Pensacola Radiesse doctors
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Steven F. Weiner, MD
Pensacola Facial Plastic Surgeon
2050 W County Highway 30A Suite 114, Santa Rosa Beach |
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William R. Burden, MD
Pensacola Plastic Surgeon
4485 Furling Ln The Grant Building, Destin |
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David M. Mills, MD
Pensacola Oculoplastic Surgeon
5101 North Davis Highway Suite C, Pensacola |
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Kevin Welch, MD
Pensacola Dermatologist
8333 N Davis Hwy, Pensacola |
Recent Answers
Is it true that it is safer to have Radiesse injected externally rather than internally (up through the mouth into the cheeks)? I am very worried about nerve damage or worse: blindness!!! Additionally, if someone would be kind enough to recommend a surgeon in the Portland, OR area- an expert in facial fillers for cheek augmentation, I would greatly appreciate it!
When injecting through the mouth, you risk dragging oral bacteria along the needle and infecting the area where the filler is placed. There is no advantage to this technique. The absolute safest way to inject Radiesse in my opinion is using the blunt cannula technique. There risk of bruising, swelling, and vascular injury is minimized and results are optimized. Cleansing the skin with Hibiclens and alcohol will help prevent infection.
I was delighted with the newly restored fullness; unfortunately, the result has totally disappeared! I've been reading that Radiesse stimulates collagen over time, but why has the effect vanished? Thanks.
Radiesse has typically more swelling than all the other fillers. So after about 3 days, the initial correction will look less corrected. Also, Radiesse is a combination of Calcium spheres and a liquid medium. The liquid will gradually absorb over a 3 week period. Collagen will take some time (maybe 4-6 weeks) to form. So there is typically a loss of correction which then comes back somewhat when collagen is formed.
Most Doctor's websites state that there are no or minimum side effects with Radiesse, and that the treated person can return to normal activities after leaving the Doctors office. Yet, I read about all these side effects here and swelling for longer times. How many of your patients treated with Radiesse don't have any side effects? Is it more common to walk away and no one noticed you had treatment or more common to have brusing and swelling for a few days?
The stories on this site showing side effects from Radiesse are quite frankly not related to the product but to the person injecting. If not properly placed in a deep plane or too much is placed in a single area, you can have some issues. But, with an experienced injector, you will be able to resume normal activity the following day. I tell my filler patients to avoid exercise for the first day to minimize bruising. Using the blunt cannula technique, bruising is almost nil. You can expect slight firmness in the area injected for about 3 days, but usually this is not noticeable. Do not have Radiesse injected too close to the eye, and I wouldn't do it in the nose.
