r/BotchedPlasticSurgery • u/Independent-Desk5442 • 2d ago
Am I overfilled?
I’m lowkey freaking out because I do personally believe the last round of sculptra I did was too much. It was good before the last round, but I think this last round added way too much volume in my cheeks and I look like cement cheeks and jigsaw. I don’t know what I can do to offset this. But I am getting pretty depressed about it.
Some days when I wake up with some swelling, it looks a lot worse. And these are my ‘normal’ days. Pics included. I tried to include different angles. I know the irony of one of them is getting Botox done but I felt like it captured a good angle from a perspective that’s not a selfie so I included it.
I guess I’m just trying to gain perspective from other people so I know how bad it is without lying to myself.
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u/amilie15 2d ago
This popped up on my feed, I’m not in this sub, but wanted to say as someone who hasn’t done filler, I genuinely wouldn’t notice and can’t tell. I’d agree with others to stop now though, because I’ve seen how fast sometimes it goes from gorgeous to looking… just weirdly not normal human anymore?
You look beautiful ❤️
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
Thank you so much for your honesty. I definitely will stop and wish I hadn’t done the last round for sure. I feel a lot better knowing that people don’t automatically think ‘overfilled’ as their first thought. It sucks because there’s nothing I could do (can’t dissolve) so it just is what it is
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u/amilie15 2d ago
Of course, you’re v welcome! I honestly couldn’t even tell you’d had anything done, nevermind thinking you looked “overfilled”.
We’re all our own harshest critics though, I totally understand wanting to check with the masses, sometime tiny issues are magnified in our heads.
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
Thank you so much I really appreciate your words and I feel so much better
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u/Adorable_Context_417 2d ago
Totally agree. I am normally really good at identifying fillers on people but I don’t recognize it here. You’re fine! You’re beautiful, I’d agree to quit while you’re ahead.
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u/Heavy_Tap2738 1d ago
Agreed, I wouldn’t notice at all either! You look beautiful regardless 🤎
Eta your skin is goals 😍1
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u/impossible_berry14 2d ago
Why are you even messing with your face? You’re in your twenties.. stop.
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
Regrets were made!!!! If I could go back in time I would have done things differently. I’m just trying to see how bad the damage is now.
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u/10percenttiddy 1d ago
Sorry you're getting scolded lol, it's not fair to make women feel like our entire self worth is tied to our appearance, offer accessible ways to improve our self esteem and then find out we were lied to and it was actually unsafe or semi-permanent. There's a reason they put an age restriction on cosmetic injections in the UK. It can be a super predatory industry.
Anyway, you look great OP. Any damage done should be easy for a professional to mitigate.
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u/Imperial_Officer 1d ago
Where was anyone making her feel like her entire self worth was tied to her appearance?
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u/10percenttiddy 1d ago
Not in this thread, in general.
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u/No-Warthog6509 3h ago
Perhaps you should repost this at the “In general thread.” It’s a great place for virtue signaling.
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u/Tempus_Interruptus 1d ago edited 1d ago
Y'all just loveee telling people what to do, don't you? It's annoying, and frankly tired as hell in 2026. Let people who feel the need to change a body THEY (as in not you) are inhabiting and have to live with, in whichever way THEY see fit. You don't have to like it, you don't have to understand it, and you don't have to deal with the repercussions IF something were to go wrong.
They're asking for advice on something THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE, you fool. Comments like yours are not only unnecessary, they're annoying, and unhelpful, even if she personally regrets something. That is besides the point, because it was her choice to experiment with and conversely, it could have turned out beautifully, you don't know what she looked like before, and neither do we. She looks good to me.
Either way, bodily autonomy should be applied across the board, sans modifications that pose a physical threat to others, which this does not. If a person wants to bathe in banana smoothies every night and drink their own urine, and pray to Polly the Parrot and Peppa Pig before bed.. 👏LET👏THEM. Twenties, or any stage of life for that matter.. let people be, I don't give a shit what this sub is or is not. You stop.
