In Europe and the UK, there are over 200 brands of hyaluronic acid fillers, with various physical properties like lifting capacity, firmness, longevity - hence we use different fillers for different parts of the face. Facial fillers are medical devices. We must be diligent in infection control/ asepsis during these procedures. So, the answer to [...]

Because this is a new medication, we cannot expect to have a blueprint handed down to us as to what will happen. Instead, we need to understand in more generic terms (for example, how our bodies respond to any foreign substance), and learn from it in order to make future treatments safer and better timed. [...]

We have known for many years that the human body will reject that which is not "self". Fillers are not "self". They are foreign particles. If our tissues are recently primed to fight (vaccines, illness, dental infection, inflammation), it is understandable that our immune response and allergic response mechanisms could over-react and actively reject the [...]

Other than what we know about human physiology, the immune response, and specific properties of fillers, we do not know enough to advise on this with certainty. General safety principles would suggest that we separate the procedures.

If we are currently fighting an infection, there is an increase in number and activity of active immune cells and mediators circulating in our systems. Having a vaccination produces the same stimulation of our immune system (but without the actual infection). If you have a filler injection at this time, you are more likely to [...]

At this time, I would say yes, if you had any vaccine (or infection) within a short time of having dermal filler injection. And vice versa (having filler within a short time of having a vaccine). While reactions like this could seem rather scary in the first instance, if we think about it, it is [...]

From what is known so far, they are uncommon, and limited to only one of the Covid-19 vaccines. But then, it is early days. We have only just started having the covid-19 vaccine. As with all new medications, it is best to be cautious. We already know that there are immune responses to all vaccines. [...]

When the Moderna vaccine was undergoing clinical trials, two people developed facial swelling after vaccination. Both patients had had dermal fillers injected into their face (cheeks) at different times before they received the vaccine. One of them had the filler injection a fortnight before the vaccine, and the other had fillers injected about six months [...]