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RHA® 3 RHA® 3 (1mL)Recalls & reported problems

Teoxane SA · One box of RHA® 3 contains two blisters and one instruction for use. Each blister contains a 1mL prefilled syringe and two needles (27G 1/2). Box Packaging (ID 07640173230038) is defined as unit of sales and identified with a serial number. · Class 3 · Implant

Quick summary

This Teoxane RHA 3 dermal filler is an injectable implant for aesthetic use. The 31 reports mostly describe embolisms, severe swelling or allergic reactions, and lumps or pain after injection; they include 31 injuries and no deaths. No recalls name this device, and reports fell from 10 in the previous 12 months to 0 in the latest 12 months.

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Adverse event reports
31
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
31
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 31 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07640173230045), received between Sep 17, 2021 and Sep 16, 2025 — classified as 31 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method” (10 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Reports received per month

Nov 2023: 3 reportsDec 2023: 2 reportsJan 2024: 0 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 2 reportsApr 2024: 0 reportsMay 2024: 3 reportsJun 2024: 1 reportsJul 2024: 0 reportsAug 2024: 1 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 1 reportsDec 2024: 2 reportsJan 2025: 1 reportsFeb 2025: 0 reportsMar 2025: 1 reportsApr 2025: 1 reportsMay 2025: 1 reportsJun 2025: 2 reportsJul 2025: 0 reportsAug 2025: 0 reportsSep 2025: 1 reportsOct 2025: 0 reportsNov 2025: 0 reportsDec 2025: 0 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 0 reportsMar 2026: 0 reportsApr 2026: 0 reportsMay 2026: 0 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 0 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports2024202520263
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem14
  • Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method10
  • Use of Device Problem7
  • Off-Label Use3
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information2
  • Patient-Device Incompatibility2

Patient problems

  • Foreign Body Embolism13
  • Angioedema5
  • Embolism/Embolus4
  • Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction3
  • Granuloma2
  • Neuralgia2
  • Swelling/ Edema2
  • Abscess1

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 31 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjurySep 16, 2025Off-Label Use; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Off-Label Use; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information

    SEVERE ANGIOEDEMA / EXTREME SWELLING [ANGIOEDEMA] , STIFF FEELING IN LIPS / HARD / STIFFNESS / FIBROTIC TISSUE [SKIN INDURATION] , MULTIPLE HARD NODULES / LUMPS [NODULE] , DRY EYE [DRY EYE] . CASE NARRATIVE: ON (B)(6) 2025, A PATIENT FROM (B)(6) NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. THE LATER WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2025 WITH 1 ML OF TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE LIPS USING THE BOLUS TECHNIQUE WITH THE NEEDLE SUPPLIED IN THE BOX. THE SAME DAY, THE PATIENT RECEIVED A FULL-FACE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING THE LIPS) WITH CYTOCARE (HYALURONIC ACID + REJUVENATING COMPLEX). TWO DAYS AFTER THE INJECTION, ON (B)(6) 2025, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE HARD NODULES/LUMPS, A STIFF FEELING, AND EXTREME SWELLING IN THE LIPS AS WELL AS DRY EYES. ON (B)(6) 2025, THE LIP FILLER WAS DISSOLVED WITH A FIRST COURSE OF HYALURONIDASE. ON (B)(6) 2025, SOME LUMPS REMAINED IN THE LIPS. ON (B)(6) 2025, SYMPTOMS GRADUALLY DISAPPEARED AND REMAINING LUMPS WERE VERY SMALL. CONSIDERINF THE ONGOING RESOLUTION OF THE SYMPTOMS, THE CASE WAS CONSIDERED CLOSED ON (B)(6) 2025. ON 05-SEP-2025, WE RECEIVED A MEDWATCH REPORT DIRECTLY FROM THE FDA (REFERENCE: MW5174104). ON WHICH, ON 29-JUL-2025 THE PATIENT REPORTED "TEOXANE LIP

    Patient problems: Angioedema

    MAUDE report 23064038 ↗
  • InjuryJun 19, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information

    ON (B)(6) 2025, A PATIENT FROM UNITED KINGDOM NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. THE LATER WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2025 WITH - 1 ML OF PURESENSE ULTRA DEEP IN THE LATERAL CHEEK (0,5 ML PER SIDE) USING THE FANNING TECHNIQUE AND A CANNULA FROM THE TEMPORAL HAIRLINE (ENTRY POINT) TO THE CHEEK, JAW AND TEMPLE ((B)(6)) - 1 ML OF RHA 3 IN THE MIDFACE (0,5 ML PER SIDE) (CURRENT COMPLAINT). - 2 ML OF A POLY-NUCLEOTIDE TREATMENT (AMI EYES PN) IN UNDER EACH EYE AREA (1 ML PER SIDE) USING A CANNULA. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED 6 DAYS AFTER THE INJECTION, ON (B)(6) 2025 A SIGNIFICANT SWELLING, TENDERNESS AND PAIN AT THE INJECTION SITE. ON (B)(6) 2025, SHE PRESENTED A PURULENT DISCHARGE REPORTED AS DEEP ABSCESS AT THE INJECTION SITE, REQUIRING EMERGENCY HOSPITAL CARE, INCISION AND DRAINAGE, AND SEVERAL HYALURONIDASE TREATMENTS AS DECRIBED BELOW: - (B)(6) 2025: FIRST DRAINAGE OF ABSCESS - (B)(6) 2025: ULTRASOUND CONFIRMED A DEEP ABSCESS OVERLYING THE ZYGOMATIC BONE - (B)(6) 2025: SECOND DRAINAGE PERFORMED - (B)(6) 2025: FIRST HYALURONIDASE TREATMENT - (B)(6) 2025: EMERGENCY ROOM FOLLOWING A SECOND PURULENT DISCHARGE, REDNESS AND SWELLING - (B)(6) 2025:

