Durham dental nurse encourages others to see professionals after almost losing her sight following filler treatment
A dental nurse is encouraging others to see professionals with medical or dental training after nearly losing her sight following filler treatment.
Amy Wiseman, 31, spent £70 on the treatment recently. She visited a beautician but quickly noticed that the procedure wasn’t going to plan.
Amy had already had fillers in the past and she was instantly worried after her lips became swollen and very painful. Amy’s lips were bruised and discoloured, but the beautician assured her that the symptoms were normal.
Amy shared photos, and thankfully, a colleague at the dental practice where she worked contacted a GP and a plastic surgeon she knew to have the images checked. Amy was advised to have the fillers dissolved as quickly as possible, as the filler could be blocking the blood supply to her face.
Medics suspected that Amy had a vascular occlusion, which occurred as a result of the filler being injected into an artery. There was a risk of the tissue in Amy’s face deteriorating and effectively dying if she didn’t have the filler dissolved immediately.
Amy’s colleague, a dentist, dissolved the filler, but she was informed that she could have lost her sight and would have needed a ski graft if she hadn’t had treatment in time.
The experience knocked Amy’s confidence and for a long time, she was reluctant to be seen out in public because one side of her lip is smaller than the other. She said she was grateful that she had to wear a mask at work.
Amy wanted to share her story to encourage anyone who is thinking of having lip fillers to visit a doctor, a trained nurse or a dentist. Fillers are largely unregulated and practitioners like beauticians lack the medical expertise required to deliver safe treatment.
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