Eye Anatomy to Prevent Complications
For those wanting to expand into more advanced techniques
Aesthetic Medicine
Articles for continued learning and development in aesthetic medicine.
Do cannulas offer lower blood vessel risk?
It is commonly thought that the use of a cannula, instead of a needle, will automatically eradicate the risk of vessel penetration. However, anecdotal evidence amongst clinicians suggests this may not always be the case. Pavicic et al. (2019) have now shown clinical data that proves this. Pavicic’s study looked specifically at the superficial temporal …
Does cheek filler improve the nasolabial folds?
For a long time now, it has been a commonly held belief that patients with nasolabial creases/folds should be treated by injecting cheeks first due to the lifting effect created. Unfortunately though, there has never been any evidence to prove this beyond reasonable doubt. Mowlds and Lambros (2018) studied 77 subjects that had nasolabial creases …
Avoiding facial artery occlusions
Understand an important risk factor when carrying out dermal fillers to augment the jawline.