    Patient problems: Abscess

    MAUDE report 22292431 ↗
  • InjuryJun 5, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON 23-MAY-2025, THE ITALIAN SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2024 WITH 0,5 ML OF RHA 2 IN THE LIPS USING THE RETROTRACING TECHNIQUE AND THE NEEDLE PROVIDED IN THE BOX (30G/13MM). THE PATIENT HAD AN HISTORY OF PREVIOUS AESTHETIC PROCEDURE IN THE LIPS: ON (B)(6) 2023: TEOSYAL RHA 3 (GIVEN THE INJECTION DATE, NO OTHER COMPLAINT WAS OPENED FOR THIS TEOXANE PRODUCT). ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, ON (B)(6) 2025, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN EPISODE OF VIRAL INFECTION (WITH FEVER AND VOMITING) AND THE NEXT DAY SHE STARTED TO HAVE SWELLING AND OEDEMA IN HER LIPS. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE SYMPTOMS, THIS CASE WAS ASSESSED REPORTABLE. SHE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE SHE WAS PRESCRIBED CORTICOIDS (BENTELAN 1 MG) AND ANTIHISTAMINE TREATMENT (ZIRTEC) FOR 5 DAYS AND THE SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED. ON (B)(6) 2025 IN THE EVENING A STRONG OEDEMA APPEARED AGAIN IN THE SAME AREA. A SECOND COURSE OF CORTICOIDS (CORTISONE) WAS PRESCRIBED AND THE SYMPTOMS IMPROVED BUT RETURNED AFTER THE STOPPING THE TREATMENT AND A THIRD COURSE OF CORTICOIDS WAS PRESCRIBED (BENTELAN TO SCALING THE DOSE: 2 MG, 2 MG, 2 MG, 1 MG AND 1 MG FOR 5 DAYS). ON (B)(6) 202

    Patient problems: Swelling/ Edema

    MAUDE report 22149605 ↗
  • InjuryMay 1, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THIS CASE OCCURED OUTSIDE OF THE USA IN ITALY. ON 04-APR-2025, THE ITALIAN SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA ABOUT AN ADVERSE EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2024 WITH: 1 ML OF RHA 1 IN THE DÉCOLLETÉ USING THE RETROGRADING LINEAR TECHNIQUE AND THE NEEDLE SUPPLIED IN THE BOX (RC/2504020) 1 ML OF RHA 3 IN THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS USING THE RETROGRADING LINEAR TECHNIQUE AND THE NEEDLE SUPPLIED IN THE BOX (CURRENT COMPLAINT) RADIESSE IN THE CHEEKS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THIS INJECTION. 7 DAYS AFTER THE INJECTIONS, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN ANGIOEDEMA OF SEVERE INTENSITY AND THE PATIENT WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM. BILATERAL CHEEKS AND EYELIDS SWELLING WAS REPORTED (MORE IMPORTANT ON THE LEFT SIDE), AS WELL AS HEAT AND PAIN. PATIENT ALSO EXPERIENCED TRISMUS PREVENTING MOUTH EXAMINATION DURING THE CONSULTATION. CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF THE CASE ON THE LOCALIZATION OF THE SYMPTOMS ASSESSED AS "SERIOUS" THIS CASE WAS ASSESSED AS REPORTABLE FOR RHA3 PRODUCT ONLY. BLOOD TESTS WERE PERFORMED SHOWING NEUTROPHILIC LEUKOCYTOSIS, OTHER INDICATORS INCLUDING CRP WERE WITHIN THE NORM. DURING THE CONSULTATION A SUSPEC

    Patient problems: Angioedema

    MAUDE report 21942418 ↗
  • InjuryApr 22, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THIS CASE IS A FOREIGN CASE OUTSIDE THE USA, IN UNITED KINGDOM. ON 25-MAR-2025, THE MHRA AUTHORITY NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA ABOUT AN ADVERSE EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED WITH: 0.9 ML OF TEOSYAL PURESENSE ULTRA DEEP IN THE CHEEKS ON (B)(6) 2025 USING THE BOLUS TECHNIQUE AND WITH THE NEEDLE SUPPLIED IN THE BOX. (RC/2503091) 2.4 ML OF RHA 4 IN THE CHEEKS, NASOLABIAL FOLDS, ORAL COMMISSURES, CHIN AND JAW ON (B)(6) 2025 USING THE BOLUS, RETROTRACING AND FANNING TECHNIQUES AND WITH THE NEEDLE SUPPLIED IN THE BOX. (RC/2503092). UNSPECIFIED QUANTITY OF RHA 3 IN THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS AND MARIONETTE LINES ON (B)(6) 2023 (CURRENT COMPLAINT). DURING 3 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST INJECTIONS, THE PATIENT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY REACTION. ON (B)(6) 2025, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED FIRMNESS OF THE FILLER AND REPORTED THAT THE FILLER WAS "ODD/STRANGE/UNUSUAL". THE INJECTOR WAS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE THE PATIENT FOR A CONSULTATION BUT ADVISED ANTI HISTAMINIC TREATMENT (FEXOFENADINE). ONE DAY AFTER, ON (B)(6) 2025, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A WHOLE FACE SWELLING AND FIRMNESS OF SEVERE INTENSITY CAUSING DIFFICULTY TO OPEN THE MOUTH (DUE TO TIGHTNESS). THE PATIENT WENT TO A&E WHER

