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How to Avoid Having Artefill Migrate?
asked 4 years ago by anon
Latest answer by David C. Pearson, MD
Question viewed 12,032 times
Tags: migration
I was reading an Artefill discussion, and a bunch of people said that moved to different places in their faces after the injections. Why does this "migrating" happen to some but not others, and how can I keep it from happening to me?
3 answers to How to Avoid Having Artefill Migrate?
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Artefill Migration Can Cause Serious Problems
I'm glad you asked this very important question. Stay with me here, I am going to give you a long but very important answer.
First, I'm sorry to tell you that you cannot prevent Artefill from migrating or moving to areas outside the targeted or desired treatment area. There are several important reasons for this.
One of the reasons this happens is due to the permancence of the product.
As we age, we lose volume and elasticity in our skin, and as anyone who has experienced the...
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Arnold W. Klein, MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
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Artefill does not migrate.
I'm amazed at the misinformation included in some of the other comments. I am not aware of a single peer-reviewed study showing that Artefill migrates, despite my colleague's contention that it does. There is a study in the literature specifically looking at migration of microsphere fillers, but it did not find migration to occur in the range of particle sized used in Radiesse and Artefill.
For reference, the study is: "Migration studies and histology of injectable microspheres of...
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David C. Pearson, MD
Jacksonville Facial Plastic Surgeon
Jacksonville Facial Plastic Surgeon
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An update on Artefill and Radiesse
It appears that Artes Medical, makers of Artefill is going bankrupt. As of today, the stock is trading at 7 cents. Bioform, makers of Radiesse, is now trading for about $1.11 on the stock exchange and going down quickly, not a good sign for the longevity of either of the products.
While this may render questions of Artefill and soon Radiesse moot, there are many existing "permanent" fillers out there, and more emerging.
It is my strong belief, and the belief of other very...
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