Needle-Free Devices and Unapproved Fillers

Before a clinician settles on materials and delivery methods, the FDA's warnings about unapproved products belong on the checklist. This guide reads two of them in order.

Bring both warnings to the first conversation

Both warnings come from the FDA consumer update on dermal fillers. Anyone weighing training offered in Summit, New Jersey can carry both warnings below into the first conversation with a course.

Warning one: needle-free devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration states that it has not approved needle-free devices for the injection of dermal fillers and warns against using them to inject hyaluronic acid or other lip and facial fillers.

The warning names two things. One is the device type and the other is the products injected through it. A course that covers delivery should address both.

Warning two: unapproved fillers

The same agency adds that it has not approved injectable silicone or any injectable fillers for body contouring or enhancement.

Note the scope in the wording, which is body contouring or enhancement. Wikipedia's entry on counterfeit medications covers a wider subject for readers who want it, and it is not a substitute for the agency's text.

A second source to read against

After the two warnings, read the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery page on injectable fillers, keeping the FDA wording as your reference. Bring any difference you notice to the course provider.

State both warnings from memory

This step is done when you can state both warnings from memory and say where each one is published. If a course describes a device or product that you cannot place against them, ask before you go further.