    Patient problems: Swelling/ Edema

    MAUDE report 21881941 ↗
  • InjuryMar 13, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THIS CASE OCCURED OUTSIDE OF THE USA IN AUSTRALIA. ON 12-FEB-2025, THE AUSTRALIA SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED US OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2024 WITH 1 ML OF RHA 3 IN JOWL AND IN MARIONETTE LINES WITH A CANNULA (STERIGLIDE 0.50X38MM/25G) USING THE FANNING TECHNIQUE. APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AFTER THE INJECTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN STARTING FROM LATERAL CHEEK TO ALL THE MID-FACE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND SEVERAL MONTHS LATER A SEVERE TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA WAS DIAGNOSED BY A NEUROLOGIST. CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF THE EVENT AND THE DIAGNOSIS, THE CASE WAS ASSESSED AS REPORTABLE. ON (B)(6) 2025, A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED AND DIFFERENTIAL ETIOLOGIES OF THE REACTION WERE EXPLAINED. THE MEDICAL EXPERT CONFIRMED A POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION OF HA FILLER INJECTIONS TO TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA-LIKE SYMPTOMS WEEKS LATER THROUGH SEVERAL POTENTIAL MECHANISMS. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 05-MAR-2025, THE INJECTOR NEVER ANSWERED TO THE MEDICAL EXPERT, NEITHER THE SUBSIDIARY AND NO MORE INFORMATION WAS RETRIEVED. THEREFORE THE CASE WAS CLOSED AS THIS.

    Patient problems: Neuralgia

    MAUDE report 21595283 ↗
  • InjuryJan 16, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6)2024, PRIME VIGILANCE NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED IN (B)(6) 2024 WITH 0,5 ML OF RHA 3 IN THE LIPS. IN (B)(6) THE PATIENT TRAVELED IN ITALY AND WAS SICK (SORE THROAT, STUFFY NOSE AND HEADACHE). ON (B)(6)2024, SHE CONSULTED HER INJECTOR AND STILL RECEIVED 0,5 ML OF RHA 3 IN THE LIPS. TWO DAYS AFTER (ON (B)(6)2024), THE PATIENT REPORTED (NOT MEDICALLY CONFIRMED) - SWELLING AND PAIN IN THE RIGHT PART OF THE LIPS THEN IN THE RIGHT PART OF THE FACE - PAIN/DISCOMFORT FROM SINUSES TO THE JAW THAT WENT DOWN TO THE NECK AND SHOULDER - DROOPING OF THE CORNER OF THE LIP - INTERMITTENT BULGING OF HER RIGHT EYE - DISCOLOURATION OF HER HANDS AND FEETS (RED/PURPLE) ACCOMPANIED WITH PARAESTHESIA (PINS AND NEEDLES SENSATION). ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT ANOTHER PRACTITIONER WAS CONSULTED AND INJECTED A FIRST COURSE OF HYALURONIDASE IN THE LIPS (ON (B)(6)). AFTER DISSOLVING, THE SYMPTOMS SEEMED TO CAME BACK DURING THE NIGHT (OF THE (B)(6)). SHE ALSO EXPERIENCED SWELLING IN THE HANDS. SHE RECEIVED 4 OTHER COURSES OF HYALURONIDASE FROM THE SAME PRACTITIONER (ON (B)(6)2024). AT THE BEGINNING OF (B)(6) THE PATIENT CONSULTED AGAIN HER INJECTOR, WHO ADVISED HER

