If you’re thinking of having injections around your eyes to smooth wrinkles, you should know about the possible problems with disfigurement.

A new study in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology warns that polylactic acid (PLA) can cause disfigurement if injected improperly.

Some practitioners try to use PLA to smooth wrinkles by injecting it superficially into the skin around the eyes.

But that can cause nodule development and inflammation. Not exactly the route to younger-looking skin.

Instead, PLA is supposed to be injected deeply below the muscles.

Even then, this is such a new and unproven technique that no one’s really sure what will happen long-term.

The author of the study, Greg Goodman, cautions patients to avoid trying new cosmetic procedures. He suggests waiting for many years until they’re proven to be safe and effective.

That’s good advice. Unfortunately, your fine lines will probably be deep furrows by then.

But look on the bright side.

By the time you’re old enough to have serious wrinkles around your eyes, your friends probably won’t be able to see them anyway.

That’s the beauty of advancing age. Your vision goes, too.