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Complications
September 23, 2025
Multiple Causes of Vascular Occlusion and Necrosis
Beyond the Obvious: Understanding the Multiple Causes of Vascular Occlusion and Necrosis Every injector needs to understand what causes vascular occlu...
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September 18, 2025
Temple Filler Brow Drop: Cannula Complications
Understanding Nerve Complications from Cannula Injections When it comes to temple volumization with dermal fillers, aesthetic injectors often rely on ...
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July 29, 2025
The Truth About Injection Risk Zones
And How to Stay Safe One of the most dangerous beliefs an injector can adopt is this: “Anatomy is too variable to predict.” It might sound humble ...
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July 24, 2025
The Hidden Risk of Parallel Injections
And How to Avoid Them You’ve been taught to avoid blood vessels. You know the names of the big arteries and probably learned where they are on a dia...
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May 6, 2025
Botox for Safety-Conscious Patients: Techniques
Natural Results and Minimal Side Effects Understanding the Safety-First Aesthetic Patient As aesthetic practitioners, we encounter various patient typ...
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April 20, 2025
Reducing Brow Ptosis Risk with The 3-Point Glabella Technique
Understanding the New Approach to Glabella Treatment The glabella region—that area between your eyebrows where frown lines form—has traditionally ...
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April 8, 2025
Managing Periorbital Edema After Botox: A Guide to Prevention and Treatment
Understanding Periorbital Edema: A Common Challenge As an aesthetic injector, you will inevitably encounter periorbital edema after botulinum toxin in...
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January 30, 2025
Safety First Masseter Injection Technique
A Safety-First Approach to Facial Contouring As aesthetic practitioners seeking to perfect our botox face slimming treatments, understanding advanced ...
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January 26, 2025
Mastering Masseter Botox: A Guide for Aesthetic Injectors
Performing Jawline Slimming Treatments As aesthetic practitioners, understanding the masseter muscle’s anatomy and treatment approach is crucial...
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January 19, 2025
Are Dermal Fillers as Safe as We Think?
Dermal Fillers & Lymphatic Drainage We’ve all been told that dermal fillers are safe—and for the vast majority of patients, they are. But as I...
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January 9, 2025
Are dermal fillers linked to health risks like lymphatic blockage?
As aesthetic clinicians, the safety of our practice and the products used are paramount. But what if you were unknowingly putting patients at risk wit...
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December 19, 2024
How to avoid causing a fishhook eyebrow from Botox treatment
Continuing our series of blogs on unwanted dynamic side effects caused by undertreatment or overtreatment of the upper face with botulinum toxin or Bo...
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December 12, 2024
How to avoid causing an S-shaped eyebrow from Botox treatment
When discussing botulinum toxin or Botox® treatment in the upper face, we must discuss complications and unwanted dynamic side effects. Previously, w...
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November 21, 2024
How to avoid lacrimal gland compromise and dry eye from Botox treatment
Dr Tim Pearce recently explored how to avoid causing eyelid ptosis with botulinum toxin treatments and how to avoid lateral rectus palsy and double vi...
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November 14, 2024
How to avoid lateral rectus palsy and double vision from Botox treatment
Botulinum toxin or Botox® injections are commonly performed around the eyes for cosmetic wrinkle relaxation of the crow’s feet; however, aesthetic ...
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July 11, 2024
Tutorial: Transforming challenging lips, blending lateral lip dominance
As an aesthetic clinician, you may be faced with tackling the challenge of treating a complex lip case, especially where there has been previous treat...
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April 4, 2024
How to massage lips after dermal filler to avoid lumps
Lumps of dermal filler in the lips can be a real cause for concern for patients; therefore, you must ensure you carry out a post-procedure massage aft...
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December 14, 2023
How to avoid lip filler lumps and treat them when they happen
The development of lumps and bumps in the lips following a lip filler enhancement or augmentation procedure is a frequently reported side effect. Unde...
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October 16, 2023
Temple lift complication: dermal filler-induced hair loss
Recently there have been some interesting case studies reported in the field of aesthetic medicine citing a complication of alopecia after temple lift...
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October 12, 2023
Guide: The best lower face botulinum toxin (Botox) injection depths
Having recently covered the best botulinum toxin or Botox® injection depths for the upper face, many aesthetic clinicians asked Dr Tim for more guida...
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October 9, 2023
Common questions about dermal filler treatments
When starting out injecting dermal fillers, there are many questions that can arise which can leave you struggling for answers – What are dermal fil...
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October 2, 2023
How to safely transfer dermal filler into a BD syringe
In a recent blog, we looked at how to safely use a BD syringe for dermal filler treatments, including why and when Dr Tim Pearce uses this technique f...
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September 28, 2023
Dangers of Barbie Botox: should Trap Tox be done for aesthetics?
A new trend is causing controversy in medical aesthetics – Trap Tox or Barbie Botox – aimed at making the female neck and shoulders appear more fe...
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September 14, 2023
Guide: The best botulinum toxin (Botox) injection depths
Anti-wrinkle injections with botulinum toxin or Botox® may appear as simple procedures for aesthetic clinicians, but it can be difficult to know the ...
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September 7, 2023
Baby Botox and preventative botulinum toxin treatments explained
‘Baby’ Botox or preventative Botox is rapidly becoming the go-to treatment for younger patients. It is a hot topic on TikTok with over 4.3 million...
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September 4, 2023
How to stay safe with deep periosteal injections on the bone
In some instances, injecting dermal fillers on the bone makes you a safer injector and can lower the risk of causing vascular occlusion (VO). It would...
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August 24, 2023
Lip fillers: Common injection technique errors and mistakes
Many aesthetic clinicians make the same common mistakes when injecting lip fillers – using the wrong technique, poor patient selection, and aiming f...
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August 10, 2023
5 early warning signs of a vascular occlusion when injecting fillers
Early diagnosis of a vascular occlusion (VO) is crucial for ensuring the best outcome for your patients. Unfortunately, aesthetic clinicians often mak...
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August 7, 2023
Liquid rhinoplasty: how to safely inject a previously broken nose
Aesthetic clinicians are usually warned against injecting a nose with dermal filler for a liquid nose job or non-surgical rhinoplasty if the nose has ...
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August 3, 2023
Botox injections: common mistakes aesthetic clinicians make!
Aesthetic clinicians can often get it wrong when injecting botulinum toxin (Botox®) cosmetically for the reduction of lines and wrinkles. Injecting i...
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