    Patient problems: Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction

    MAUDE report 21166005 ↗
  • InjuryDec 17, 2024Off-Label Use; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Off-Label Use; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    THIS EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE USA, IN EUROPE (SPAIN). ON 25-NOV-2024, THE SPANISH SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2024 WITH 0.2ML OF RHA 4 IN THE NOSE USING AN UNSPECIFIED TECHNIQUE AND INJECTION ACCESSORY. ONE DAY AFTER THE INJECTION (ON (B)(6) 2024), THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SWOLLEN AND RED NASAL TIP. THE INJECTOR PERFORMED A HYALURONIDASE INJECTION (150UI). ON (B)(6) 2024, THE LOCAL MEDICAL EXPERT ASSESSED A POTENTIAL VASCULAR COMPRESSION AND POSSIBLE SMALL INFECTION AND RECOMMENDED TO INJECT MORE HYALURONIDASE AND ADD ANTIBIOTICS (AUGMENTIN) + CORTICOIDS (IN DESCENDING REGIMEN) AND PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS (OMEPRAZOLE). CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL VASCULAR COMPRESSION, THIS CASE WAS DEEMED REPORTABLE. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED BUT EVOLUTION OF SYMPTOMS ARE BEING MONITORED.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 20953011 ↗
  • InjuryDec 2, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THIS CASE OCCURED OUTSIDE THE USA, IN FRANCE. ON (B)(6)2024, THE SPANISH SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED TEOXANE (B)(6) OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6)2024 WITH A TOTAL OF 0,7ML OF RHA 3 IN THE LIPS (0,5ML IN THE UPPER LIP AND 0,2ML IN THE LOWER LIP) USING RETROGRADE INJECTION TECHNIQUE AND THE NEEDLE PROVIDED IN THE BOX (TSK 27G/13MM). THE DAY BEFORE THE INJECTION (ON (B)(6)2024), THE PATIENT HAD A DENTAL EXTRACTION. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A MODERATE INFLAMMATION ON THE UPPER LIP AFTER THE INJECTION (ON (B)(6)2024) REPORTED AS "SIMILAR TO AN ALLERGIC REACTION" AND VISITED THE EMERGENCY ROOM. SHE RECEIVED AN INTRAVENOUS ANTIHISTAMINE (POLARAMINE) AND LEFT WITH A PRESCRIPTION OF ORAL ANTIHISTAMINE (POLARAMINE 2MG, 3 TIMES PER DAY FOR 3 DAYS). CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF THE SYMPTOMS ASSESSED ON THE PICTURES RECEIVED, THIS CASE WAS CONSIDERED REPORTABLE. ON (B)(6)2024, THE LOCAL MEDICAL EXPERT WAS PUT IN CONTACT WITH THE INJECTOR WHO EXPLAINED THAT SYMPTOMS IMPROVED WITH ANTIHISTAMINE TREATMENT. ON (B)(6)2024, WE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION THAT THE SYMPTOMS IMPROVED FAVORABLY.

    Patient problems: Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction

    MAUDE report 20819032 ↗
  • InjuryNov 22, 2024Off-Label Use; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Off-Label Use; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    THIS CASE OCCURED OUTSIDE OF THE USA IN SPAIN. ON 28-OCT-2024, THE SPANISH SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2024 WITH 0.1 ML OF RHA 3 IN THE FOREHEAD USING A BOLUS TECHNIQUE AND THE NEEDLE SUPPLIED IN THE BOX. THE DAY OF THE INJECTION, A VASCULAR COMPROMISE WAS DIAGNOSED. THEREFORE, THE CASE WAS REPORTABLE. THE SAME DAY, 6000 UI (DOSE TO BE CONFIRMED) OF HYALURONIDASE WAS INJECTED, AND THE FOLLOWING TREATMENTS WERE PRESCRIBED: ASPIRINE (ADIRA 100) FOR 6 DAYS, GLUCOCORTICOIDS TREATMENT (DEXAMETASONA, 4MG) ONLY ONCE, SUN CREAM. ONE DAY AFTER THE INJECTION, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT RECEIVED AN ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT (MUPIROCINA), TWICE A DAY FOR 7 DAYS AND A NEW DOSE OF HYALURONIDASE (UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT). THE PATIENT HAS BEEN INJECTED IN LIPS IN 2020 WITH RESTYLANE KYSSE, AND IN 2021 AND 2022 IN LIPS WITH JUVEDERM WITHOUT ANY REACTION. THE PATIENT HAS A HISTORY OF ACNE AND WAS UNDER ANTI-ACNE TREATMENT (ISOTRETINOINA 60 MG), THE DAY OF THE INJECTION. A MEDICAL EXPERT CONTACTED THE INJECTOR. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION ON (B)(6) 2024 RECEIVED, THE SYMPTOMS ARE PARTIALLY RESOLVED.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 20758556 ↗
  • InjuryAug 13, 2024Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    PRIMEVIGILANCE NOTIFIED TEOXANE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON (B)(6) 2024. THE PATIENT WAS INJECTED WITH RHA 3 IN THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS ON (B)(6) 2024. THE INJECTION WAS ADMINISTERED WITH AN UNSPECIFIED NEEDLE. TWO DAYS AFTER THE INJECTION, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT EXHIBITED REDNESS AND A PUSTULE AROUND THE LEFT NASOLABIAL FOLD AT THE INJECTION SITE. AS A TREATMENT, THE INJECTOR PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC (DOXYCYCLINE, 100 MG), AND AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF HYALURONIDASE WAS ADMINISTERED BY A DIFFERENT PROVIDER. ON (B)(6) 2024 WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE SYMPTOMS WERE RESOLVING. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY, SHE HAD A HISTORY OF ACNE AND HAS SUFFERED FROM BREAST CANCER. DUE TO THE LIMITED INFORMATION RECEIVED AND THE POTENTIAL SERIOUSNESS OF THE EVENTS ERPORTED, ON (B)(6) 2024, THETEOXANE'S MEDICAL EXPERT WAS CONTACTED TO PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE EVENTS REPORTED AND PICTURES WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH A VASCULAR OCCLUSION. THEREFORE, THE CASE WAS UPGRADED AS REPORTABLE TO THE FDA. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, BUT THE SITUATION AND SYMPTOMS REMAIN MONITORED.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 19970663 ↗
  • InjuryJun 28, 2024Use of Device Problem; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Use of Device Problem; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    PRIMEVIGILANCE NOTIFIED TEOXANE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON 30-MAY-2024. THE PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2024 WITH 0.5 SYRINGE OF RHA 3 IN THE LIPS. THE INJECTION WAS DONE WITH THE 27G NEEDLE. FOUR DAYS AFTER THE INJECTION, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT REPORTED RIGHT-SIDED FACIAL NUMBNESS, SWELLING, BLURRED VISION, AND A HEADACHE. THE PATIENT WAS ON A FOLLOW-UP VISIT IN THE OFFICE AND VASCULAR OCCLUSION DIAGNOSIS WAS EXCLUDED. IT SEEMS THAT THE INJECTOR DIAGNOSED AN INFECTION DUE TO THE SWELLING BUT PRESCRIBED AN ANTIHISTAMINE DRUG (CETIRIZINE = ZYRTEC), AND A CORTICOSTEROID (MEDROL DOSE PACK, 4 MG), STARTING FROM (B)(6)2024, FOR SIX DAYS. HOWEVER, THE STEROID WAS ENDED ON (B)(6) 2024. DESPITE TREATMENT, THE PATIENT REPORTED ONGOING SYMPTOMS, THUS THE INJECTOR WANTES TO DISSOLVE THE FILLER WITH HYALURONIDASE (HYLENEX). BUT WHILE INJECTING THE PATIENT'S RIGHT FOREARM AS A PATCH TEST, THE PATIENT STARTED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ARM DISCOMFORT AND HEAVINESS. THE INJECTOR ADVISED THE PATIENT TO GO TO THE ER FOR A CT SCAN, GIVEN BLURRED VISION AND A HEADACHE. THE HEAD CT WAS NEGATIVE. AS ADDITIONAL TREATMENT, THE PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED AN ANTICONVULSANT DRUG, GABAPENTIN (NEURONTIN), DUE TO SUSPE

