Does Radiesse in Cheeks Preclude Someone from Having a Surgical Cheek Lift? (photo)

The swelling under your eyes suggest that you had the Radiesse injected recently. If so, wait until this resolves before making any decisions. Having said that, Radiesse will not interfere with a cheek lift or placement of cheek implants

Cheeklift after Radiesse is fine if you need it. You might benefit more from a cheek implant and lower eyelid fat removal combined. I would need to feel your cheek to give you a proper answer.

First let me say that IMHO, cheek lifts do not work. The tissues, of the cheek, are much heavier than the lower eyelid tissues so the results would more likely pull down the lower eyelids, not raise the cheeks. The fatty tissues, of the cheeks, do not allow suturing as a suspension method and the sutures will simply cut through the fat. Finally, Radiesse is injected into the fatty tissue layers, of the cheeks, and the dissection for a cheek lift would go through the... more