08/02/2021
We see lots of happy videos of nose injections on IG, but like everything else on social media, those videos do not tell the whole story. This is what can happen if you go to an under qualified, inexperienced injector. Thank you for posting. ๐ This is an injectable worst nightmare, and difficult to look at, BUT itโs a huge reminder that itโs critical to know exactly what we are doing if considering injecting the nose. The nose remains one of the highest risk areas for injection on the face. This unfortunate Brazilian patient developed terrible necrosis after non surgical rhinoplasty. From the pattern, it looks like a bolus of filler went into the angular artery. The embolism looks like it traveled up into the supratrochlear artery, probably via an anastomosis with the dorsal nasal artery.
I think this patient is fortunate to have sight in her right eye, considering the path that this embolus took.
I also think that the injector didnโt understand what to do with evolving ischemia and necrosis. Its is likely that hyaluronidase, steroids, aspirin and other measures to limit the damage were not implemented.
These following are never normal:
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Obvious localised pallor that doesn't disappear relatively quickly
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Extreme and intractable pain, that is more than simply being tender (more than the type of pain you'd usually associate with this type of procedure).
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Pustules or vesicles, that are often mistaken for spots or herpetic blisters.
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Unusual duskiness or mottling of the area and surrounding tissue.
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Slow capillary reflow. When you place pressure on the tissue for 5 seconds, and it's far slower to pink up than the rest of the face is.
This list is general- but this poor Brazilian patient would def not deteriorated to this stage quickly. This is full thickness necrosis, know these warning signs. Early stages and signals, picked up on quickly and acted on, can indeed minimise damage.