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Ultrasound may help avoid serious complications from cosmetic fillers

The scans could help doctors dissolve improperly placed fillers that are blocking blood flow

They also may help place the fillers more precisely, warding off complications

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cosmetic fillers are meant to enhance a person’s beauty, but can cause damage and deformity if applied incorrectly.

However, ultrasound scans can help doctors prevent these ugly side effects by precisely guiding treatment to dissolve poorly placed fillers that are blocking blood vessels, according to findings presented Wednesday at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual meeting.

Such use of ultrasound can improve treatment of vascular occlusion — disruption of blood flow — cause

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