Wrinkle treatments can come with some horrible side effects

If you’re thinking about trying one of those treatments called cosmetic fillers for wrinkles, here’s some very important information you need to know about.

Don’t let anyone inject anything into your forehead or around your eyes.

Now, even the FDA knows that’s dangerous (which is really saying something!). That is why fat, collagen and other substances only got approved for use in different parts of the face — like where we have smile lines and those little wrinkles around the mouth.

But some doctors and cosmetic technicians are using these fillers around the eyes or on the forehead.

And that’s when it gets dangerous.

Giving shots in those areas have caused people to go permanently blind. Apparently these substances can leech into blood vessels, stopping the blood supply in the arteries going to your eyes.

That’s a terrible price to pay to lose your crow’s feet.

And the people who have lost their vision are in good health and of all ages. One woman, only in her 40s, lost the vision in her right eye after receiving an injection of something called Artefill to smooth out her forehead creases.

Another woman in her 60s lost her sight after getting injections of fat around her hairline.

Experts say that any time someone injects anything around your eyes, you risk damaging your sight. There are just too many delicate arteries and blood vessels for that to be safe.

So even if you frown when you look in the mirror and see some lines and wrinkles on your face, remember, at least you can see them. And that sounds a lot better to me than the other option!

Source:
“Cosmetic fillers can cause blindness when injected into the forehead, new report warns” Antonia Molloy,  The Independent, independent.co.uk