Why You Shouldn’t Trust Just Anyone to Administer Your Cosmetic Injectables

When it comes to cosmetic treatments, nonsurgical treatments have become very popular, seeing a 23% rise in 2022 alone, and accounting for around 70% of the revenue from these procedures. There are many ways to achieve results without the time-consuming and long-term healing invasive surgeries involved, and cosmetic injectables are one way to get those results.

But, with that ease and convenience comes the risk of bad results in the hands of someone without the training to perform these treatments safely, which can lead to injury. Let’s examine what can happen by looking at the consequences of bad cosmetic injections, the necessary precautions all professionals should be taking, and the injectables we offer to help you look better.

If you live in the Lake Oswego, Oregon, area, and you’re looking for cosmetic injections in a safe, professional environment, the Lake Oswego Laser Aesthetics (Lola) team at Lake Grove ENT can help you look better with healthy, dependable results.

The complications of bad injections

The earliest form of syringe for injecting material into the body has several possible origins and people credited with its development, including Christopher Wren, Pascal, and Robert Boyle. Right from the beginning, we’ve had to be careful of the possible dangers of the process in the wrong hands. Here are some of the risks of unsafe injections:

• Bruising: if you don’t rotate the sites you inject in and use the same needle multiple times, the risk of bleeding out and bruising

• Skin popping: if an injection is done just under the skin or directly into the muscle without professional care, it can cause lumps of tissue that can become infectious

• Track marks: this is scarring from constantly injecting into the same site, which can lead to discoloration and is associated with drug addiction issues

• Venous injury: repeated injection into the same site can also damage and collapse veins

• Puffy hand syndrome: contaminants in injections can lead to problems like puffy hand syndrome, where the hand on the injected arm becomes puffy except for the fingers 

• HIV: reusing needles or using nonsterile needles with people that have HIV can cause you to deal with this condition

• Hepatitis C: the same conditions for getting HIV with needles can also lead to getting hepatitis C

Necessary safety precautions 

Any injection, medical or cosmetic, is designed to reduce all the risk to the patient, and this is done by following the guidelines set internationally by the World Health Organization (WHO):

• The use of auto-disable, reuse prevention, and sharp injury protection syringes
• Make sure that the companies supplying substances to be injected offer the use of the needles listed above
• Properly disposing of used needles
• Make sure every office has proper needles and devices to dispose of them
• Avoiding unnecessary injections
• Increasing the awareness of the risk of diseases that can be transmitted through unhealthy injection practices

This, combined with the knowledge of the staff on hand at any facility that offers any kind of injection, is essential to getting safe administration of drugs and materials.

Injectable we offer

We offer several cosmetic injectables to help you look your best, such as:

Botox®

One of the most popular treatments for a range of cosmetic and medical issues is a protein derived from the Botulinum toxin bacterium. In controlled doses, this protein paralyzes muscles to relax and smooth wrinkles. This injectable can last between 3 and 12 months before needing to be administered again.

Dermal Fillers

We have a range of Juvederm® dermal fillers, like Voluma, Vollure, and Volbella, which use hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring substance your body produces that helps keep it hydrated and full. These fillers can last between 6 and 12 months before needing to be reapplied.

We’re used to getting injections, but while that can make it easier to take the process for granted, your safety is far more important than the possible benefits, so make sure the office you visit has competent and licensed staff. To get safe cosmetic injections to help you look your best, make an appointment with Lake Grove ENT today.