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Vaccination and Aesthetic Injectables: How the COVID-19 Vaccine affects Fillers and Botox
Everyone has been talking about the reports of patients with facial fillers getting swelling after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Initially, this was only reported in patients who had the Moderna vaccine, but there has now been a reported case of a patient in the UK who presented with swelling and inflammation after the Pfizer vaccine.
If you’ve had dermal fillers, this might sound a bit alarming, but I will explain why you should not be worried about this at all.
So let’s dispel the most common misunderstandings about this phenomenon and tell you what you really need to know.
The concept of “Instagram face” is not a new one, but has received more recent attention as Meta has banned filters that encourage plastic surgery. Awareness of the role that social media and photo editing plays in aesthetic medicine is incredibly important for both clinicians and patients. The influence of social media can be incredibly negative, and it means it’s more important than ever to navigate between good, ethical medical practice versus “selling” cosmetic procedures.