From Fillers Back to Face Architecture: My Personal Journey to Structural, Natural Facial Rejuvenation
For many years, my professional and personal life has been deeply connected with the face.
Not only because I work with faces every day – but because I have spent years studying facial anatomy, fascia, muscles, ligaments and manual rejuvenation techniques, and just as importantly, testing them on my own face.
I was practicing advanced facial massage, aesthetic osteopathy techniques, microcurrent, lymphatic and deep tissue work long before “natural lifting” became fashionable.
And yes – I was seeing results.
My skin quality improved.
My tone changed.
My facial awareness deepened.
But despite consistent work, there were still things I could not fully resolve.
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When knowledge wasn’t yet deep enough
Even though my face responded well to manual work, I was struggling with:
• persistent puffiness
• pronounced under-eye hollows and bags
• heaviness in the mid-face
• limited cheek lift
• growing facial asymmetry
Some mornings I woke up with very swollen eyes.
My cheeks still felt like they were being pulled down.
My smile started to look heavier and more horizontal.
At that time – many years ago – my anatomical understanding was not yet where it is today.
I didn’t fully understand ligament laxity, lymphatic restriction, or how deeply fillers can interfere with facial biomechanics.
So, like many people in the beauty industry, I chose what was presented as the most logical solution.
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Why I decided to try fillers
I had tear-trough filler under my eyes.
Later, lip filler – to “restore youth” and shorten the philtrum (the space between the nose and upper lip), something we are often told is essential as we age.
At first, I thought it was the best decision I had ever made.
My under-eye hollows were gone.
My face looked fresher.
My lips were fuller.
But something inside didn’t feel right.
My lips didn’t feel like my own anatomy.
They were too big for my facial structure.
My expressions didn’t belong to me anymore.
I dissolved my lips once… but the material never truly left my face.
And over time, deeper problems started to appear.
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What really started happening in my tissues
As the years passed, I noticed:
• increasing puffiness
• heaviness under the eyes
• restricted smile
• worsening asymmetry
• bulkiness of the nose bridge
• cheeks being pulled downward
Despite doing advanced massage, microcurrent and facial exercises, my tissues were not responding the way they should.
When I worked on my own face, I could actually feel foreign material in areas where it should not be – including along the nasal bridge.
When I finally went to dissolve the remaining filler, even the doctor was surprised.
She initially thought I had nose filler done.
I hadn’t.
But migrated particles were present there.
This explained everything.
The lymph could not drain efficiently.
Fluid was being constantly attracted and held.
The tissues were heavy.
Ligaments were overloaded.
Muscles were mechanically restricted.
Even my levator labii muscle – responsible for lifting the upper lip and supporting facial expression – was being limited.
My smile had lost its vertical lift and became more horizontal.
My face wasn’t ageing naturally.
It was mechanically compromised.
Dissolving the filler changed everything
Once the filler was fully dissolved, the changes were profound.
Looking at these photos, you can clearly see:
• reduction of under-eye heaviness
• visible lightness of the mid-face
• cheeks lifting naturally
• eyes appearing more open
• facial lines becoming clearer
• smile becoming freer and more symmetrical
• overall reduction of puffiness
• better lymphatic flow
• more refined nasal area
Without the internal obstruction, my tissues could finally respond to manual work again.
And they did.
My face became lighter.
My cheeks repositioned.
My expressions softened.
My smile lifted.
My skin started behaving like living tissue again – not like a filled structure.
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What this journey taught me
This experience completely transformed my work.
Not from ideology.
From anatomy.
I don’t judge anyone for choosing injectables.
I understand why people do.
Initially, fillers can feel like a miracle.
But from both personal experience and years of hands-on clinical work, I now know this:
Fillers do not stay where they are placed.
They fragment.
They migrate.
They attract water.
They interfere with lymphatic flow.
They overload ligaments.
They mechanically block facial movement.
Over time, this often creates:
• chronic puffiness
• heav indicates heaviness
• distorted proportions
• accelerated tissue fatigue
• restricted expressions
Not rejuvenation.
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Why I am now fully dedicated to manual facial therapy
Today, my work is focused entirely on:
• facial architecture
• aesthetic osteopathy techniques
• deep manual lifting
• ligament and fascial release
• lymphatic restoration
• structural facial repositioning
• skin environment optimisation
Because the face is not a surface.
It is a living, moving, responsive structure.
When you change the environment of the tissues –
when you restore space, glide, hydration, circulation and neuromuscular balance –
the face reorganises itself.
That is real rejuvenation.
These photos are not filters.
They are not injections.
They are the result of removing internal obstruction
and working with anatomy.
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A gentle warning
If you are considering fillers – especially under the eyes or mid-face – be informed.
Not emotionally.
Anatomically.
Understand what they do to:
• lymphatic drainage
• ligament tension
• tissue pressure
• facial mechanics
And if you already have fillers and feel heavy, puffy, swollen, restricted or asymmetrical – there is a reason.
The face never lies.
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Final words
My journey is not about being “anti”.
It is about being structural, anatomical and honest.
I have lived both sides.
And I chose the one that restores function – not just appearance.
This is why my work today is entirely dedicated to natural, manual facial architecture.
Because the face does not need to be filled.
It needs to be freed.