Theda Kontis, MD, a facial plastic surgeon in Baltimore, MD, and the Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS), warns providers about a perilous social media trend: self-injections with unapproved soft tissue fillers. Dr. Kontis suggests making as much noise as possible about the issue to help save lives. She has written to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), encouraging the watchdog group to crack down on the sale of these fillers, and is calling on colleagues to do the same.
