Radiesse to Widen a Thin, Long Face?

Your chin should be reduced as well as filling in the radiesse for the cheeks.  Radiesse runs about 650 per syringe and can be costly but does last about a yr.

Radiesse is the perfect product to widen the mid face or cheeks.  An idea face is triangular, with the mid-face being wider than the jaw.  Radiesse will lift, contour and sculpt the cheeks in a manner that appears  natural. 

There are many fillers that can be used to volumize sunken in cheeks.  You have a little flattening of the inner cheek near the nose that can be filled in along with the mid cheek. This can be done by Radiesse, Perlane, Juvederm UltraPlus, Fat Injections and Sculptra, but the latter is a seed rather than a filler. What I mean by that, is Sculptra incites development of collagen production months later and takes several treatments. As  your chin is somewhat prognathic or forward placed, a reduction in the profile length of the chin will make the face look less thin.  There are risks with all treatments, and certainly more with bone surgery than filler placement. 

Nonsurgical cheek augmentation is an excellent way to widen, contour, and round the shape of the face. Radiesse is a wonderful and relatively long-lasting material for this purpose. Juvederm UltraXC is another volumizing agent, and I have found these two agents, especially when combined and layered and molded into place, to be excellent for this purpose. Since there is very little movement of the cheeks, relatively speaking, the results of a nonsurgical cheek augmentation may last for an extended period of time. I have had patients who have gone more than three years before requiring a touch up. 

An enormous advantage of a nonsurgical cheek augmentation is that it is adjustable with time. As our face ages, there are changes in both location and amounts of the fatty compartments of our face that give it its volume and contour. Injectable semipermanent materials, such as Radiesse and Juvederm, are metabolized gradually by the body's natural enzymes. This means that going forward through the years, the physician may add and precisely adjust the placement of the materials where they are needed to keep the face looking youthful. Volumizers permit the adjustment of cheek contouring to the needs of the moment, unlike surgery where the possibility exists that what might look good today may not look so good in five years when the face has changed with age.

Hi NoLin.  We are in agreement with the consensus from the other practitioners that Radiesse would be a great option for the cheekbones and mid face area.  Trying to use it for the jaw is much trickier and might not lead to a more pleasant appearance for you.  Good luck.

Radiesse is a great injectable filler for restoring or adding volume to the face.  It works extremely well to rejuvenate aging faces as they lose volume, and it is a powerful tool to fill cheeks and sculpt cheek bones.  It is not a permanent filler, so the bad news is that if you love it, it goes away, but the good news is that if you don't like it, it goes away.  Make sure you choose a physician who does alot of this type of injectable work, it needs to be done with a real artistic eye.  Building cheekbones can change the whole balance of the face and a long lasting but not permanent injectable is a great way to go

Your face will NOT benefit from use of Radiesse for the length and cheek implants are a cheaper and long term better choice if you have flattening of your cheeks. I would need to see a non smiling 3/4 view to see if you need them.

Thanks for providing a pictures.  It would be helpful to see multiple angles and/or see you in person to give you more informed advice.  The decision really is up to you about if you would like injections.  Of course, no one "needs" injections, but you may find them useful to help enhance your features or fill extra volume.  In that end, adding volume can help widen the face.

 

Good Luck

Fillers that have a good lifting capacity such as Radiesse or Perlane can be used to augment the face in areas that need more fullness or a better balance with other areas of the face. One of my favorite ways to balance the face is with Sculptra, which is a stimulator of collagen, rather than a space-occupying product. By placing Sculptra in the areas of relative thinness it's possible to create a subtle change in facial shape and balance. It is even a great way to deal with areas of boney imbalance and not just soft tissue imbalances. It's amazing what can be accomplished with filler and volume/collagen stimulation without surgery. 

Radiesse can build up volume.  It is not my typical first choice for this though -  Sculptra is -  but it can provide a nice amount of improvement.  Seeing more photos would be very important to evaluate your situation.