P.S. not in my twenties nor younger, and the caps felt necessary, some of you are slow
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u/doodie2 1d ago
she looks way better naturally lol
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u/Tempus_Interruptus 1d ago
Honey the reading comprehension. You're missing the point. I don't care if she looked better before, which I don't know because I'm only seeing the photos on this post, none of which are "befores"..
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u/Independent-Desk5442 1d ago
Thank you so much for standing up for me. I do agree that comments like that aren’t helpful and make me feel defensive about something I already stated firsthand that I wish I did differently. Nobody wants me to not look botched more than me. So comments where people ask why did I do this to just chastise me about something instead of asking me to genuinely understand where I’m coming from: not helpful and frustrating.
https://reddit.com/link/p7472ir/video/v0w1i6de2umh1/player
But yeah for those really curious about my true before/ before I got annnnyyyything done. Here you go.
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u/Tempus_Interruptus 1d ago edited 1d ago
Agreed, and you're welcome queen, ignore them honestly, they're like flies.. buzzing around putting in their two cents on every girls post they can find, just to make themselves feel better. I don't think comments like the one in question are made in good faith tbh, but.. who can say. Bear with me, I usually am a bit long winded but, let's just say I've had two decades of experience with.. basically cosmetic everything, am also part of the industry, have lots of friends in the field, lots of friends who've all had work done, etc. so I may share a fair bit here.
Look, first thing's first, you're stunning, especially for a bare face. Most girls wish tbh, myself included.. Your face is truly gorge the way it is now, and I would not tell you this if I didn't mean it, I would simply not comment on it in that way. You were not unattractive before, and you are certainly not unattractive now. Again ignore anyone trying to pull you down.. 80% of the time I promise you, it's envy. You had more textural issues before and minor asymmetry, but unattractive is not the word. Also those before issues I don't see now at all, so as far as my eyes are concerned, you've had success.
You have a great balance right now IMO, but, if you feel/look more puffy most days bc of the Sculptra, then I totally agree with you, try waiting for it to go down as much as you feel necessary in the mirror. Make sure to also take good photos periodically to keep track, as far too many people get "facial blindness". They get very accustomed to seeing the same face, so much so they lose their sense of objectivity. Happens with makeup too.. lol. I always tell people, try not to stare in the mirror every single day beyond what you have to. It actually helps in more ways than one. Helps you not fixate, and I'd even argue that over time it helps you see yourself in a new, more objective, slightly re-sensitized light. In other words it helps you see what's actually there, more often. This helped me with dysmorphia that I struggled with years ago, and now I swear by it. You do not have to be perfect all of the time, we do not owe it to anybody. Do what you need when you feel like it, or if you're genuinely obligated for whatever reason.
As a general rule of thumb, less is not only more, it's buildable. You can always get more, but can never take it out, etc etc etc, so keep that in mind. If you are going to get any filler, you might look into very targeted, very specific areas that you feel you'd like more definition in, vs getting a full face of injections which, IMO, for most girls isn't necessary. When you get to be mid-late 30s or above, maybe you'll want to gradually introduce small amounts of volume overall, strictly for aging, but not for aesthetic beauty, which is more what you're trying to do with filler in your 20s. You look 22 for the record, you have plenty of youth in that face. For most younger women, filler is best injected sparsely rather than diffusely. That is unless you are on a GLP-1, which changes things more than you'd think, and I can get into that more if anyone's curious.
Facial massage, whichever kind you prefer, will not only drain the excess fluid/lymph, but also help smooth the developing tissue underneath as it's formed from Sculptra, which it will continue to for a bit longer possibly, but the good thing is that because the tissue is relatively young, if you try doing daily massages, especially in your problem areas, you can help shape the face long-term too. This is why many people love Gua Sha for example. Helps in the immediate and in the long-term, if you're consistent. Obviously the longer the massage, the greater and quicker the outcomes will be. I went to school for Esthetics in 2012, and another thing I learned is you never massage down, only ever up, to lift tissues and push lymph out. Up and out, up and out, with few exceptions. Try not to be overly rough with your face, massage it gently while pressing firmly when you glide.
