Can Radiesse Filler Be Dissolved I Have Got It Done Near the Cheek Area and It Looks Like a Bump?

Unfortunately, Radiesse cannot be dissolved like a Hyaluronic acid filler. Massage and TIME is about all you have. In 4 months approximately half the volume should be gone. 

Radiesse is an FDA-Approved filler that we use very frequently in our office to sculpt the contours of the face. Since we are a national center of excellence for filler reversal, we also encounter patients from other doctors' offices who wish to have Radiesse fillers removed for one reason or another. In our office, we employ a directed technique to visualize the filler material, if possible on ultrasound, and then use non-surgical methods to dissolve the filler or granuloma tissue using intralesional injections. There are many methods using a combination of enzymes, intralesional modulators of scar tissue, and Kenalog to help reduce volume and remaining filler. These techniques require meticulous attention to detail and can be performed at intervals of two to three weeks to achieve longterm effect.

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Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

   Radiesse cannot be dissolved away like the HA products with hyaluronidase.   Radiesse will reduce in prominence over time.

Hi Anisha.  The Radiesse cannot be dissolved but you should go to see your practitioner anyway.  There is a side effect of Radiesse called a granuloma and you want to know whether or not the bump is one.  If it's not, you will just have to wait for the product to go away.  If it is a granuloma, it might be suggested by your practitioner to use steroid injections to flatten it out.  Good luck.

It may be possible to dissolve Radiesse with a substance called sodium thiosulfate.  In vitro and in vivo studies were performed and demonstrated the reversibility of Radiesse with intralesional STS (Sodium thiosulfate).  They were small studies, but promising.  I believe that they are planning on doing a larger, in vivo study, to provide more insight.