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Are Lip Fillers Safe For Young Women Like Kylie Jenner?

Rachel Moss— The Huffington Post UK

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After months of speculation, Kylie Jenner has admitted her plump lips are the result of temporary lip fillers.

"I have temporary lip fillers. It’s just an insecurity of mine and it’s what I wanted to do," the 17-year-old says in an upcoming episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

"I’m just not ready to talk to reporters about my lips yet because everyone always picks us apart. I wanna admit to the lips but people are so quick to judge me on everything."

The recent social media trend #KylieJennerChallenge showed a lot of young women are prepared to go to extreme lengths to imitate the star.

But are lip fillers safe for young men and women to have?

"The most common lip filler is hyaluronic acid and this is not bad per se for the body as it is produced naturally but declines with age," says Dr Carolyn Berry, medical director and founder of Firvale Clinic.

"However with young people under the age of 18 years, there are other factors to consider."

According to Berry, young people often seek treatments for the wrong reasons. Some wish to boost low self esteem while others are simply following celebrity trends and not considering what suits their face.

She adds that in the UK, fillers are not properly regulated. What's more, young people may be less likely to go to a reputable doctor and more likely to seek out a cheap injection.

"This leaves them much more open to complications such as infection, or even death of tissue as poor technique can lead to injection into an artery and cut off blood supply to an area," she adds.

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Although there is no clear legal guidance on lip fillers in the UK, Berry says most good doctors will not inject anyone under 18 years old.

Dr Dennis Wolf, joint medical director at The Private Clinic agrees that 17 is "very young to be undergoing a cosmetic procedure such as lip fillers".

"At this age, the face is likely to still be changing - I have a policy that I don't treat anyone under the age of 21," he says.

"If patients come in that are younger than that, but over the age of 18, then I insist that they come with parents or a guardian that can lend support and help to take in the consultation contents, and even then, I would only consider seeing them for a consultation if the treatment they were seeking was for reasons beyond just pure aesthetics.

"For example, something like severe male gynecomastia, or other conditions which can have a detrimental psychological impact on a patient's wellbeing."

Wolf also insists potential patients have a second consultation a few weeks later, to assess what has been understood from the first consultation and to see if their thought process has changed.

Plastic Surgery Regrets

Gwyneth Paltrow(01 of21)

Gwyneth told Harper's Bazaar in 2013, "I won't do Botox again, because I looked crazy. I looked like Joan Rivers!" (credit:Getty Images)

Joan Rivers(02 of21)

We all know Joan Rivers is a walking plastic surgery job -- she has reportedly had over 789 surgeries! But not all operations are equal to the funny woman. In 2009, she told "People" she regretted getting liposuction. "I didn't check out the doctor and the result wasn't smooth," she said. (credit:Getty)

Sharon Osbourne(03 of21)

"I wish I'd never had my breasts done the last time," she told New Magazine. "They've put these bloody great bags in that are too f***ing round--it's like a water bed on your chest."(Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Nicole Kidman(04 of21)

The youthful-looking actress regrets getting Botox."I didn't like how my face looked afterwards. Now I don't use it anymore -- I can move my forehead again!" (credit:Getty)

Jessica Simpson(05 of21)

The singer has been vocal about how it's important to be natural. But during an interview with "Glamour" in 2006, she told the magazine she regretted getting lip injections."I had that Restylane stuff. It looked fake to me. I didn't like that. But it went away in, like, four months. My lips are back to what they were. Thank God!" (credit:Getty)

Cher(06 of21)

She told "People" in 1992 that she regretted getting breast implants. She got them after giving birth to Chaz and did not want to part with her naturally enlarged breasts due to pregnancy. "They got so much bigger and I couldn't bear to see them deflate. My breast operations were a nightmare. They were really botched in every way. If anything, they were worse after than before." (credit:Getty)

Jane Fonda(07 of21)

The outspoken actress always said she was an opponent of plastic surgery but she caved when she 72 years old and regretted it. She got her eyes and neck restructured. "If I was really brave, I would have not. I vowed I wouldn’t -- I did, and I don’t feel proud of it. It made me look more like I feel. But I don't want to do it again." (credit:Getty)

Kathy Griffin(08 of21)

