“Half of my Face Rotted Off! - Redding, CA”

I was researching Radiesse and came across your post. Because of your experience I will stay away from the product and the company. I wish you a full recovery. My heart goes out to you.

Thank you so much for sharing your story.

I can relate to you- I was burned almost a year ago by a V-Beam laser treatment and as a result have suffered scarring and irrepairable damage to my lip tissue. The laser also "splashed", this was the term a burn surgeon used to describe how the laser burned to other areas of my face where I wasn't treated. I was severly depressed for a long time and of course my family suffered from this as well. I am starting to get my life back now and am looking for solutions to improve my skin and lips. (I won't be using Radiesse!)

Wish you continued healing and thanks again for sharing your story-I am sure it will save faces!

Julie, I would love to talk to you. I had the exact same thing happen to me in September, 2010. My wedding was in October, and I had to get married with a bandage on my face! My skin is still red and (I'm afraid) scarred forever. I'm undergoing treatments, including laser and fat transfer. My husband and I were shocked at how similar your photos are to mine.

I hope we can help each other. Please reply if you would like my contact info.

I deeply feel for the people who have suffered under the hands of a greedy and reckless medical industry here in the USA. I had this despicable product Injected under my jaw line over two years ago, and posted here on realself about my massive inflammatory response, marked by persistent redness along the jaw, constant infections and puss coming up, and huge swollen lumps the size of ping pong balls on some days. This initial reaction lasted a full two months, after doctor after doctor turned me away In shock and awe, afraid of injecting me w steroids longterm and baffled by the sight of me. For the following year Lumps under my skin remained distorting my face, and the redness and the endless cycle of puss filled lesions continued, actually moving from site to site on my face, up from the jaw all along my cheeks and hairline. at two years, tens of thousands of dollars of laser surgery, alternative health treatments and a univeristy's share of knowledge on holistic and high tech skin care later, I still suffer constant redness all along the bottom half of my face, with dozens of new puss filled white heads coming up daily. I lost a full two years of my life and only now am able to manage this condition, namely the constant stinging pain has finally subsided (I couldn't rest my face on a pillow at night or touch my skin without shooting stinging pain). So this is my great success. I have been unemployable In any job out in public as I have looked sick, infected, deformed and "on drugs". Cops have stopped me multiple times and profiled me as a drug user. My sex life suffered immensely save for my spiritual compassion and confident personality. I have had to reorient my career path entirely because if this problem. All caused by injections that I paid for and that were administered by a fully competent and reputable surgeon, or so I thought. This product is evil and had ruined my life, only demanding me to abandon vanity and seek spiritual and personal transcendence to overcome the judgments of people around me, employers, police, my own family, and potential lovers. I have found relieve of sorts through diligent, extremely informed high tech natural skin care, radical lifestyle changes to live near a natural sulfuric hotspring in southern California, a 100% zero gluten diet, no more plastic surgery anything, total mind body health and a dissolution of my ego.. And still I am marked, scarred, can't shave, and spend more time than I ever dreamt I would "grooming" and doing damage control. I am more informed than any medical doctor, naturopath, esthetician on skin care now, diet and lifestyle. Out of necessity. Out of desperation, out of pain and constant discomfort. This Product single handedly derailed my entire Life and career and I still suffer two years on..

Wow! after reading all your horror stories in regards to Radiesse and seeing your photo's I have decided to cancel my scheduled appointment. Botox is about all I will continue to have injected. Thank you so very-much for sharing your experiences and I am so sorry for all you have gone through.

I am researching fillers and am curious what filler is preferred for those of you who have experience with them.
I was all about using radiesse because it seemed perfect. Now that I have heard all these horror stories, I don't know what products to put my trust in.

Yikes InjectorNurse and Scarredforlife... these are truly terrible experiences and you have my sympathy. Occasionally, something will go wrong with any procedure but I find it completely unacceptable that the company treated you so poorly. Even the flippant remark by their trainer needs addressing.
My own experiences with Radiesse have, so far, been positive (or at least not negative). I have just had it in my hands and will report on that in the appropriate section in a month or two. I hope that you are taking appropriate measures for restitution.

No Britt, it is a semi-permanent (long-term) filler. It was injected in my hands to fill the spaces between the bones and hide the veins. I am very slim and, with aging, my hands have become bony. Dr. Charles Cheng injected the Radiesse a few days ago. Since my upper hands are swollen, it is hard to tell at this point what the result will be (I can't see any bones or veins, just a lot of puff...) As soon as I can see the natural structures of my hands again, I will review this under Radiesse. I will say that Dr. Cheng has a unique and time-consuming method of injecting (he is a perfectionist - none of this smoothing out of a bolus stuff - and very detailed). Hope that helps!