Dermal Fillers - Maybe not such a good idea

Hi friends.

So while this is about the last thing on the minds of many folks on here who are just struggling with the day-to-day...for people who are early stage, or in remission and whose thoughts are drifting to other more "trivial" things.... I know many women, after a certain age, consider doing dermal fillers like Restylane (which is hyaluronic acid based) to help retain a youthful appearance.

I must say I'm looking pretty crappy these days and someone suggested it to me ("respectfully" they said... ha ha) but then I looked at potential side effects and this stood out "that you should inform your doctor if you have herpes viral infection as injection procedures can lead to reactivation of latent or subclinical herpes viral infections".

Since many of us feel that these viral infections are the cause of our misery... I guess I will just stay old-looking but upright and functional!

Thought I would share in case it helps anyone!