Hyper-inflated faces. Blowfish lips. Forehead nodules.

As the popularity of wrinkle fillers soars, a flurry of scientific papers are warning of serious complications that can occur, from โ€œovercorrectionsโ€ โ€” when too much product is injected into the midface โ€”ย to infections, abscesses, necrosis (death) of tissue, blindness and stroke.

Reporting in the most recent issue of Facial Plastic Surgery, American and Canadian dermatologists are cautioning โ€œinjectorsโ€ to keepย EpiPen on hand, in the event of a rare anaphylactic reaction, as well as an emergency reversing agent for mistakes.