust OP's recommendations lol. I would go by word of mouth, if there is someone you know who has good work ask them where they got it done.

I'm with you on not looking 50 or 60, but the OP could easily be over 40. I thought she was about my age (42) from the picture.

Any recommendations?? Lol

This is just nasty and unnecessary.

OP you do not look anywhere near 40, 50 or 60.

I wonder what some of these commentators look like.

Hi Op - not going to question why you got it (I have Botox for my gummy smile!!) However - yes your filler looks bad. I’m sorry to say. For some reason it’s settled in a really weird place. Are you able to see a cosmetic dr about it? You normally would wait at least 2 weeks for it to settle. I would make an appt now tho.

I have had tear trough fillers twice due to uneven under eyes due to constantly sleeping on one side.
The first time I had pads just under the corner of the inner tear trough and they reduced and flattened out in a good 3/4 weeks.
I then went to have it again, a different location more the outer edge of the tear trough area and it has smoothed the area very well and evened up both under eyes.
I wonder if the filler you have received is too thick? For that area you need a thin filler that only lasts up to 6 months. I had a total of 1ml between both areas and more so on one side.
As I still have other wrinkles and lines I still look the same, just more rested.
I visit a GP, receive a fortnightly check up and full before and after treatment guidelines.

It does look terrible if poorly done, and it is very often poorly done. Often enough to put me off getting it, even though I am not 100% against the idea of cosmetic intervention. The face that even wealthy celebrities who have access to the very finest treatment often look like a dog's breakfast is enough to warn a lot of people off. I am sure that it can look very good, but it is such a risk.

If you don't know (which you don't) what fillers are made of, maybe do some research? They become displaced because of unskilled application (usually not deeply enough.)

No judgement though, each to their own. 😂

On the topic of young girls with huge lips, massive eyebrows and brown make up- yes, I agree.

But there is a huge difference between 'that look' and the very subtle changes that older women have to restore a little lost volume. The best cosmetic doctors don't do 'that look' and they promote 'less is more'.

It doesn’t actually, filler you notice always looks terrible. I don’t have any btw .

Why do you suppose the fillers displace themselves? It’s because your body isn’t foolish, it has detected a foreign object / substance and is trying to disperse it. That’s a rather weird leap you’ve made there, not sure this point is connected, but since you’ve mentioned: I find the pumped-up neumatic Barbie vibe totally tragic (and very aging). No judgement though, each to their own. I can see when people have had filler work, it’s very obvious, but there’s a worrying trend for this odd look, one that is being adopted by teenagers and very young ladies. It’s abhorrent to see wrinkle free perfect skin being injected to look inflated and fake - sorry if we have to agree to disagree on this.

The average nurse, which doesn't sound like yours (but I'd want to check that masters degree because I've only ever seen those courses for doctors if both UK based), has no where near the knowledge or training I'd want someone to have before injecting fillers or botox into my face.

@ManchesterPie

it isn’t though. You might think filler looks terrible. That other poster does. Lots of people don’t think filler looks terrible. I don’t. So you can’t speak for everyone. It’s only your opinion. Not everyone in the world thinks like you and thinks that filler looks terrible. Hth.

@Mirabai These videos are great! Thanks for sharing it 🤗

It does look bad! Why are you lying to the OP?

I had under eye filler over a year ago and had to get it dissolved because it had done the same thing. Apparently it's very hard to get right. Don't worry. Get them to dissolve and find someone else.

OP, a lot of people on this thread are over exaggerating. It doesn’t look bad or like heavy bags at all. Tear trough filler is notorious for getting bumps, you could ask for a tiny drop of hylaronidaise and massaging to dissolve the lump. Due to where it is it can last for years as that area doesn’t move enough to break it down quickly. You have to weigh up whether you prefer your features with it and can deal with lumps or not. As it will likely happen again if you choose to get it in the future.

Yes it's such a bogus qualification! 😂

Sorry but that filler is not 'settling in'.

The filler should be massaged or smoothed at the time of injecting.

It's far too close to her nose, for a start.

My only experience of tear trough fillers was an instant result.
I stopped because of the cost and the fact they only lasted 4 months, but also because even in the most expert hands there is a risk of serious side effects, like it affecting eyesight if the filler migrates or blocks a vein.

I was advised I'd only get a 50% improvement because it was too dangerous to go closer to veins/ arteries and eyes.

Is there such a 'thing' as a Masters in Aesthetics?
It's a made-up qualification from companies offering tuition in fillers.

The only people who've been near my face are 3 doctors, two of which were also qualified dental surgeons.

Loving you putting everyone in their place 😂. A few of my friends have this and I think they would be disappointed with your results. I’d be asking for the review to be sooner. Hope you get sorted!

I'm not sure how this thread has descended into this...

@burberrygodess
Yanbu. Thats BAD.

Ideally get that dissolved.
I had under eye done once and it worked but was v subtle and gone in 4 months. At the price point i paid icouldnt justify it.

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I’’m not sure why but a lot of people are not candidates for tear trough filler apparently. I have the very slightest bit of volume loss and have considered alternatives like PRP.

In addition what doesn't help is I think as we get older a lot of the fat in the face goes leaving us looking gaunt (if we aren't plump). I would get the filler dissolved as it looks v lumpy. Not sure of your age but in 50s and 60s unless it's a facelift you go for, alterations may not work.