'Anyone can age like a celebrity now': How dermal fillers have gained wide acceptance

Early fillers may have left clients with mixed results - think trout pout - but the introduction of hyaluronic acid has led to a boom in demand. Are we refusing to grow old or simply wanting to look our best as we age?

Liz Dwyer gets filler in her cheeks and around her mouth every year. Picture: Andres Poveda

Liz Dwyer was the first person in Ireland to get dermal fillers. In 1995, the beauty editor and co-founder of the Future Beauty Show had pig protein injected into her lips.

“It was an unmitigated disaster and I looked weird,” the now 45-year-old says.