    Patient problems: Neuralgia; Skin Infection

    MAUDE report 19630992 ↗
  • InjuryMay 28, 2024Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    PRIMEVIGILANCE NOTIFIED TEOXANE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON 02-MAY-2024. THE PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2024 WITH 0.3 ML OF RHA 3 IN THE LIPS, USING A 30G NEEDLE.  DURING THE INJECTION, THE INJECTOR NOTICED IMMEDIATE BLANCHING AT THE INJECTION SITE, FOLLOWED BY A HEMATOMA TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE LIP. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH A WARM COMPRESS AND ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (ASPIRIN). AS THE CAPILLARY REFILL WAS SLOW,  THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH 2.5 VIALS OF HYALURONIDASE (HYLENEX). THE DAY AFTER, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH 9 ADDITIONAL VIALS OF HYALURONIDASE, APPLIED BILATERALLY ALONG WITH CONTINUED HEAT, MASSAGE, AND ASPIRIN. THE SAME DAY, THE CAPILLARY REFILL RETURNED TO NORMAL. ON (B)(6) 2024, THE SYMPTOMS HAD RESOLVED WITH ONLY SOME RETICULAR MARKINGS ON THE LIP AND A SORE INSIDE THE LIP IN THE MUCOSA REMAINING. THE SAME DAY, THE PATIENT BEGAN HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY. BASED ON THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, ALL THE SYMPTOMS SEEM TO POINT TO A VASCULAR OCCLUSION. THUS, THE CASE WAS ASSESSED AS REPORTABLE TO THE FDA.  ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE SYMPTOMS, THE CASE WAS CLOSED.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 19403791 ↗
  • InjuryMay 23, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THIS CASE OCCURED OUTSIDE OF THE USA, IN ITALY. THE ITALIAN SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON 24-APR-2024. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED WITH SEVERAL TEOXANE PRODUCTS AS FOLLOWS:  - ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH (RC 2404122) IN THE CHEEKBONES (HALF OF THE VIAL ON EACH SIDE), - ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH RHA 3 (CURRENT COMPLAINT) IN THE NLF (HALF OF THE VIAL ON EACH SIDE), - ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH PURESENSE REDENSITY 2 IN THE TEAR TROUGH (HALF OF THE VIAL ON EACH SIDE), - ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH RHA 4 (RC 2404122) IN THE MALAR AREA (0.6 ML ON EACH SIDE) 4 MONTHS AFTER THE LAST INJECTION, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT REPORTED SMALL NODULES AND SLIGHT SWELLING ON THE LEFT SIDE NEAR THE NOSE AND THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE MALAR AREA.  2 WEEKS LATER, APPROXIMATELY ON (B)(6) 2024, THE SWELLING INCREASED AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY REDNESS IN THE SAME AREAS. THE INJECTOR ADVISED THE PATIENT TO DO AN ULTRASOUND. ON (B)(6) 2024, AN ULTRASOUND WAS DONE IN BELGIUM (THE COUNTRY OF THE PATIENT) AND CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF GRANULOMA.  AS TREATMENT, THE PATIENT TOOK ANTIBIOTICS (UNKNOWN TYPE) AND CORTISONE IN (B)(6) 2024 (UNKNOWN EXACT DATE). THE SYMPTOMS IMPROVED. THE LOCAL MEDICAL EXPERT WAS CONTACTED TO PROVI

