In young women, a gel filler is injected into the tip of the nose until it points upwards, to look more like Disney’s Peter Pan cartoon fairy.
The ‘Tinker Bell Toe Lift’, as the clinics put it, costs between £300 and £500 and is widely advertised on social media by cosmetic companies as a painless procedure that creates a ‘graceful and feminine look’ in just ten minutes. can give. minute.
On the TikTok video platform, clips showing patients’ tiplift transformations have a total of 1.3 billion views.
But experts say that if the gel is injected incorrectly, complications can include blindness, blistering of the skin, and rupture of entire areas of the nose.
“The tip of the nose is one of the parts of the face with the smallest blood vessels,” says Dr Tijion Esho, MD, cosmetologist and founder of the Esho Clinic in London.
The ‘Tinker Bell Toe Lift’ costs between £300 and £500 and is widely advertised on social media by cosmetic companies claiming it is a painless procedure that can give a ‘refined and feminine look’ in just ten minutes. Above, personal trainer Kristin Lynn has horrible crusts on the tip of her nose in the days following filler injections, where the body’s tissues begin to die from a lack of blood flow known as necrosis.
In young women, a gel filler is injected into the tip of the nose until it points upwards, to look more like Disney’s Peter Pan cartoon fairy.
If you accidentally inject the filler into a blood vessel, the product will block blood and oxygen flow to the area, potentially causing permanent damage.
“If this happens in the blood vessel that runs from the nose to the eye, the retina at the back of the eye will starve for nutrients, leading to blindness.
‘This is why it is important that the sprayer has received medical training. But I see many complications from overcrowding or misplacement of the field by an inexperienced practitioner.
Under UK law, professionals do not need medical qualifications to inject fillers as it is not a drug.
And most of the injectors found by The Mail on Sunday were just cosmetologists, not medical professionals.
But most patients are very happy with the results, says Newcastle Clinic therapist Gigi Aesthetics, “They’ve seen noses on Instagram stars and they want to look the same but they don’t want surgery.
“I’ve never had a client who didn’t like Tinker Bell tipping.”
Last week, data showed that the number of Brits getting nose surgery has dropped from 5,000 to 1,300 annually since 2013.
Experts say this is partly due to their preference for non-surgical methods such as filler injections, also known as “liquid rhinoplasty.”
Non-surgical rhinoplasty works by injecting a small amount of filler (usually a gel called hyaluronic acid) into various parts of the bridge of the nose and then softening it.
Dr. Esho says removing the Tinkerbell tip takes some of this procedure to the extreme. He adds: “It is common practice to inject a small amount of filler into the tip of the nose at the end of the treatment so that it does not appear downward.
“However, injecting just the tip of the nose is usually not a stand-alone treatment.”
Dr. Paul Banwell, Harley Street plastic surgeon and expert in safe cosmetic practices, said, “No reputable medical practitioner would practice this treatment. Not only because it looks unnatural, but also because it involves great risks.’
Experts say aesthetics is becoming popular with face-editing filters on smartphone apps like Instagram, which digitally edits and enhances selfies, loses weight, puts noses up and sucks cheeks.
Dr. “We’re starting to see people looking for the premium features they see in an Instagram filter,” says Esho. “People don’t realize it looks weird in real life.”
Some patients took to social media to warn others about the drawbacks of Tinkerbell toe lift as they developed complications.
Personal trainer Kristin Lynn posted a video on her TikTok channel showing the dreaded crusts on the tip of her nose in the days following her filler injections, where her body’s tissues began to die from lack of blood. necrosis.
“I woke up a few days later and my nose was swollen,” he wrote. “My eyes were black and blue, my lips were swollen. Then I started blistering and the skin on my nose started to die.’
Kristin went back to the nurse who injected the filler, who then gave her a medicine that immediately resolved it, but the problem didn’t go away.
“This damaged skin took months to heal,” she says. “The moral of the story is to be careful what you splash in your face.”
Some medical cosmetologists say care should be taken with all non-surgical nose jobs.
Dr. Emily Mehta, beautician and medical director of Story Clinics, says: “I try to avoid non-surgical nose surgeries.
“The nose is the most risky part of the face when it comes to filler injection due to the high density of the small arteries.
“People think it’s a low-risk alternative to surgery, but the risks of injections increase over time as you have to update every ten months.
“You can reduce some of that by going to an experienced doctor. But unfortunately most people don’t go to reputable places.
“We had a client recently who had a clogged blood vessel and had a tip lifted by a beautician. We had to send him to the hospital because he had necrosis. I hope they saved his nose,” he said.
Earlier this year, the government announced plans to tighten regulations on the implementation of non-surgical treatments, but ministers have yet to set a timetable or details for implementation.
Source: Daily Mail
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