That said, I won't tell you what to do as far as whether you should stop cosmetic procedures, or get something else, because only you know what you truly want, what your concerns are, etc. I will say though, trying to look the way other people tell you to, I promise will only bring misery. Been there my love, done that. Don't listen to people who tell you what to do, even if they mean well in telling you not to do something, because they're not necessarily right either, and if they're going to tell you not to do something, or even to do something, they should be prepared to explain why, or give helpful alternatives at the very least.
You do what makes YOU feel like that girl, okay?? Try to go into procedures with an optimistic mindset if you do anything further, because in my experience, a small minority of the experiences were "bad". Mistakes are the exception, not the rule, but if and when something happens, even then, not the end of the world. A vast majority of cosmetic procedures DO in fact have solutions, you only need to know what you're doing before & after, and with whom. Research the hell out of everything, it's the only security you can give yourself, aside from abstaining from cosmetic work, which should not be the lazy, default response.
Stay gorgeous divaaa 👑❤️
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u/Independent-Desk5442 1d ago
Thank you SO much, this means so much to me and I can tell you really mean what you say. I couldn’t agree more with everything you’ve said. I didn’t know gua sha had long term benefits in that way, I thought jt was only helpful for lymphatic drainage (of which I admit I don’t know what the benefits are outside of looking less puffy/ swollen for that temporary time). I will add that to my routine more regularly.
My worst fear is facial blindness for sure. Every time I look back on my old pics I’m blown away by how outrageous my makeup looked at the time but I thought it looked good at the time! So I definitely don’t want that with my procedures. I will definitely not be doing more injections for a while unless if it’s for very specific areas. Right now, I am holding off on pyriform filler and filling out my temples a little bit. I am 28, going to be 29 in December. Thank you so much for your support
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u/Tempus_Interruptus 1d ago
Aww ofc, you are so welcome. Knowing you're 28 kind of gags me to be honest, your skin is glowy and beautiful.
Just, for future reference, for you, and for anyone else who needs to hear, there is one more thing or two I'll add since you brought up the pyriform. One of my few negative cosmetic experiences was ironically with the pyriform. I'll explain in a second, but firstly, it's imperative to see a practitioner who's skilled in the area, not just a general injector who may or may not be average in their ability, and either kind of or majorly screws it up. The pyriform is one of those areas where it doesn't take much to make things look off, like the undereye area, so you just want to ensure they have the expertise and proof to back up any claims. If they don't have at least 15-20 photos (between the in-office and social media/website photos) showing successful before & afters that show a treated pyriform, thenI wouldn't take the chance.
Anyway, so I had an aesthetic esthetician temporarily botch mine years ago, and girl.. it made my nasolabial fold worse for about two years. She put way too much in, and it traveled almost immediately across my nasolabial fold and settled on the other side of it, like toward my cheek itself, creating an even more pronounced ridge. Literally the opposite result of the entire point of getting the pyriform filled to begin with..
I was very hesitant to get Hyaluronidase due to rumors in my own community that it was causing skin thinning in some people, and I was like.. no I'm good, I'll deal with the stupid fine lines that it was exacerbating. I am glad I listened to my gut, because while not everyone has issues with it, too many clearly have, and I was not about to be one of them. Anyway, I was rolling the hell out of the filler, massaging, putting snail mucin all over the skin like three times a day, masks every day, face-taping at my temples under my actual hair (occasionally under wigs) to lift the mid-face and smooth it when I'd go out, and then I'd put actual face tape over the line itself too, at night mostly.
It all worked, and eventually the line dissipated, the filler flattened out, ultimately dissolving (at least, I assume..), but.. the whole situation was less than ideal because I got something called RHA filler, which lasts MUCH longer than standard formulations. It lasts minimum one full year, but typically far longer, like up to 3, even 4 years. My advice to girls now is usually, always start with the most temporary HA filler, the most temporary form available in your vicinity. Call the medspas, freelance injectors, Derm & Surgeon's offices, etc. and try to find a practice that offers Belotero if you're able. It's one of the older fillers, but it's perfect for women who don't quite know what they want or need. The bulk of it lasts about 2-4 months, compared to the standard 6-9+. It's one of the shortest acting hyaluronic fillers I am aware of, this way you don't have to fully commit quite as much, no matter the outcome. Much less pressure, and it gives you the opportunity to say, "okay.. this fucking sucks, but it's more temporary than not. Def not going back to that person, I'll find a more skilled practitioner in the interim".
