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So you want fuller lips, but are afraid of the risks. As you should be. Everything you do has risks: drinking too much water, walking across your kitchen, driving to the store, pumping foreign products into your lips for the sake of vanity. C’est la vie!
· The most basic of risks of lip augmentation is infection. It’s not all that common, but it happens. Make sure your doc uses an alcohol prep swab to reduce your risk. Also, and I know some may not agree, if you have plaque issues and bleeding gums, anaerobic bacteria can enter into your blood stream and cause an infection. If it can happen with implants, free-silicone and polyacrylamide (Aquamid, Bio-Alcamid) injections, it can happen with Radiesse, lip collagen and other lip injection fillers.
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