Last month, not one, but two reports were released on complications and patient complaints across the specialty. The first was from independent accreditation body Save Face1 and the second from the Aesthetic Complications Expert (ACE) Group.2 Interestingly, lip fillers trumped any other complication or complaint across both reports. The Save Face report was an annual summary of patient complaints and concerns regarding 934 practitioners who were unregistered with the body and five who were registered with Save Face. It was indicated that out of all concerns, there were 616 complaints regarding dermal fillers, 72% of which were in relation to lip treatments. The most common treatment outcome relating to the lip complaints, with 163, was swelling and bruising. Whilst 144 people had lumps and nodules, 56 felt they looked worse, 52 thought they had an uneven result, 24 had an infection and…
