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This case was assessed as serious and reportable to the fda as the events, blanching, darkening, lip purple (representing a vascular event), were deemed to meet serious injury criteria of necessitating medical or surgical intervention to preclude permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure.The device history record for belotero dermal filler lot 321330 was reviewed.A lot search was conducted on the reported lot and no similar events were noted.
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On (b)(6) 2018, a (b)(6) year old female patient was injected with 0.3cc of belotero to under the eyes.Lot 321330 (expiry 11/30/2019).Medical history positive for injections of radiesse, belotero, volbella, voluma, and juvederm since 2013.Concomitant medications reported as none.Immediately after injection with belotero, the patient experienced blanching down the cheeks to the lip and onto side of nose.Her lip was purple.Corrective treatment reported as hyaluronidase 2cc, nitropaste, and hot compresses.Within one hour, the blanching resolved and the lip color and perfusion were back to normal.In the opinion of the reporter, the events were related to belotero.Follow up information was received from the reporter on (b)(6) 2019: the case was upgraded to serious.In the opinion of the reporter, treatment was medically necessary to prevent damage and tissue necrosis to the patient's face.The patient experienced significant darkening and blanching, moving across the area.Treatment was performed for an hour or so, until the tissue perfusion returned to normal.
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