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Radiesse NIGHTMARE, Ruined my Nose, Lips, FACE!! =(

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I swear, you couldnt pay me a million dollars to...

Jaime
$1,500

I swear, you couldnt pay me a million dollars to go through this agony again. I went in for non-surgery rhinoplasty to camouflage the hump on my nose. My derm boasted, "Hide the Hill by Filling in the Valley" - at the price of $1500 and knowing that it would have to be redone every year to maintain a filled valley.

I also wanted fuller lips, I had just had 3cc of Restylane put into my lips 2 months ago for $1000 and all vanished. So my doctor explained he only needs .3 cc to correct my nose, and the remaining 1 cc of Radiesse could be used in my lips and would last much longer than restylane. I just had to sign something that said radiesse can cause lumps and so on.

Well I had it put in my nose and lips 6 months ago on a Friday afternoon, hoping I could return to work on Monday. Well immediately following the injections, my lips swelled to enormous proportions, to twice the size I ever saw them after Restylane. The Radiesse company claims Radiesse cannot produce an allergic reaction, but it turned out I did have an allergic reaction. I iced every hour on the hour for 1/2 hour.

After 48 then 72 hours passed, the swelling and redness was still there, in my lips. My nose just felt like something heavy was pressing down on it. I called in sick Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday. On Thursday morning I went to the hospital and had a cortisone shot. Blood tests for infection but no infection found but they confirmed I had an allergic reaction.

I ended up using up my sick days so Thursday through the following Thursday I ended up taking a week of "Vacation" as the swelling only slowly slowly went down. I ended up having the stay home and miss work and social events for a full two weeks.

My lips ended up over-filled like a blowfish, still at 6 months. With lots of lumps on the inside even 1 going back toward my cheeks. My teeth hit them when I am eating and sometimes draw blood. The top lump at the corner of my mouth inside, is very noticeable when I am talking and even peeks out the corner of my mouth on the slightest grin or smile.

I was told to massage and press the nodules to make them shrink months ago, but obviously that's not working. If anything, they are growing and growing in size. I stopped pressing after a few weeks since it seems the pressing causes some of the white filler to surface through tiny pores on the OUTside of my lips and it looks like white freckles or mottling all over my lips now. I had the biggest lump cut out last month but the amount of blood and healing time caused me to tell my new doctor not to bother doing the same for each and every one. I am told to wait another 6 months and they should shrink away. Time will tell?

Also, on my nose, the filler turned into a white, spherical lump that looks like a huge boil above my nose bridge hump. I am a person with an olive tan complexion, so it shows alot even to the point I have been asked several times by strangers if I have the Michael Jackson disease! People upon meeting me look at the lump above my nose for a moment, only then look me in the eyes to talk. Sometimes this lump moves around like clay under my skin - some morning I wake up and its closer to my right eye whilst other days it stays more to the left.

I have heard that the company has received numerous professional complaints about such complications. I think they have lied and blamed these problems on "old" lots but its just a coverup. They make $300 for each tiny syringe they sell and it's really just a cellulose gel that provides the immediate satisfactory results.

However, they don't tell you that what calcium hydroxyapatite is is calcium that includes hydroxide and phospate, and these two chemicals in my experience did cause an allergic chemical reaction under my skin and in my lips, and the body 6 months later is still trying to push it out to the surfact in granules of calcium like sand. Radiesse ought to be sued under class action.

Replies (87)

May 13, 2008
I agree with you.Im having same problem.I would agree to sue them also
September 18, 2009

Hi Have had lumps on my lips since 2004. I am in L.A.. We should get the others on this site together and sue. Any ideas on how to go about it?

