Getting Radiesse from a Plastic Surgeon or a Gynecologist?

Drs. Katz and Persky give their usual sage advice. Plastic surgeons ( and dermatologists) have years of training and experience working on the skin of the face and its underlying tissues. Members of our specialties have done thousands of operations on the face. We have a comfort zone performing procedures in this locale , that a gynecologist lacks. As Dr. Persky says, it is impossible to make this up in a weekend course ( Dr. Persky is actually being generous here, a four hour course... more

When considering any cosmetic procedure, it's important to choose a provider that has been properly trained. For a facial filler or other facial cosmetic procedure, I would definitely recommend choosing a provider from one of the "Core 4" aesthetic specialties: dermatology, plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery, and oculoplastic surgery. Dermatologists and plastic surgeons pioneered these procedures and continue to be the most qualified physicians to perform them. Your Ob/Gyn... more

The modern advances in medicine were acheived by having specialities. Your Gyn give you the Pap smear, your cardiologist checks your heart, your pediatrician takes care of your kids. I'm sure that following a weekend course, I can give Pap smears as well as other services. The question is, should I do this? The problem is not whether you can do a procedure or not , it is whether you can handle all the post procedure issues. Seems to me that your plastic surgeon will be better at this. All... more

Having longevity in a dermal filler is good and bad. Good, if the results are what you want; bad, if you have an issue. I would say that my patients are most satisfied with Radiesse when compared to the other fillers (a study done by Radiesse came out with similar results). Having said that, if you are considering Radiesse, you need to have a very experienced injector. Unfortunately, there is no remover for Radiesse as there is for the HA fillers. You need surgery to remove Radiesse. In... more

Hi Star, Let's look at it logically from the other side, do you want your Pap Smear done by your gynecologist or by your plastic surgeon? Just because there are a large number of women patients coming in the door, does not mean that gynecologists should be injecting faces. On the other hand, if you wish to have Radiesse injections and someone is "talking you into" something that you do not want, then go get another opinion. If it's my face, I am going to hand pick a cosmetic... more

I would favor the plastic surgeon. There may be adjacent areas that can be treated helping you obtain better benefit in the area of interest and the anatomy is usually better understood by dermatologists and plastic surgeons than other specialists.