Mendy Hatibie Oley,1– 3 Maximillian Christian Oley,3– 5 Ferra Olivia Mawu,6 Deanette Michelle R Aling,3 Muhammad Faruk7 1Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia; 2Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, R. D. Kandou Hospital, Manado, Indonesia; 3Hyperbaric Centre, Siloam Hospital, Manado, Indonesia; 4Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty

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... of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia; 5Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, R. D. Kandou Hospital, Manado, Indonesia; 6Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia; 7Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Mendy Hatibie OleyPlastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Jalan Raya Tanawangko No. 56, Malalayang Satu Barat, Malalayang, Manado, 95162, IndonesiaFax +62431-863786Email mendy.hatibie@unsrat.ac.idIntroduction: Minimally invasive aesthetic procedures such as filler injections and thread lifts have gained popularity recently. Complications from these aesthetic procedures are difficult to avoid. This increasing public health concern requires a combination of effective therapeutic modalities. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has generated favorable results in treating a diversity of wounds, inflammation, and infection.Case Presentations: Three cases with complications arising from aesthetic procedures were described in this report. The patients were all female, with ages ranging from the late-twenties to mid-fifties. Two patients experienced complications from filler injections, one of which progressed to a parotid gland infection due to a placental extract filler while the other was caused by a hyaluronic acid filler. The third patient had notable excoriations and inflammation on both c [...]