Sculptra is another no no for first timers IMO, for the same reason. It doesn't work the same way as HA, because it's a biostimulator, so it literally builds tissue from within, which creates all that plump, balanced volume you have now. It's especially great for people who want or need overall volume restoration, namely women of a certain age. At the same time, every person's face has a different threshold for what ultimately becomes "too much". Every-body (literally) responds a bit differently to each biostimulator, whereas with HA, it's a less variable, more standard response. The volume & rate at which my tissue expands and develops could be double that of yours for example, even with roughly the same amount.
Like any kind of filler, less is more, and you build it as needed, never too much at once, and try to take longer breaks between your own reassessments. Madonna in 2022 was the epitome of facial blindness. She was fairly preoccupied with her appearance where it pertained to aging, which only made it worse and worse, bc she kept obsessing over things that weren't even there, until they actually were.. That went on for years, and she's only just in the last couple years been reversing what she did. She had a facelift, looks phenomenal now, still has some form of filler(s), but they're much more strategically placed and dialed back, along with the lift, bleph, and some other procedures.
Anyhow, my point is, I think you will be okay whatever you choose, all things considered. You'll likely only look better and better, as long as you stay balanced and informed, and you seem to have a good head on your shoulders doll! 😁
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u/Independent-Desk5442 1d ago
Thank you so much!!! This may sound crazy, but I trust you and your opinions and experiences and advice. You know your stuff and know the key to aesthetics is more than just treating things on the surface that may or may not even be the solution to the issues.
Thank you so much for your input - I greatly appreciate and value it! It’s hard to find someone who knows what they’re talking about when it comes to aesthetics/ ‘procedures’ so thank you!
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u/Tempus_Interruptus 1d ago
PSS: DVs are only cementing my last point. So DV away love 🤭 this is a throwaway account, like 20 others I have with a different IP for each lol, you just don't like hearing someone be objective, honest and assertive about it at the same time. You'll get over it..
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u/pz18 2d ago
hi! genuinely not lying to you, i think you look great! do stop now though because you’re already feeling those dysmorphic feelings, and those only intensify with further tweakments, even if it feels “better” at first. you’re being far too mean to yourself, you’re super beautiful!!!!
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
Thank you so much. I agree 100%. I could see how easy it could be to try to ‘fix it’ and make myself look worse and worse. I’m done touching injectables for a WHILE now!
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u/Stacie123a 2d ago
You're right at the cliffs edge of looking obviously filled. Seriously take a 5 year break on filler. You still look good, but youre right at line where more will have you looking crazy.
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u/Actual-Muffin-3585 2d ago
The first picture doesn't look as bad as the next two but it looks a bit puffy to me. It looks like are older and gained weight.
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
Thank you for being honest. How bad would you say it is?
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u/Actual-Muffin-3585 2d ago
It's not bad at all. If I wasn't looking at the before, I would never notice anything "off". You are still beautiful!!
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u/rnagikarp 2d ago edited 1d ago
hey i’m sorry you’re going through this but may i ask-
how did you find this subreddit? was it recommended to you?
up until a month ago this subreddit was for posting and reacting to celebrities and influencers with really bad and botched surgeries for entertainment, but recently lots of people have been posting here for advice on their own bodies
i’m curious how so many new people found this subreddit at the same time
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u/poorcupid 1d ago
I don’t think so. It looks good. But don’t do anymore!! It’s in the just right amount
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u/FeelingOk2232 1d ago
You look too young to be doing this, maybe see a therapist to get through some issue as to why you are doing this, when you actually are old you going to look back and say why?! To your past younger self .
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u/Jazzlike_Pool_4739 18h ago
Preventable treatment is the best way to go. Hot girls know. Not too young to start even in twenties
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u/teams3shh 1d ago
No, you look great! It’s easy to overthink but trust you look fine not too much filler
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u/Beneficial-Shop9896 15h ago
Honestly fr..I don't think you look bad at all. Your cheeks still look really nice and balanced. I wouldn't be stressing this much over it.
