Doctors want dermal filler regulated after woman blinded.

Doctors want dermal filler regulated after woman blinded

ELEANOR BLACK

Last updated 14:25, October 6 2017

Dermal fillers are not currently regulated.

Doctors specialising in appearance medicine want the use of dermal fillers regulated, after an Auckland woman was blinded in one eye by a nose procedure gone wrong.

Dr Hans Raetz, president of the New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Medicine, says he has colleagues who have decided not to inject noses, because of the risk. 

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