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Will Accolate Affect Radiesse Result?

I'm considering having a non-surgical rhinoplasty (Radiesse injection) either 2 days before breast augmentation surgery or 1 week after surgery. After breast augmentation surgery, I'm instructed to take Accolate for 3 months to prevent capsular contracture. Will Accolate affect the result of Radiesse-injected nose job? Will Accolate make Radiesse go away faster? Thank you.

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2 Doctor Answers | Asked by Rita_ in San Francisco
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Radiesse Injections Not Affected by Accolate

Hi Rita, Accolate treatment should not affect your Radiesse injections.  Follow your surgeon's adice and all should go well for you.  Good luck and be well. Dr. P
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Accolate should not affect Radiesse result

ACCOLATE (zafirlukast) is an Asthma medication which should NOT affect your Radiesse result. The LARGER question should be is Accolate a safe / proven way to prevent capsular contracture. The original use of Accolate in this off label way was based on a short report from Hawaii that connected without proving a softening of capsules with the use of Accolate. Subsequent larger studies failed to reach the same conclusions. Worse yet, there is a subsection of people who have UNPREDICTABLE... more

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