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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

World’s top cosmetic surgeons to discuss reported side-effects of enzyme used to dissolve facial fillers

Stock photo of young woman in pain
A Sydney surgeon will raise reported side-effects from hyaluronidase at an International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons conference this week. Photograph: Viktor Cap/Alamy

The world’s leading cosmetic surgeons will this week discuss reported side-effects of an enzyme used to dissolve facial fillers, after dozens of patients revealed complications to Guardian Australia.

Earlier this month, the Guardian spoke to more than a dozen patients who claimed to have suffered serious pain and side-effects after being injected with an enzyme called hyaluronidase to fix medical or aesthetic issues arising from prior cosmetic injections.

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