How to Avoid Having Artefill Migrate?

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... more

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... more

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... more