I Have a Hard Ridge of Radiesse That is Nearly Protruding out of my Tearduct, What Can I do?

Approximately 3 weeks ago I went to have my cheeks enhanced with radiesse. Initially the procedure seemed to go well, but within one week I had major swelling ,hardness and pain across both cheeks all the way up to my eyes. I ended up in the emergency room and the Drs. did a CAT scan. results came back showing signs of infection directly related to the product injected in my face. I was put on antibiotics for 10 days and medicine for pain. I now have two odd shaped lumps and a raised ridge.

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I Have a Hard Ridge of Radiesse That is Nearly Protruding out of my Tearduct, What Can I do?

I have injected Radiesse for facial contouring/shaping as well as cheek and mandibular angle augmentation many times and have not had patients get an infection. IMHO, you should follow the advice of the MD treating you and just let all of the Radiesse go away on it's own. Radiesse and Perlane are thicker fillers meant to be placed within the fatty layers and as such are not best used in the thin skin, of the lower eyes, or in the lips that have no such fat layer.... more

Radiesse injection irregularity and infection

Infections after injection of tissue fillers are rare but they do happen occasionally. If you have an infection it must be treated aggressively. That is, with antibiotics and perhaps drainage if necessary. If some irregularity has resulted from Radiesse it will take a long time for it go away, especially around the tear trough area. It may be necessary to have your doctor squeeze some of it out with a small needle. At other times it may be possible to make these irregular lumps less... more

Radiesse injections

You need to see someone with a great deal of experience with Radiesse. Non ablative Fraxel absolutely helps. Your physician can inject with lidocaine and "massage/break" up the filler . There is downtime with both these procedures and you will need to repeat them. Infections are very rare, but if you do actually have an infection you need to stay on antibiotics for several weeks.

Consult a dermatologist or plastic surgeon

I am sorry about your experience. There is unfortunately no easy fix for this, as hyaluronidase doesn't work on Radiesse and there is no product that counteracts Radiesse. However, some things may be able to do be done to make it less noticeable while it dissolves on its own. I would suggest you consult with a dermatologist or plastic surgeon who has a vast amount of knowledge in injectables and go over your options.