Patricia Molloy

totally frustrated and the problem is that the public aren't aware of the dangers associated with these treatments and if you're not educated and understand the anatomy of the face it's a very dangerous procedure to actually do I do a lot of training I train doctors and nurses to do these procedures

And I know the education and knowledge that is needed to do this safely.

And unfortunately, non-medics are also doing these treatments, particularly lip fillers.

And this area is probably one of the most dangerous areas to treat.

And hyaluronic acid, which is a very natural substance, but it's made into a gel and that's what is actually injected in.

And there's a large artery running around the lip area.

And if a filler gets in there, it can block the blood supply completely to that area.

The skin begins to die off.

You can lose your mouth, your nose.

But worse still, there's also a very large artery connected to that.

The facial artery goes back into the back of the eye and can cause blindness.

And it has.

This has happened.

The cases, unfortunately, the other thing that happens is cases aren't reported because people get embarrassed.

And if you go to a non-medic to have these treatments done, they can't correct it for you.

So it dissolves itself over time, does it?

But we are seeing more and more, a lot of these fillers now are very, very highly what we call cross-linked.

So they're made into a very strong gel and they're lasting longer and longer.

And we have seen, there have been studies done, that these fillers are actually lasting up to 10 years in some people.

Absolutely.