What Radiesse results can you expect?

I must say I view all studies with a healthy degree of skepticism. Before I look at the satisfaction study, I need to know who did the study and more importantly who paid for the study. What questions were asked? It is well known in the medical community that studies can be designed to give you the answers you or your paymaster wants.

As I have stated in prior posts, I think the percentages of unsatisfied patients is skewed higher on realself than in the general population who have had the procedure. I would say comparing the 2 studies is tough because the population on realself is (in my opinion) more likely to be negative. I would say that my Radiesse clients are, for the most part, at least as satisfied as my HA patients, but the difference is probably not as high as the Radiesse study suggests. Steve Weiner, MD Facial Plastic Surgery Destin, Florida

This is simply Marketing 101. Any CEO would fire the marketing department of his company if they could not find a way to put a positive spin on their product, or find some way of favorably comparing it to a competing product. Patients should have equal skepticism about positive satisfaction surveys from product manufacturers and negative patient satisfaction reports from websites. The "silent majority" is most often very happy with the result, but not willing to take the time to report it, whereas unhappy customers usually can't find enough outlets to vent their dissatisfaction. If you get good advice from your plastic surgeon about the proper product for your needs, you are most likely to get a good result that will make you happy.

Couldn't have been said better Dr Cambre!