If One Area Around Mouth Has Too Much Radiesse, Can Some Be Removed?

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Can Radiesse be Removed?

Hi A_rod. Radiesse is difficult to remove once injected. It can be expressed (squeezed out) shortly after injection (within a day or two) by creating a small pinole at the injection point. It can also be massaged or surgically removed if weeks have passed since the time of injection. In most cases, for patients we see that want the Radiesse out, we suggest to them to wait until it dissolves on its own.

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Excess Radiesse: Can it be removed?

Excess Radiesse is a very difficult problem to correct. Radiesse around the mouth is espcially likely to form a lump, often because of the way the muscles around the mouth can push the material before it is set. Regardless of why the Radiesse is excessive, it can be removed early by expressing it out through a small incision, or actually cutting it away if it is very excessive or lumpy. If the lump only formed after a few weeks, it might be from excess collagen... more

Radiesse as a filler

Radiesse must be injected by an experienced injector near the mouth as it is not easy to remove, and it can create lumps in the lips so it shouldn't be injected in the lips.

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nikibeach 21 Apr 2013

get a sonic care toothbruth. hold the back of the toothbrush up, against the area that has radiesse in it. it will slowly break up the area, allowing the body to absorb the radiesse. I know because I've had radiesse in the sides of my face (nasolabial lines) for 5 years. I was overfilled & only the top 1" part dissolved. the rest (going down to almost my jawline has remained - about 50-60% since. I started using my sonicare toothbrush because no one had any answers (including all the doctors on here). they're no help. no one wants to surgically remove the radiesse, as it'll probably cause more problems. any filler will always dissolve faster in more mobile areas of the face. I've been doing the sonicare toothbrush remedy for about 3 weeks now & can start to see a difference. I was only doing it 2x a week. but now that I'm seeing improvement, I've moved it up to every day. (I just do it while watching tv & have a small mirror to make sure I'm holding it right on top of the area). I hope that helps! I can truly empathize with you. I personally think radiesse should be banned, as there's no way to remove it & it mimics bone more than fat tissue.

erricc 13 Aug 2012

hi..

It's what happened to me..
i had one deep wrinkle from nose to mouth on
one side of my face..
i had an injectables specialist of 20 yrs,
he said he would 'repair' it ..
yet he routinely injected 4 lines of radiesse into
my cheek without once checking symmetry of
my face.. and i have a 'narrow' face..
afterward my face was uneven and one side of
my mouth was pushed down by the filler..
i was very very sad and thought i'd look like this for
a year..
i'm not a plastic surgeon or specialist ..
but i used this (google this)
bodyinfraredmassagestick
for a month.. 3 times a day.. now this massager
is very powerful.. it can rattle the teeth out of
your jaw when pushed hard.. but i pushed
firm.. untill my skin would tingle afterward..
and i used vitamin b3 (niacin, not niacinamid)
50mg a day to thin my blood a bit..
(start only after bruising is gone)
but i guess 80 mg aspirine a day would help
too..
after a month i'm back to normal ..
and i thank god for my wrinkle ..
i guess this post will be deleted, because i'm
not a doctor.. ..so be it..

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