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FDA recommends vision check before applying dermal fillers

March 25, 2021
By Mark McCarty
The use of dermal fillers has spiked in recent years for a number of reasons, but so have the associated adverse events. An FDA advisory committee made several associated recommendations, including that a patient’s vision be prospectively evaluated prior to any peri-ocular treatment with fillers, but this could be a simple count-the-fingers check, something that should not appreciably increase procedure times or affect the volume of procedures.
Medical technology Regulatory Aesthetics U.S. FDA

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