Jawline filler, are obvious lumps normal at first?

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I've just got jaw filler for the first time and it's really lumpy, particularly on one side. It feels and looks like I have 3 marbles under my skin

The injector is a HCP and all above board so I'm sure everything was done correctly but I'm a bit apprehensive as I was warned there will be swelling but wasn't expecting this.

I've sent her a message but she hasn't seen it yet.

Is this normal?

Bloody hell. Never again.

I haven’t had it done but that really doesn’t look right

It's not painful really no, only slightly tender to touch.

Is it just me or is her reply a bit like a gaslight? I don't know why she thinks me having lip fillers ages ago means I should know to expect big lumps on my face. That never happened with the lip filler and ive never seen it happen to anybody else (and I know alot of people who've had little tweaks here and there) 🙁

Op it’s ok

You want it fixed, I’d be upset too

She sounds dodgy and you’re right to worry about the response

Dear god, so injecting people's faces isn't even her day job. And she does appear to be gaslighting you. Whether or not you have had work done elsewhere is immaterial. Plenty of people on here have told you that those lumps are not normal.

Yup. Surely she can't believe it's normal?

That's a terrible reply. It's gone wrong and she needs to dissolve it.

This is absolutely not normal.

If she doesn’t agree to a refund let her know you’ll be putting a claim with the small claims court to return your money. Fingers crossed the implication of that will give her a swift kick up the bum.

You need it dissolving. Keep an eye on it, if there’s more swelling, pain or blanching of the skin there could be an occlusion. But this usually shows up immediately after injection.

Hope you get it sorted asap.

I once had cheekbone filler and he left it in lumps, didn't massage it at all. It did relax and settle and look ok after a bit but he still should've massaged it properly. He was a doctor too. I think you are right to pursue it, it clearly isn't swelling and you shouldn't be expected to walk round with obvious lumps.

Do you remember how long you had to wait for the bumps to go down? Were they as visible as mine are?

Aw try not to worry. This will be easily rectified with dissolver if that becomes necessary.

However as someone above said keep an eye out for skin blanching, tracking and more swelling/pain. That's likely an occlusion. I think this is just filler put at the wrong depth. A cannula is better in that area of the face.

What look did you ask her for?

Personally I would never go near Radiesse, Sculptra or Lanluma. They are not dissolvable and the mess you will do to your face if a vessel is occluded is disastrous.

A plastic surgeon caused a massive scar with Radiesse on a woman's face and treated her like shit when she was begging for the occlusion to be looked at.

Doctors, dentists nurses and non medics alike have this type of thing happening - there is always a risk. That's what consultation and consent forms are for.

I asked for some definition of my jaw but to keep it natural as I don't like an over done look. She showed me how it was looking half way through and it looked fine then, very subtle. It was just a quick glance but i didn't see any lumps then, or when she had finished actually.

It was only when I got home my OH pointed out the lumps.

I've asked her to let me know what the brand of filler was and for assurance that it can be dissolved. I really, really hope it isn't any of those mentioned above.

I'm not in any pain at all, just a bit tender when I massage the area. Will definitely keep an eye out for the symptoms of an occlusion.

Worst case scenario, if something was badly wrong and I needed medical attention would the hospital be able to treat me / dissolve it?

She's not very easy to get hold of and it can be hours between messages so that worries me a bit.

I doubt very much that you have had those non dissolvable fillers that I mentioned. I just wanted to point out that it is best to ask for the product used going forward.

Im not sure if the hospital would do a dissolve, you could ring around other places who would be willing to dissolve it. There are some clinics that only do dissolving.

The nurse who did your face is supposed to have a number of vials in her emergency kit as standard.

Did she put a batch number on your consultation form?

Oh and use WARM compresses not cold. Then massage the lumps for 5 minutes at a time. Do that through the day around 6 times. You can do it pretty firmly.
If that doesn't work then they can dissolve it.

It is totally resolvable, so don't worry.

❤️

Thank you v much. Warm compress it is.

I'll check the consent form for a batch number now. I have had a couple of voice notes from her and she's mentioned the brand of filler it is, it's revitrane. I hadn't heard of that before. Do you know much about it?

She thinks the people who have given me feedback about the filler saying it needs to be dissolved are other practitioners who have a bias of wanting the business (me to pay them to do the dissolving) and that I should be wary of anybody telling me to dissolve it the next day as that's illegal. I haven't told her I've posted about it online so she thinks it's all come from other aesthetics clinics.

She said give it a week for any swelling to go down and we will see where we're at and what she can do.

She hasn't confirmed she can dissolve it though..

Checked online and it is dissolvable, thank fuck.

If you do have it dissolved make sure they do a patch test 24 hours before dissolving. Seen some pretty horrific allergic reactions from the dissolver before!

Yes, you definitely have to have a patch test for it.

I've not heard of that filler before. I'm glad it's dissolvable though.

Does she mean illegal to dissolve without a patch test? Because if you had an occlusion for example (which it doesn't sound like you have at all), it's considered an emergency and you would dissolve asap. You would still have a patch test in that scenario too though. But to say it is illegal is a strange thing to say. She doesn't seem very knowledgeable. I bet she doesn't have any vials of it in her kit.

I would not see her again personally.

What she meant was that it's illegal to inject dissolver so soon (one day) after inserting the filler, I'm assuming emergencies are the exception if there is any truth to that.

I too wonder if she doesn't have any available hence not confirming she'll dissolve them for me after I made clear that's what I want.

Lumps aside it's not even symmetrical.

Noted about the patch test, I'll definitely make sure to have one.

I'd add a warning about dissolver. It can dissolve your own natural hyaluronic acid too, and you may have loose skin for a while.
I'm not trying to scaremonger but there are support groups dedicated just to hyaluronidase damage.

Just with the injector not sounding very competent so far. I'd make sure she uses the tiniest amount, or get someone more qualified to do it.

This thread should be linked to the dozens which spring up where posters say 'hey hon it's fine, I've had loads of injections and it's all good. Nothing goes wrong and I look totally natural'
We have here someone who is injecting faces and for whom this isn't even her day job, and who doesn't seem to be taking responsibility. And now a warning that the dissolvers can also be damaging.
Op I hope you get some action or improvement this weekend.

I've heard that about Hyalase too, but I saw a plastic surgeon say that studies have found that your body replaces its own hyaluronic acid over time. I wonder if that is true.

I wonder if it fully rectified all the damage done