Where on the face is vascular occlusion most common?

Readers comparing filler prices around Rancho Cordova often ask where on the face vascular occlusion is most common, since the injection area is one more thing a quote should name.

The short answer

Two sets of areas come up in the sources we surveyed. PubMed Central reports that evidence dictates there are two main areas on the face that have a higher incidence of vascular occlusion following soft tissue augmentation with filler: the glabellar region and the nasolabial fold, nasal tip, and alar triangle. A second PubMed Central paper agrees, noting that anatomical regions with complex vasculature, such as the glabella, nose, and nasolabial folds, were most commonly implicated.

What this means for a quote

A quote for filler in one of those areas is worth reading closely. Ask the provider what training and plan sit behind the work in that spot, and ask what the quoted price includes if something goes wrong. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lists its advice for people considering fillers in Dermal Filler Do's and Don'ts, and keeps a general page on dermal fillers, also called soft tissue fillers.

Other areas

The tear trough is another area with its own literature, covered in a clinical-practice paper on managing the tear trough with hyaluronic acid fillers.

A quote for a higher-concern area is worth a question before a yes.