Vascular occlusion
Appearance
Nasal bones (Commons). Vascular occlusion from filler can blind; this page is harm, not a how-to.
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| Field | Medicine |
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| Also known as | VO, intravascular filler, filler blindness
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A vascular occlusion is filler (usually HA) in an artery or compressing one.[1] Skin blanches, livedo, pain out of proportion; worst case is tissue death or blindness (ophthalmic / retinal pathway — glabella, nose, pyriform, temple). This is why “liquid rhino” and amateur tear troughs are not softmaxxing.
Response is clinic protocol: stop, hyaluronidase flooding if HA, aspirin per protocol, not a warm compress TikTok. This wiki describes the risk so the word means something. It is not a first-aid manual.
Emergency
Hyaluronidase, not a forum wait-and-see. Unlicensed liquid rhino without reversal on hand is the polemic. See hyaluronidase.
See also
References
- ↑ Plastic surgery. Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 September 2026.