Never having had any injectables, I was referred by a friend, and her lips looked great! Nina was really warm and made me feel at ease right away. However, I noticed that she didn't do more than a 2 minute consult with me about what I wanted. This was red flag #1, but I dismissed myself. Right after the injections, I was given a mirror to look at my lips. I immediately noticed some lack of symmetry in my bottom right bottom lip, as it appeared much fuller than the left, and asked her about it. She dismissed this and said that it wasn't. That was red flag #2. While I'd already researched enough to know that there should not ever be any lack of symmetry instantly following this procedure, I doubted myself, having never had injectables of any kind & told myself that bodies swell in unpredictable ways, and she was the professional, so she would know if something was awry. Upon leaving/paying, she gave me a discount, which I appreciated. Approximately 2 hrs. after returning home, I noticed this strange clear/almost white looking bubble had formed in the middle of my lower lip. It looked kind-of like a blister, but also not at all. I have never had a fever blister/cold sore before, so I knew that couldn't be what was happening. Nina had given me her number and told me to text her if I had any questions. I took pictures and sent her a message explaining in detail what was happening. She responded that 'blisters are normal,' and 'wait 5 to 7 days for the swelling to go away.' The problem is, it wasn't a blister and I had said that. I went online and researched, leading me to believe that what I was experiencing when filler is injected too superficially. Red flag #3. Everything I read recommended scheduling an appointment to go back in 2 weeks, in the event that it didn't go down with the swelling, to it dissolved. Additionally, I wasn't imagining the lack of symmetry. My spouse mentioned it as well, as it was not only uneven, but it looked almost much like a fever blister had just come up in the center of my bottom lip, only without getting crusty, for two weeks. I could also see all of the above in the pictures I took. I had two additional lumps form in my lower lip as well, (but they weren't white-ish, like the one in the middle of my lip) that didn't do away when the bruises and swelling subsided. None of this was remotely subtle either. Everyone I saw after the bruises went away, including my waxing esthetician, noticed the lumps in my lower lip and asked me about it, nearly 12 days later. I had scheduled the follow up appointment as suggested, just in case both the lack of symmetry and lumps didn't go away, and showed up 2 weeks later. I talked to Nina about the bubble, in addition to the fact that my lower lip was very non-symmetrical, with the left corner looking like it had no filler at all. I didn't even mention the other 2 random uneven lumps. After a 5 minute conversation where she kept pushing back on me, insisting that this was just swelling and I should wait yet another week, (which would be 3 weeks) and if it wasn't gone, she would dissolve the bubble and fix the lack of symmetry. That was red flag #3. She went on asking me if I was available at 2PM the following Saturday, and appeared to be entering the appointment in her phone. I nearly let her convince me to leave, before it dawned on me that this was my last opportunity to at least get this disfiguring bubble in the center of my lip dissolved- knowing other estheticians wouldn't dissolve anyone else's work. At the last moment I said, "You know, this is bubble is actually really bothering me, I would like to just get this spot dissolved." She finally relented and injected the dissolving enzyme into the bubble. AND THEN - she noticed the other visible lump in to the left of the bubble in my lip near where the corner was totally flat, & mentioned that lump is just from the liquid she injected to dissolve the lump in the center of my lip. I didn't have the will at that point to interject that this lump and another one, had ACTUALLY been there for 2 weeks also. Not only did the other 2 lumps not subside, in addition to the non-symmetry, but the bubble she injected only partially went down, not enough. I ended up making an appointment with another injector who was able to help correct my lips enough to live with them until they dissolve on their own to start over. I knew they wouldn't be perfect, I just wanted them to be camouflaged enough to not be so disfigured and noticeable. As a bonus, the appointment Nina was scheduling for a week later to follow up was never actually entered. I also later found out, the price of the enzyme to dissolve is twice as expensive as what is injected, and they do it for free - probably why she fought me on it. Her kindness is NOT WORTH the lumpy lips or money you'll pay getting her work corrected!!!! I wish she had just listened to me when I expressed concern, and I would have gone back to her, if she had. read more