[Advances in iatrogenic eye complications caused by facial cosmetic injections]

Facial cosmetic injections refer to a medical cosmetology approach that applies percutaneous injection method to inject filler materials or drugs into the target position of the face to repair and remodel the face. Common facial cosmetic injections include facial filler injection and botulinum toxin injection. A number of iatrogenic eye complications following facial cosmetic injections have been reported, such as ptosis, ophthalmoplegia, vision loss. This article reviews the cosmetic iatrogenic eye complications of the two selected common facial cosmetic injections techniques, i.e. facial filler injection and botulinum toxin injection. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2021, 57: 391-395).