June 11, 2010
I see some of you wrote in 2008 - are you still out there and if so how are your lumps to date? The ENT in Ashtabula, OH put me on antibiotics due to redness and tried a steroid which I was allergic to. She (the ENT dr.) said she doesn't need to see me for 4 months. Same thing w/Bioform, they only took my info and will only confer w/ the doctor. What to do? How is everyone out there that had a bad experience months or years ago? Please write.
December 16, 2011
I had Radiesse on May 8th, 2009. Only had the under the right eye injected. I stopped the Dr before she could do any more. I was there for the lines around my mouth, not my eyes. The wet teabag size puffyness has lasted over two years but has finally disappateed to a small puff and the skin is now streached out under the right eye. It's noticablly different from my left eye. Unless we all get a Lawyer to volumteer, I don't know what we can do. Just keep telling all your friends what a nightmare this Radiesse can cause. Stay away from all foreign chemicals under your skin, people. The medical profession does NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR ADVERSE RESULT, THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT MAKING MONEY.

So depressing. I want to get
December 16, 2011
So depressing. I want to get over it,
but I see it eveytime I look in the mirror.
May 28, 2008

I agreed to be a model for a dermatologist who I was told was the "rock Star" of all doc's for using Radiesse. It was to be a minimal amount.. MINIMAL...There were other doctors present. This doctor decided to sculpt my face and also handed the syringe over to another doctor while he talk on his cell to his kids!! I wanted a mirror but he told me not to worryhe said I was going to be beautiful..I am not Ms. USA.., but i wasn't scarey to look at.. This guy used almost 13 syringes in my face!!!!!! This stuff lasts at minimum 1 year!!! Take photos of yourself keep a chronical or diary of what you went through and are going through..do not post your photo's that can be considered slander.. after 1 yr sue the crap out of them!!By the way I looked like a monster when I left the med spa..the inside of my mouth was black, three blood clots, I also have lumps in my mouth and have aquired a small lisp. My face is no longer symetrical.I truly looked like an abused victim.Edema and black and blue..totally scarey.. Yep' I'll wait my year.. lawyers won't touch this til' after the year is up to go after damages.

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June 1, 2008
Christina, My heart goes out to you. I also had a horror story with Raidesse being injected into my lips. I found out later that it's not recommended for lips because of the consistency which can cause lumps and can be seen through the lips (white). He put 1 syringe into it and made me look like Marge from the Simpsons. I tried massaging it like I was instructed to do but to no avail. I cried alot and was embarassed to go out in public. I finally visited a dermatologist/plastic surgeon, they knew without asking who the surgeon was who did this to me, they helped a lot of his patients who came in looking to correct this problem. I was given kenalogg shots on several occasions and it's really helped my lips go down. I got lucky, he mentioned another patient who had to get hers surgically removed from her lips. I'm not sure where he injected on your face but this might be an option. Good Luck! Aloha, Wendy
June 10, 2008
who was this "rock star" doc? i did the model thing with a {edited}, who does my scylptra and thankfully everything turned out ok. but repeatedly going for more shots scares me so i'm thinking of artefill, but she doesn't do it and i'm scared to trust anyone else. Editor note: To make or request doctor recommendations, please visit our Doctor Recommendation Forums.
June 14, 2008
Wow, Wendy, are you by any chance in Honolulu!? If we're talking about the same very well known surgeon, I refused his offer of Radiesse in my lips because I knew, through my own research, that it should NEVER be used in the lips! I also took one look at this woman who worked in his pffice and saw the awful results of her Radiesse-injected lips. Yow!!
September 18, 2009

Hi, I had Radiesse injected in my lips 5 years ago and still have lumps they got worse with time. I would like to get together and sue them.

July 1, 2008

Hey guys.. I need to know if any one of you has had disaster from a doctor who practices in either Seattle, or Spokane Washington. This man hurt me very badly in San Fran., California..God Bless each and everyone of you.. I'm so sorry for all of us..the pain, disfigurement, embarrasment.. I sit and pray for us all.

October 11, 2009
Which doctor was this? Would you mind letting me know? Thanks.
August 24, 2008

I work in a plastic surgeon's office and the doctor would NEVER put Radiesse into the lips. I think the problem is not the product, but rather, the doctor. I wouldn't return to that doctor for any further treatments, of any kind!! My doctor has been using Radiesse for several years now, with no adverse reactions.

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January 14, 2009
I agree with Nikkir. Radiesse should never be placed in the lips. The reps will even tell you that and they're gung-ho for trying anything!