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Radiesse-Tear Troughs - East Brunswick, NJ

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All I can say is dont do it. My Dr. talked me into...

Newark18
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All I can say is dont do it. My Dr. talked me into it, I trusted her and five months later my face is a mess. I should have heeded all the warning I read here but trusted her and have ruined my face. Two weeks after my eyes looked great this picture is five months later, not some are telling me I may need surgery to correct which I can afford and I feel my face is ruined.

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June 18, 2014
Thank you for sharing your experience here on RealSelf!
June 19, 2014
Whats with docs injecting this in the tear trough, isn't that off label??
June 24, 2014
Im freaking out, I am scheduled in a few days & was getting tear grooves done, did you have these done by a plastic surgeon or ?
June 24, 2014
I have one thing to say read and look at the pictures here...I would never get tear troughs done with Radiesse. It might look fine in the beginning the injection site swells and stays red for months...I have grooves and red kidney shaped lumps on top of my cheek bone that nothing will hide...Dont do it.
June 29, 2014
Don't do it please just read more educate yourself more I wish I knew about side effects of radiese and believe me this monster radiesse is slowly very slowly taking my life way so DONT DO IT
June 29, 2014
Me too and this a@@h@@ greedy doc, keeps telling me ,bs!!
July 16, 2014
Do you have a photo if what it looked like right afterwards, when it looked good?
July 16, 2014
yes, didnt last long....my injector want to use ultrasound, doubt it will do anything, I'm seven months out and still red with grooves
July 22, 2014
arent you only supposed to have a thin filler under eyes like Restyline
July 23, 2014
Yes, but in my case, the greedy a**hol* who injected me, supposedly on cheekbones, did under my eye also, he says he didn't, however, I don't know how there is bump right under my eyelid, approaching a year now. And radiesse shouldn't migrate due to the viscosity, he has no answers except I had a bad reaction, BS, I suspect this has happened to others.
July 24, 2014
I feel so bad for you!! I am also unhappy with filler for eye trough (juvederm). Same story as yours - doctor great at Botox then convinced me to fill troughs for maximum beauty (sold me on my own insecurities and false sense if security from doing Botox with no issues). In the end this is about making money for doctors and focusing too much on our own vanity. The good news is we have forums like this to help others make more informed decisions. Obviously doctors show their success stories/patients instead of the bad procedures that do happen frequently with eye trough fillers according to my friend! She also told me perlane (sp ?) is best for eye area.
UPDATED FROM Newark18
2 years post

now worse than ever

Newark18
well its been how long? Continue to have some sort of auto immune response eyes look worse than ever.

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October 6, 2016
cant afford surgery not sure what to do
November 25, 2016
It looks like you have 'festoons' (think thats the term). I've had them couple years ago, not as severe but not far off.
Stopped eating anything with salt in it after noon. Ie, pizza, tinned food, bacon, sausage etc (i eat cake and toast and jam in the evenings which i like, cook dinner and watch others eat, it is ok i say its for 'health reasons', which it is, i also get headaches when my eyes bag up). I take some supplements, general multi and l glutamine and l carnitine (body builder suppliers have them). And use a good (Not expensive) skin care range. I'm no oil painting but am happy with overall looks for my age (55). Will send you private message with the skin care range if you wihs, not sure if i can post on here brand name stuff.
November 28, 2016
Starcruise, I also have those dreadful "festoons" from a terrible Restylane experience. I am thinking of having fractora and hope that will help. Can you please pm me your skin regime and how you got rid of them? Thanks so much
November 23, 2016
Hope you get better. How long has it been?
December 20, 2016
I'm soo sorry but I like to thank you for posting. I hope the doctor will give you complimentary service to correct the problem.