    Patient problems: Granuloma

    MAUDE report 19379522 ↗
  • InjuryMay 8, 2024Use of Device Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Use of Device Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THIS CASE OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF THE USA, IN POLAND.  THE POLISH SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED TEOXANE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON 03-APR-2024. THE PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2021 WITH TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE LIPS (0,3 ML IN THE UPPER LIP AND 0.3 ML IN THE LOWER LIP) AND 0,4 ML IN THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS. THE PATIENT HAD AN HISTORY OF INJECTIONS IN THE LIPS AND NASOLABIAL FOLDS WITH TEOSYAL RHA 3 ON (B)(6) 2019. IN ADDITION, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE PATIENT REGULARLY USED VARIOUS AESTHETIC MEDICINE TREATMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE FACE. THE PATIENT TRAVELS A LOT AND RECENTLY SPENT FEW MONTHS IN ASIA. THE PATIENT WAS HEALTHY AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY ALLERGIES, INCLUDING INSECT VENOM. SHE NEVER HAD TISSUE STIMULATORS OR COLLAGEN. THE PATIENT HAD COVID VACCIN ON UNKNOWN DATE. THREE YEARS AFTER THE LAST SESSION OF RHA 3, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SWELLING IN BOTH LIPS WHICH APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED SEVERAL TIMES. THE SWELLING WAS DIAGNOSED AS RECURRENT QUINCKE'S EDEMA. AS TREATMENT, ON (B)(6) 2024 THE PATIENT TOOK TWO TABLETS OF THE ANTIHISTAMINE DRUG (LORATADIN, 10 MG) FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER TABLET 3-4 HOURS LATER. THE NEXT DAY, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT WOKE UP WITH SWELLING ON THE UPPER LIP. THEREFO

    Patient problems: Angioedema

    MAUDE report 19267176 ↗
  • InjuryMar 8, 2024Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    THIS CASE OCCURED OUTSIDE OF THE USA, IN AUSTRALIA. THE AUSTRALIAN AFFILIATE NOTIFIED TEOXANE GENEVA OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON 05-MAR-2024. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED WITH 1 ML OF TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE ORAL COMMISSURES, INTO THE LIPS, AND THE CUTANEUS LINES ON (B)(6) 2024. THE INJECTION WAS DONE WITH THE MICROBOLUS TECHNIQUE, SUBDERMALLY, USING THE NEEDLE PROVIDED IN THE BOX. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INJECTION, THE INJECTOR NOTICED A BLANCHING AND DECIDED TO MASSAGE THE AREA USING A VIBRATA TOOL. THE CAPILLARI REFIL WAS SLOW, AND A BRUISE STARTED TO APPEAR IN THE LEFT TOP LIP TUBERCLE.  AS TREATMENT, 500 I.U. OF HYALURONIDASE WERE INJECTED INTO THE LIP, AND AN IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF THE CAPILLARI REFIL WAS OBSERVED. THE INJECTOR CHASED THE VESSEL TO THE TOP LIP TUBERCLE AND LATERAL PHILTRUM COLUMN, INJECTING ANYWHERE DUSKINESS OR RETICULATION WAS PRESENT. AT THE TIME WE RECEIVED THE INITIAL INFORMATION, THE BRUISE ON THE LIP HAD COMPLETELY RESOLVED.  ON (B)(6) 2024, THE INJECTOR CONFIRMED THE DIAGNOSIS THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED A VASCULAR OCCLUSION. THUS, THE CASE WAS ASSESSED AS REPORTABLE TO THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES. ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION OF SYMPTOMS, THIS CASE WAS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 18865180 ↗
  • InjuryMar 1, 2024Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

    PRIMEVIGILANCE NOTIFIED TEOXANE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON (B)(6) 2024. THE PATIENT WAS INJECTED TWO DIFFERENT TIMES WITH RHA PRODUCTS. THE FIRST SESSION WAS ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH 1 ML OF RHA REDENSITY IN THE FOREHEAD AND RHA 3 ON AN UNKNOWN SITE (CURRENT CASE). THE SECOND SESSION WAS ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH 1.2 ML OF RHA 4 IN THE CHEEKS (B)(6). THE INJECTION WAS DONE WITH THE NEEDLE PROVIDED IN THE BOX. BEFORE CHRISTMAS TIME, IN THE MIDDLE OF (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT WAS SICK WITH UNSPECIFIED OF VIRAL ILLNESS, AND ON (B)(6) 2024 SHE RECEIVED BOTULINUM TOXIN IN THE FOREHEAD LINES, PERFORMED BY A DIFFERENT PHYSICIAN THAN THE REPORTER. TEN DAYS AFTER BOTULINUM TOXIN INJECTION AND FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE LAST SESSION OF DERMAL FILLER, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SWELLING IN THE CHEEKS AND SIGNIFICANT SWELLING UNDER THE LEFT EYE, A LUMP ON THE ZYGOMA (WHERE RHA 4 WAS PLACED), AND SMALL NODULES ON THE ORBITAL RIM AND UNDER THE CHIN. IN THE ABSENCE OF INFORMATION REGARDING RHA 3 PLACEMENT A SECOND COMPLAINT WAS OPENED FOR RHA3 CONSIDERING THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE AREAS OF THE REACTION. ON THE SAME DAY, AN X-RAY WAS PERFORMED. ONLY A DEVIATED SEPTUM WAS SHOWN. AFTER (B)(6)2024

    Patient problems: Cellulitis

    MAUDE report 18814787 ↗
  • InjuryDec 18, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