The always-hilarious Griffin wrote in her memoir that her liposuction surgery made her look like a "CSI crime scene photo."“I want women to know when you get liposuction trying to be Jennifer Aniston, this is what it really looks like.” (credit:Getty)

Denise Richards(09 of21)

"When I was 19, a doctor put in bigger implants than what I asked for. I was in such a hurry to get them that I didn't research my doctor," Richards told Us Weekly. "I just thought because they're a plastic surgeon, they must be good. You have to be your advocate for your own body and ask 100 questions."Later Richards wrote: "At 19 when I first got my breasts done, I wish that I was confident enough with my body to not have had surgery. That is something that I really want to encourage in my daughters, to embrace their healthy body and have confidence. I actually feel more confident in my skin now than in my 20's. Being confident is one of the sexiest qualities a woman can exude."(Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Jenny McCarthy (10 of21)

"Me and my friends found a doctor in Arizona that cost about $1,500 to get our boobs done--because they didn't use anesthesia and I didn't know it," McCarthy told WENN. In a later interview with Us Weekly, the former playmate said she was "too young" when she got her implants at 19. (Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Victoria Beckham(11 of21)

In an interview with British Vogue, Victoria was asked about the absence of her "torpedo bazookas," to which the former Spice Girl reportedly replied, "gone".(Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Courteney Cox(12 of21)

The actress told InStyle in 2010 about how sometimes she overdos it with botox injections. She said, "I feel weird if I can't move my face, and that one time I overdid it, I felt trapped in my own skin." (credit:Getty)

Courtney Love(13 of21)

Some stars need a few operations to learn their lesson. Such is the case with Love. In 2003, Love got liposuction on her butt and said, "Nobody should lipo their butt. I've flattened my perfect fat a**!” Then, in 2007, she regretted her lip injections. She wrote on MySpace, "I just want the mouth God gave me back; it was perfectly cute, and I had nice big lips." Finally, the singer regretted her nose job saying she "hated that nosejobby nose, it was like a little beak.” (credit:Getty)

Carmen Electra(14 of21)

She regrets getting breast implants that took her from a 32B to a DD."I didn't want to go as big as that. It's nice that I don't have to wear a push-up bra any more, but I could have left myself alone. I think I was fine the way I was. I had nice breasts before -- though they were small." (credit:Getty)

Kourtney Kardashian (15 of21)

When she was 22, she got surgery to go from a B-cup to a C-cup. "It was so dumb... I just got the idea in my head one day, and that was that. There was no talking me out of it," said Kardashian in an interview with Us Weekly. (Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Heidi Montag(16 of21)

The Hills star -- now a size "E or F" depending on the bra--had a staggering 10 procedures done in one day. "I'm obsessed with fitness but it's impossible to work out with these boobs," Montag told Life and Style Magazine. "It's heartbreaking. I can't live an everyday life."(Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Jennifer Grey(17 of21)

The actress wishes she didn't alter her nose -- the one feature that made her a distinguishable actress. I went in the operating theatre a celebrity -- and came out anonymous. I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes... because of a nose job." (credit:Getty)

Kimberly Stewart (18 of21)

In an interview with Now Magazine, Kimberly states her famous father was supportive of his daughter when she had the implants put in at 18, and even more supportive when she decided to get rid of them. She recalls, "He's very supportive of whatever I do. He was just like, 'If you don't feel comfortable, if you don't feel safe, just get them removed.'"(Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Jenna Jameson (19 of21)

"When I had implants, I felt uncomfortable," the former porn star told Us Weekly. "I would be shy at the beach. I know it sounds funny, but I'd wear high-necked clothes, unless I was at an adult-film convention. So I thought, 'why don't I be who I am and get my real ones back?'"(Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Tara Reid (20 of21)

"I was a 34B, but the right one was always bigger than the left," she told Us Weekly. "He gave me Cs, and I didn't want them. At all." (Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

Tori Spelling (21 of21)

"Well, I got my boobs done in my early 20s," Spelling told Good Morning America. "If I had known that it would or could possibly impact production of milk, I wouldn't have had them. I love being a mom. I am on my third baby. We want to have more. That's my role... these don't matter."(Getty photo) (credit:Getty)

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