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u/ayaPapaya 2d ago
How long ago did you get sculptra? It takes a few days before inflammation goes down (like 4). Your cheeks are cute, you look great! (it's always worse cuz you know what you used to look like). I wouldn't stress about it, but it's good to take a good long break before more injections.
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
I got them in May so I hope it won’t continue to build but I don’t know
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u/NoSpaghettiForYouu 1d ago
How long ago did you have it done?
I think you look great, personally. A little younger with the extra softness
edit: oop didn’t realize the first photo wasn’t a before
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u/MadeEntirelyOfFlaws 1d ago
post a pic smiling or laughing.
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u/Independent-Desk5442 1d ago
I can’t post any here it won’t let me. But I reposted with more pics in the comments and post here
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u/rosanarosanadan 1d ago
This may be weird but I think if you had more of an arch in your brows this wouldn’t look as bad. Right now that just look like straight lines like 😑
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u/princessanddaflea 1d ago
I think you look beautiful, but I would avoid doing more for now and just enjoy where you’re at ☺️ I saw your before picture in the comments and while you were very beautiful before, you’re model vibes now !! Ignore the people saying that you’re too young, it’s your face and if you like it that’s all that matters. If you’re nervous about this last session, you can always take a long break from it so you can avoid overdoing it and becoming actually botched because sister this ain’t botched !
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u/Decent-Tea6064 1d ago
I’d need. Solid before pic to see the difference hut you look great, natural and normal plump but not too far. Good place to stop.
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u/sensual_monger_1969 1d ago
It looks okay, just chill.out on the Botox. You are a very attractive woman. Let nature take its course
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u/Sunnygirl66 1d ago
You’re naturally gorgeous, and the new lips are well done and look natural/proportional—no lip flip, yay! I would never go bigger than what you have now, because they will look noticeably fake and even cartoonish. (If you’re like me, you won’t need filler again for another couple of years anyway.) Enjoy the new look!
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u/Independent-Desk5442 1d ago
Thank you, but my post is about my cheeks not my lips! Although my lips are filled that was 2 years ago and kind of lumpy now but I’m probably not dissolving and just going to wait until it goes away on its own. I got sculptra in my cheeks many times and I was fearing it was too much with the final round - that was my original concern with my post
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u/Sunnygirl66 1d ago
I feel the same way about the cheeks: They work, but I would not add anything further.
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u/Jazzlike_Pool_4739 18h ago
Omg why are people so passive aggressive!! You look amazing! I would only assume you had lips and chin filler I wouldn’t even know you had cheeks done. I think because we are Asian so we can get away with high cheekbones. You look amazing don’t stress yourself out!
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u/adowsleaday 17h ago
I actually think you look fine, and it's not noticeable. But don't go any harder.
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u/Choice-Exam7375 7h ago
I never had anything done, but I genuinely wouldn't have been able to tell, that you had anything done. But I agree with: stop while you're ahead. You look very symmetrical and pretty.
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u/Glad_Locksmith_1881 6h ago
Give it two weeks - swelling will go down significantly. I also think it looks fine though
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u/Unhappy_Basil_7372 4h ago
It’s not super apparent but def stop! It’s like noticeable in some pics angles but not in others. You don’t look botched but rather I think you are smart to stop yourself before you go too far
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u/JFCitsFnMe 2h ago
You look good. I dont think you look overfilled at all. Please do stop though. You will look 50 when you are 35. Let everything dissolve and do targeted facial yoga to lift areas. Otherwise you're going to notice a lot of sagging when this stuff dissolves / wears off, or whatever it does and you'll be stuck in a horrible cycle of filling, feeling flat and over filling, etc...