    PRIMEVIGILANCE NOTIFIED TEOXANE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON NOVEMBER (B)(6) 2023. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH 2 ML OF TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE MARIONETTE LINES. THE INJECTION WAS DONE WITH THE 22G CANNULA, USING THE SUPERFICIAL TECHNIQUE. ON THE SAME DAY AFTER THE INJECTION ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN AND BRUISING, WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE INJECTOR AS A VASCULAR OCCLUSION ON THE LOWER RIGHT MARIONETTE LINE. AS A CORRECTIVE ACTION, THE INJECTOR USED HYALURONIDASE (HYLENEX) TO DISSOLVE THE FILLER. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE OUTCOME OF THE EVENT WAS NOT RECOVERED. DESPITE REMINDERS, NO UPDATES WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE PATIENT, THUS THE CASE WAS CLOSED AS IS.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 18345746 ↗
  • InjuryDec 15, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THIS EVENT OCCURED OUTSIDE THE USA, IN CANADA. ON 04-DEC-2023, THE CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR NOTIFIED US OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS (FANNING TECHNIQUE, USING A NEEDLE). THE SAME DAY, ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED PAIN IN THE RIGHT NASOLABIAL FOLD. FIVE DAYS LATER, ON (B)(6) 2023, SHE RETURNED TO THE CLINIC AND PRESENTED WITH A VASCULAR OCCLUSION OF THE ANGULAR ARTERY : SIGNIFICANT DUSKINESS AND SKIN MOTTLING ON THE RIGHT NASOLABIAL FOLD REGION, RIGHT LATERAL NASAL WALL, RADIX AND RIGHT FOREHEAD. THERE WAS NO AREAS OF NECROSIS, ALTHOUGH SOME SCABBING ON THE RIGHT MEDIAL CHEEK. THE SKIN WAS PINK AND ONLY SLIGHTLY MOTTLED AND QUITE TENDER TO TOUCH. THERE WAS NO DYSFUNCTION IN ANY MOTOR NERVES. ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT RECEIVED AS TREATMENT HIGH DOSE PULSED HYALURONIDASE (HDPH) PROTOCOL (4 DOSES OF HDPH EACH ONE HOUR APART, 450 IU / SESSION) AND TWO ADDITIONAL SESSIONS OF HYALURONIDASE (900 UI EACH) ON (B)(6) 2023. SHE HAD ONE SESSION OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HBOT) ON 01-DEC-2023, BUT COULDN'T DO MORE DUE TO CLAUSTROPHOBIA. SHE WAS ALSO PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC (KEF

    Patient problems: Embolism/Embolus; Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 18335076 ↗
  • InjuryNov 15, 2023Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    THIS CASE OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF THE USA, IN FRANCE. A PHYSICIAN NOTIFIED TEOXANE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON (B)(6) 2023. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED WITH 0.3 ML OF TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE NOSE. TWO DAYS AFTER THE INJECTION, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH A MODERATE NECROSIS AT INJECTION SITE. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2023, THE INJECTOR PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL TREATMENT TO THE PATIENT: 3 VIALS OF HYALASE, ON (B)(6) 2023, ANTIBIOTICS (UNKNOWN QUANTITY AND DURATION), ASPIRIN (AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, UNKNOWN QUANTITY), CORTICOSTEROIDES, (UNKNOWN QUANTITY AND DURATION), LED AND HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY. FOLLOWING THE TREATMENT, ALL THE SYMPTOMS WERE PARTIALLY RESOLVED. AND DESPITE REMINDERS, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPLETE RESOLUTION OF THE SYMPTOMS. THUS, THE COMPLAINT WAS CLOSED.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism; Necrosis

    MAUDE report 18140653 ↗
  • InjuryNov 8, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6) 2023, THE SPANISH SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED US OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2023, WITH 0.1 ML OF TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE UPPER LIP. THE INJECTION WAS PERFORMED WITH A NEEDLE, USING THE RETROTRACING TECHNIQUE. THE PATIENT HAD PREVIOUSLY INJECTED ANOTHER DERMAL FILLER IN THE LIPS (FILLDERMA KISS) IN 2021-2022, WITHOUT PRESENTING ANY ADVERSE REACTIONS. ON THE SAME DAY OF THE INJECTION ((B)(6) 2023), THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A ALLERGIC REACTION, HYPERSENTIVITY TYPE I REACTION, IN THE UPPER LIP, OF MODERATE INTENSITY. ONE OF OUR LOCAL MEDICAL ADVISORS IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE INJECTOR. THE PATIENT RECEIVED INJECTION OF CORTICOSTEROID ANTI-INFLAMMATORY (URBASON), AND SHOWED AN IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, ORAL CORTICOSTEROIDS (PREDNISONE, 30 MG) WERE PRESCRIBED ONCE A DAY FOR 5 DAYS. FINALLY, ON (B)(6) 2023, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE PATIENT HAD FULLY RECOVERED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. THE COMPLAINT WAS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

    Patient problems: Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction

    MAUDE report 18090079 ↗
  • InjuryNov 2, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THIS CASE OCCURED OUTSIDE THE USA, IN SPAIN. ON (B)(6) 2023, THE SPANISH SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED US OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH 0.6ML OF TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE CHIN (0.5ML) AND IN LOWER LIP (0.1ML) (BOLUS TECHNIQUE). THE SAME DAY, ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH A VASCULAR OCCLUSION IN THE CHIN OF SEVERE INTENSITY. THE INJECTOR WAS CONTACTED BY A LOCAL MEDICAL EXPERT TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. THE PATIENT RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2023 THREE CYCLES OF HYALURONIDASE 1000IU INJECTIONS AND ONE MORE INJECTION ON (B)(6) 2023. THE INJECTOR ALSO PRESCRIBED NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY (ASPIRIN 325MG) AND STEROID ANTI-INFLAMMATORY (FORTECORTIN 8MG). ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOW UP INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 18-OCT-2023, THE PATIENT RECEIVED HYALURONIDASE INJECTIONS DURING 3 DAYS IN TOTAL AND WAS THEN COMPLETELY RECOVERED. THE COMPLAINT WAS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

