Lessons Learned

Being the we learn from each other, I want to share my experience. 40 y/o male for reference

Last year in the summer I decided to take the plunge to fill my chin. Filled deep with three boluses around 1.5ml total (used a little in surrounding area). I want to mention that I highly discourage this area and surrounding area unless you are very knowledgeable/skilled due to being high risk area. Everything went well, no pain, no VO. Fast forward to November, I really started to notice a central platysma band that was just off... When I moved my head in certain ways, it would almost protrude out, definitely a WTF moment. More than that I noticed a little sensitivity in my chin.

In December I was getting threads done professionally in my neck to help with laxity and I asked the NP to look at that band area, which was obvious. (Yes I can inject myself, but I freak out with threads lol)... I told her I had done chin filler in the summer without any issues and that was the only thing new. I got the "aha" from her. She brings in the ultrasound and looks at my chin. Some of the filler migrated down, infiltrated, and was encapsulating or had encapsulated under the band.

First question she asked was did I put any toxin in my chin beforehand. I had done my DAO but not my chin this time around. Due to those muscles in the chin being pretty active, filler tends to move and migrate quite a bit. Fortunately she was able to dissolve it for me without any issues. I wanted to do it myself but since she already had the ultrasound out, I figured that would be the best option. I really liked my result so I might do it again one of these days.

Key takeaways: Use toxin and allow it to start working in chin before you place filler. Don't be afraid to ask a professional for help or their opinion. Be mindful of your personal anatomy.

I hope this can be helpful for someone in the future 😁 Mistakes made are lessons learned!