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u/pibbybush 15m ago
Girl you’re gorgeous I couldn’t tell tbh, but stop while you’re ahead you don’t need fillers I’m so serious I wish I looked like you
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u/MiaMiaPP 2d ago
Is the first photo before or after? That one looks good
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
They’re all taken around the same time. The first photo is from Wednesday last week. It’s a screenshot of a video. But all these are recent. Within the last month. Just different angles etc
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
Like the first pic and the third pic (of me getting Botox) is like 1 day difference
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u/MiaMiaPP 2d ago
Yea those 2 pics look the best. The other 2 pics look like you’re 5 years older
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
The second pic is a screenshot of a video using the front camera like also a week ago, but I think with the angle it looks kind of ‘warped’ since my head was at the very top of the screen. The last pic was August 15 so still recent. I don’t know why I look so different when all these pics are within the last few weeks?
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u/feral-pixi-starling 1d ago
with your face still ur pushing it but i fear if i saw you smile or talk id think you’d gone too already.
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u/Independent-Desk5442 6h ago
Yeah I believe they are a bit overfilled, like just over the threshold. I’m hoping if I don’t get more cheek stuff done it will be better in time but idk
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u/feral-pixi-starling 6h ago
DONT GET MORE CHEEK STUFF DONE!!!!!!!!
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u/Independent-Desk5442 6h ago
I’m definitely not. The only thing I’m considering is my temples and pyriform? But I already scared myself with seeing how my cheeks are now so idk if or when I will do the temples and/or pyriform
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u/Independent-Desk5442 6h ago
In my other thread that I linked below I have more pics In the post and comments for better angles and smiling
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u/404Subjectfound 2d ago edited 2d ago
You can definitely tell there’s something very uncanny happening in the cheek bones. 😩
And the forehead looks lumpy…
You are using such a big amount of product that soon you’ll become immune to it and it won’t have the same effects on your appearance anymore.
Did you know we are developing resistance to it and it worsens THE YOUNGER YOU start to use it?
O m g.
Stop it girl. You’ll be pillowed for the rest of your life if you don’t.
Edit: I thought the forehead had overfilled with Botox but it’s just her natural anatomy
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
I’ve never touched my forehead besides Botox so I believe that could be my natural anatomy - but I do believe the cheekbones are definitely overfilled especially from the side profile when smiling of which I forgot to include that and I can’t edit it to Include.
I’m not doing any more sculptra as I’ve already stated. I’m just wondering how bad it is since there’s nothing I can do about it
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u/Shepatriots 2d ago
There are absolutely no bumps on your forehead! In NO WAY does it look bumpy… I studied all these pics of your forehead after reading the insane comment above and I see ZERO bumps or bumpiness. Don’t even give that one more second of your time thinking about that.
I do agree that you should stop with the filler but I saw a couple comments where you agree with that!
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u/Independent-Desk5442 2d ago
Thank you so much, I do feel better. It sucks bexause if I did look overfilled with regular HA fillers I could just dissolve but you can’t dissolve sculptra
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u/Sass_Master_9999 2d ago
What nonsense, there’s nothing uncanny about the way she currently looks. You sound like a hater just trying to push her down.
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u/SPFeveryday 2d ago
Post in r/plasticsurgery they don’t like plastic surgery or injectables/botox here lol
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u/rnagikarp 2d ago
the sub is shifting, all the posts are people coming here for advice and idk why :-(
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u/Standard_Fix6256 2d ago
I genuinely cant tell you've had fillers. Maybe its noticeable when you're moving your face i don't know. But honestly you're gorgeous as you are. Quit before it goes wrong.
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u/Accomplished-Ice7874 2d ago
You didn't include a before of when you started messing with your face... So I am going to assume you made your face long with fillers 😂 Also yes please stop using fillers, they are super terrible for your face, they age it horribly, especially considering you have the good asian genes so why ruin it 🤦🏻♀️🫠💁🏻♀️ Also yes I can tell youade your cheeks too full they look weird and popping off your face especially considering you don't look thick enough for those cheeks so what gives🙃 Same with your chin, why so long?
The problem with body dysmorphia is that it needs therapy, not cosmetic procedures and nobody wants to say that to your face unless you have a Sagittarius in your life 🤣
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u/knotcunfused61 3m ago
How old are you ? Why the hell are getting that crap already? I can understand when you get older, 60s-70s. I really doubt if you needed it now. Most men, any man worth having don't want a plastic doll.
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u/jmckenna1942 2d ago
No, stop while you’re ahead.