    Patient problems: Embolism/Embolus; Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 18056240 ↗
  • InjuryOct 18, 2023Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2023, THE SPANISH SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED US OF AN ADVERSE EVENT FOLLOWING THE USE OF TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN A PATIENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2023, WITH 2 ML OF TEOSYAL RHA 3 IN THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS (1 ML PER SIDE). THE INJECTION WAS PERFORMED WITH A NEEDLE, USING THE MULTIPUNCTURE TECHNIQUE. ON THE SAME DAY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE UPPER LEFT LIP. TWO DAYS LATER, ON (B)(6) THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A BURNING SENSATION IN THE UPPER LEFT LIP AND IN THE LEFT MALAR AREA. THE DAY AFTER, ON (B)(6) THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH LIVEDO RETICULARIS AND 2 SMALL WHITE AREAS IN THE UPPER LEFT LIP, THE LEFT MALAR AREA, AND THE LOWER LEFT EYELID. THE INJECTOR IDENTIFIED THESE SYMPTOMS AS A VASCULAR COMPROMISE AND TREATED THEM ACCORDINGLY. ON (B)(6) HE INJECTED 600 IU OF HYALURONIDASE IN THE NASOLABIAL FOLD, AND ON (B)(6) HE INJECTED 1000 IU OF HYALURONIDASE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, CAUSING A HEMATOMA ON THE LOWER LEFT EYELID. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING TREATMENT WAS PRESCRIBED: ANTICOAGULANT (CLEXANE 40 MG), ASPIRIN (ADIRO 300 MG), ONCE A DAY, TOPICAL ANTIBIOTIC (MUPORICIN 2%). ON (B)(6), ONE OF OUR LOCAL MEDICAL EXPERTS CONTACTED T

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 17956336 ↗
  • InjurySep 26, 2023Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

    ON AUGUST 30, 2023, THE SPANISH SUBSIDIARY NOTIFIED US OF AN ADVERSE EVENT FOLLOWING THE USE OF TEOSYAL PURESENSE RHA 3 IN A PATIENT. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2023, WITH 0.8 ML OF TEOSYAL PURESENSE RHA 3 IN THE LIPS (0.4 ML IN THE UPPER LIP, AND 0.3 ML IN THE LOWER LIP) AND 0.1 ML IN THE PIRIFORM FOSSA (NASOLABIAL FOLDS). THE INJECTION WAS PERFORMED WITH A NEEDLE USING THE RETROTRACING TECHNIQUE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INJECTION, THE PRACTITIONER NOTICED A VASCULAR COMPROMISE, AS THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH WHITENING AND DELAYED CAPILLARY REFILL ON THE UPPER RIGHT LIP, NOSE (NASAL ALA, DORSUM, AND RADIX), AND GLABELLA. ONE OF OUR LOCAL MEDICAL ADVISORS WAS CONTACTED AND 3000 IU OF HYALURONIDASE WERE ADMINISTERED ON THE SAME DAY, ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING TREATMENT: NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG: ASPIRIN, 300 MG. CORTICOSTEROIDS: URBASON, 40 MG. ONE DAY LATER, ON (B)(6) 2023, THE CAPILLARY REFILL IMPROVED. DURING PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, EROSION IN THE IN THE RIGHT NASAL INTROIT WAS DETECTED. ANOTHER 1500 IU OF HYALURONIDASE WERE PRESCRIBED, ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING TREATMENT: ANTIBIOTICS: MUPIROCIN, CIPROFLOXACIN, GASTRIC PROTECTOR: OM

    Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

    MAUDE report 17815695 ↗
  • InjuryAug 24, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

    REVANCE NOTIFIED TEOXANE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT ON 28-JUL-2023. A PATIENT WAS INJECTED ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH TWO TEOXANE PRODUCTS: 2 SYRINGES OF RHA 4 (B)(4) IN THE MIDFACE AND 1 ML OF RHA 3 IN THE LOWER FACE. THE INJECTIONS WERE DONE WITH THE NEEDLE PROVIDED IN THE BOX. THREE (3) DAYS AFTER THE INJECTION, ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ANGIOEDEMA IN THE EYES AND LIPS, ITCHING AND A SMALL FACIAL RASH. AT THE BEGINNING, THE PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED THE FOLLOWING TREATMENT ANTIHISTAMINE, BUT SHE DIDN'T RESPOND FOR TREATMENT, SO THE PRACTITIONER PRESCRIBED CORTICOSTEROID METHYLPREDNISOLONE (MEDROL DOSE PACK) AND TOPICAL ANTIHISTAMINE DIPHENHYDRAMINE (BENADRYL CREAM) AND COOL COMPRESSES. DESPITE REMINDERS, NO UPDATES WERE PROVIDED ABOUT THE PATIENT, THUS THE CASE WAS CLOSED AS IS.

    Patient problems: Angioedema

    MAUDE report 17611147 ↗

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