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

[GentleOliveFatball]

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:

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

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.

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 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.

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

The general tone of this thread has become pretty nasty.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

Yep I've had it, it's fantastic. It helps relax the tightness in my face and forehead which is where I hold most of my stress (I frown a lot).

I have had it done three times but don't fancy it done again. I just had a low amount of filler each time. I looked fresher but nobody could tell.

Of course they looked bad. They would literally be recovering from the surgery. It takes months to settle and about 2 years to get to the completely settled state. But weird to look at people who have had surgery days prior and think they look bad

@Gummybear23

Yes, we know the risks with other substances and posters are saying that in future fillers will be similar.
'Posters'. You mean random people 😂
Bit dumb to freak out about something with no hard evidence of cancer risk whilst partaking in things that do have hard evidence don't ya think?

In other words, stop doing things KNOWN to cause cancer before fretting about other people doing things that aren't known to cause cancer.

I don't do any things known to cause cancer. I don't drink or smoke and my BMI is below 25 though I could lose half a stone.
The reason I have never got fillers isn't anything to do with cancer though. I have other reasons.

Thanks for posting this. I'm 60 and have thinking about getting some work done... a bit of filler here and there. I assumed filler gradually dissolved to be excreted through the kidneys. Now I know better!

I saw a picture of a scan of a face with fillers, that stuff had migrated everywhere. I think it's insanity to inject this stuff into your face and it never looks good. I was at the dentist yesterday, all the young receptionists had face/lip fillers, they all look awful and much older than they are and none of them could give me any actual advice when I had a dental emergency last week.

This is an important message.

Or so you think. How would you know that nobody could tell? It's not as if they'd tell you about it. It's usually very obvious - just that a few people look nicer afterwards but most look awful or very typically filled and botoxed - which is a specific way most people seem to look afterwards.

This! I wish there wasn’t so much unrealistic expectation put on people, particularly women, to look a certain way. Young women , that have it, definitely end up looking older. It does look obvious and make people look strange. I wish there was more of a push to embrace natural beauty, acceptance and aging, which is natural, but that doesn’t make industry large amounts of money 🙄!

Those young women with sore looking rubbery lips freak me out.

It is an industry that is spinning off peoples insecurities.

There is always a risk of injecting anything into your body.

Of course people should avoid known carcinogenic like smoking.

However, evwryone should also avoid unknown risks such as fillers.

Besides the fact everyone looks morphed and It screams insecurity.

The impact on mental health as a result of this insecurity is horrific.

Stop the fillers and embrace your natural beauty.
Don't fall for this awful industry.

I did it to soften lines but my skin is very good anyway. I have got put off since the aesthetician in ject ed small amount around my lips too. A year later I used an exfoliator from Aldi and ever since then I have the Tyndall effect ie faint hue of blue in light so I have to use concealer under my make-up or it really shows. Was unlucky I guess. Two years later not faded either! She was a practising private dentist too. I did not fancy removing the lip filler more fiddling and faffing. Now I leave well alone. They say The Tyndall effect is very rare. It is literally only around the lip area. I bet it won't disappear for years!