Celebrities beware! Moderna vaccine can cause swelling in people with facial fillers, dermatologist warns

Lip fillers react badly to one of the coronavirus vaccines, a FDA advisory committee has noted - putting celebrities including Kylie Jenner at risk. 

Anyone with cosmetic facial fillers could experience swelling and inflamation, according to experts, after several trial participants faced side effects.

A California-based dermatologist said the reaction was immunological, ABC7 reported yesterday. 

Dr. Shirley Chi said any side effects were easily treatable with steroids and anti-histamines, adding: 'Your immune system which causes inflammation is revved up when you get a vaccine, that's how it's supposed to work. 

Anyone with cosmetic facial fillers could experience swelling and inflamation, according to experts, after several Moderna vaccine trial participants faced side effects (file image)

It means celebrities including British television personalities Chloe Ferry and Lauren Goodger, as well as US-based socialite and businesswoman Kylie Jenner - who have all admitted to fillers - could face side effects when it's their turn to get the vaccine

'So it makes sense that you would see an immune response in certain areas where they see some substance that is not a naturally occurring substance in your body.'

It means celebrities including British television personalities Chloe Ferry and Lauren Goodger, as well as US-based socialite and businesswoman Kylie Jenner - who have all admitted to fillers - could face side effects when it's their turn to get the vaccine. 

Patients who received the Moderna vaccine, which was approved by regulators last Friday, all had swelling in the area the filler was placed.

Two patients had cheek filler six months before their vaccine and one had lip filler two days after the vaccine. The reactions were quickly resolved with medical attention, Dr Chi added, so it shouldn't stop those with fillers from getting the jab.

Moderna's approval came one week after Pfizer's vaccine was authorized, making it the first COVID-19 jab administered in the US.

Patients who received the Moderna vaccine, which was approved by regulators last Friday, all had swelling in the area the filler was placed. Pictured, Kylie Jenner has lip fillers

Two patients had cheek filler six months before their vaccine and one had lip filler two days after the vaccine. Pictured, Lauren Goodger

Thousands of healthcare workers have received Pfizer's jab so far and it is hoped that - with two jabs now on the market - the rate of vaccination rollout will accelerate further.    

Moderna's vaccine is available in quantities as small as 100 doses and can be stored for 30 days in standard-temperature refrigerators.

By contrast the inoculations from Pfizer come in boxes of 975 doses, must be shipped and stored at -94 F (-70 Celsius), and can be held for only five days at standard refrigerator temperatures.

Texas and Arkansas officials told Reuters they expect Moderna to be the primary vaccine for rural areas, which often lack the ultra cold storage equipment to store full trays of Pfizer's vials.    

Once the plastic on a Pfizer 975-dose tray is opened, recipients have just 120 hours to use the vaccine.  

'The logistics will be easier with the Moderna vaccine,' said Jesse Breidenbach, senior executive director of pharmacy for Sanford Health, which operates almost four dozen hospitals in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.

'Thirty days in the refrigerator will make it a bit easier to deal with,' Breidenbach said.