How many seconds should you aspirate for when injecting fillers?

April 7, 2022

How many seconds should you aspirate for when injecting fillers?

Should you aspirate, or not? If you do aspirate, how many seconds of aspiration is safe and effective when you are injecting different dermal fillers?...

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Satisfaction is Subjective – A Nurse’s Reflection

April 4, 2022

Satisfaction is Subjective – A Nurse’s Reflection

Guest Blog This guest blog is provided by an experienced Aesthetics Nurse who shares their unique experience of perceptions of beauty. The article con...

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How to avoid 5 parallel arteries when injecting facial filler

March 10, 2022

How to avoid 5 parallel arteries when injecting facial filler

Risk is everything in medical aesthetics, learn to assess it every time you inject dermal filler, because the risks can be significant in certain area...

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Management of a bruise following an injectable treatment

March 7, 2022

Management of a bruise following an injectable treatment

It is not uncommon to have a bruise after an injectable treatment.  In fact, it’s one of the most common side effects, some argue, an adverse event...

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Does hyaluronidase dissolve natural tissue and ruin faces?

March 3, 2022

Does hyaluronidase dissolve natural tissue and ruin faces?

There are several Facebook groups dedicated to the discussion and support network around the use of hyaluronidase supposedly ‘ruining’ faces. Shou...

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Should we stop injecting tear troughs with dermal filler?

February 17, 2022

Should we stop injecting tear troughs with dermal filler?

Dr Tim Pearce is regularly asked about a video by Dr Gavin Chan from the Victorian Cosmetic Institute in Australia entitled – Why I stopped filling ...

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Is injecting filler into tear troughs via the mouth risky?

January 20, 2022

Is injecting filler into tear troughs via the mouth risky?

Dr Kassir, an American facial plastic surgeon went viral recently after uploading a video reel to his Instagram feed in which he was seen using a tech...

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Dr Tim’s lessons from vascular occlusion cases seen in 2021

January 13, 2022

Dr Tim’s lessons from vascular occlusion cases seen in 2021

During 2021, Dr Tim Pearce noticed a worrying trend appearing in relation to the worsening severity of cases of vascular occlusions from dermal filler...

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Do not inject filler deeply in these 6 danger areas of the face

January 6, 2022

Do not inject filler deeply in these 6 danger areas of the face

Every part of the face has an aesthetic indication that leads aesthetic clinicians towards injecting dermal fillers for cosmetic enhancement, but firs...

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Are we overdosing with hyaluronidase? Interview with Dr Patrick Treacy

December 23, 2021

Are we overdosing with hyaluronidase? Interview with Dr Patrick Treacy

Recent media coverage has reported on the experience of some patients who are claiming side effects from the use of hyaluronidase in medical aesthetic...

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Is needle or cannula safer for dermal fillers?

December 9, 2021

Is needle or cannula safer for dermal fillers?

Dr Tim Pearce is frequently asked about the differing risks between using a sharp needle versus a blunt cannula to deliver dermal filler injections. H...

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Know your muscle anatomy to avoid side effects from Botox in the lower face

December 2, 2021

Know your muscle anatomy to avoid side effects from Botox in the lower face

Despite botulinum toxin or Botox® treatments in the lower face being transformative for patients, the complexity of the muscle anatomy means that the...

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Does ultrasound provide the evidence to support aspirating with fillers?

November 25, 2021

Does ultrasound provide the evidence to support aspirating with fillers?

To this day, some well-known aesthetic doctors do not recommend aspirating before injecting dermal fillers, they feel that there is a lack of evidence...

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Should I buy an ultrasound scanner for my aesthetic clinic?

November 18, 2021

Should I buy an ultrasound scanner for my aesthetic clinic?

One of the hottest topics in medical aesthetics in the 2020s has been ultrasound. Dr Tim Pearce has recently bought an ultrasound scanner too, and it ...

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Avoid vascular occlusions by understanding 3D lip anatomy

October 28, 2021

Avoid vascular occlusions by understanding 3D lip anatomy

When using dermal fillers in the lips, it is vital to understand the location of the superior and inferior labial arteries to mitigate the risk of cau...

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Is retrobulbar hyaluronidase injection the best option for filler blindness?

