Botox Swelling and Ugly Smile from Radiesse

Hi. Sounds like you have a bad result. Botox and Radiesse cannot really be reversed. But they are not permanent. Botox should be gone in 4 months and Radiesse varies, but maybe 6 months. Any deformity actually due to swelling will be gone in 3 weeks. I wish I had more to offer you.

There are a few key things missing from your question that would help me answer it better - when was this done and where around the mouth was the Radiesse placed? It is possible (but unusual) to be swollen after botox, but this usually lasts only a few days. Prolonged swelling should not occur. Also, swelling from Radiesse can make your smile change until the swelling goes down. There is no reason to think that anything is permanent, because things should return to normal after the... more

Dear Gemini The BOTOX will wear off but it will take many months. There is no way to accelerate this process. The Radiesse is another story. I personally have stop using Radiesse in my patients. The advantage of Radiesse was long term filling. However, the material can't be adjusted and there is reason to believe that there can be dystrophic calcification of the material in some patients. Radiesse made sense while there was not alternative to it. However, for the past three years we... more