September 30, 2021

Is retrobulbar hyaluronidase injection the best option for filler blindness?

Picture the scene…You are treating a patient with dermal filler, and they start to lose their sight, right there in front on you. What do you do? Th...

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Non-surgical rhinoplasty complication: red nose tip could be pressure necrosis

August 26, 2021

Non-surgical rhinoplasty complication: red nose tip could be pressure necrosis

Non-surgical rhinoplasty procedures which seek to improve the appearance of the nose using dermal filler injections – from disguising a dorsal h...

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Eye Anatomy To Prevent Eyelid Ptosis from BOTOX®

August 13, 2021

Eye Anatomy To Prevent Eyelid Ptosis from BOTOX®

Know this and you will avoid eyelid ptosis after Botox treatments Dr Tim Pearce shares essential insights into eye anatomy that can help injectors avo...

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8 types of vascular injury that can cause necrosis

August 12, 2021

8 types of vascular injury that can cause necrosis

A vascular occlusion or VO is caused by a small quantity of dermal filler entering a vessel and interrupting the blood flow. But is it really that sim...

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How to avoid causing a vascular occlusion with chin fillers

July 22, 2021

How to avoid causing a vascular occlusion with chin fillers

Traditionally considered as one of the safer areas of the face for cosmetic injections, Dr Tim Pearce explains why he believes that chin augmentation ...

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Spotting septum necrosis, severe non-surgical rhinoplasty complication

July 15, 2021

Spotting septum necrosis, severe non-surgical rhinoplasty complication

How do you diagnose a complication from non-surgical rhinoplasty to the nose using dermal fillers when the patient presents with severe pain, but the ...

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Saline vs hyaluronidase for dissolving dermal fillers

July 8, 2021

Saline vs hyaluronidase for dissolving dermal fillers

Can you use saline to dissolve hyaluronic acid based dermal fillers, instead of using hyaluronidase? The ability to reverse hyaluronic acid (HA) based...

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Avoid Morphea-Like Lesions – BD Syringe Issue

May 13, 2021

Avoid Morphea-Like Lesions – BD Syringe Issue

Aesthetic Clinician Dr Tim Pearce has issued a warning to fellow practitioners about his discovery of a little-known BOTOX® complication which may al...

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Delayed onset nodules – how to diagnose & treat after dermal filler

April 29, 2021

Delayed onset nodules – how to diagnose & treat after dermal filler

Delayed onset nodules following dermal filler treatment – also known as lesions, or simply just lumps – can strike fear into the hearts of...

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Necrosis Case Study – Cheek Filler Complications

March 25, 2021

Necrosis Case Study – Cheek Filler Complications

Necrosis and vascular occlusion are serious dermal filler complications issues that even confident aesthetic practitioners can worry about. Dr Tim Pea...

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3D Injecting – Layering Up Risk Avoidance to Reduce Complications

March 13, 2021

3D Injecting – Layering Up Risk Avoidance to Reduce Complications

Steps to reduce your probability of causing an aesthetic complication from Aesthetics Expert, Dr Tim Pearce As aesthetic practitioners, the one thing ...

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13-point-plan to reduce the risk of vascular necrosis 

February 25, 2021

13-point-plan to reduce the risk of vascular necrosis 

Vascular necrosis is arguably the most severe potential complication from dermal fillers. It is something that even the most accomplished practitioner...

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What causes brow ptosis?

January 7, 2021

What causes brow ptosis?

Eyebrow ptosis is a subjective or objective sense that the forehead skin has dropped and is often associated with loss of an eyebrow arch, particularl...

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Vascular Occlusion: how much Hyalase (Hyaluronidase)?

October 8, 2020

Vascular Occlusion: how much Hyalase (Hyaluronidase)?

Many aesthetic practitioners may have used Hyalase® (Hyaluronidase) for an elective reversal of a hyaluronic acid-based dermal filler treatment, but ...

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Best tried and tested BOTOX® injection patterns and mistakes to avoid

August 18, 2020

Best tried and tested BOTOX® injection patterns and mistakes to avoid

If you are struggling to get good results when treating patients with botulinum toxin or BOTOX® injections, particularly in the forehead, then you ha...

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