Nancy M.

Hi, Wow, you certainly had several different tyes of fillers put in your face. I was told by someone on here that just having Radiesse and Restylane done at the same time was not recommended. I would certainly get the opinion from some "experts" if this was safe for you. I know when I had the two products injected, I immediately had brusing and swelling which is normal and should only last for a few days. In my case this did not happen, as I did react to these fillers well after the injections. I am still having problems to this date. It you have blisters this seems odd and I know nothing about this sort of thing happening, but I am sure someone on here is going to guide you in the right direction. I would definately call your doctor though and maybe even another doctor who is not affiliated or knows your doctors as they will always defend each other and their products. It is best to contact a doctor as well who does NOT do injections like a surgeon or something. Please keep us posted.

Hi, I had 2 ml of radiesse and .5ml injected at the same time. I believe there were 3 syringes in total. I really do not know how much was injected around the eye. All I know is that she injected near thecorner ofmy eyes/eye brows to give me an eye lift, which did not work and she injected around my lower eyes and between my eyes in the upper nose area. What is this hyaluronidase treatment. Where would I find this and is it pricy?? I really appreciate you writing. Nancy

Thank you for writing Tawny. It is very much appreciated. I amon day 10 of this nightmare and have just finished my anti-inflammatory medicine. It did not work at all. In face, the problem has got worse. My face on the left side is so swollen that it really looks like I have been beaten up. I went out for the first time last evening with make-up on (trying to look my best) and EVERYONE asked me what was wrong with my face. I almost died as I had hoped that noone would notice. I left the place I wasat out of embarassement. I never thought that my friends would notice this from a far but they did. This is so awful. I have not been in the sun at all nor have I done anything out of the ordinary to justify this happening to me. The swelling has become worse then ever and it is flaring up in places where it was not before. It is so bad that I am barely able too see out of my left eye which is preventing me from driving. On the right the swelling has gone down in my of my face in the upper cheek area, buow I can pull on the skin as it is dead. I never had saggy skin in this area. It looks like a womans belly after the birth of a child. I have tried to contact the doctor twice now and no one is returing my calls. After all this money spent, would it not be the right thing to do to a least acknowledge me?? I am still at a loss here with what I should do and how I should handle this!!!! Nancy

I had Radiesse (2 syringes) and .5 Restylane injected into my face area; nasolabial folds, eye area, laugh lines etc. I did experience huge swelling, lumps and bruising in the injected areas immediately. I was told this was normal. After about a week the bruising went down but the lumps were still there and were extremely uncomfortable. (I can see NO difference in the way I look), except that I look worse!!! The doctor says this is normal. I question her why it says that Radiesse is INSTANT RESULTS as I see none!!! She says again, "this is normal". Now almost 3 weeks later, not only do I NOT see ANY positive results, I look even worse then I did before, but now I wake up in the morning to a completely swolen face, and eyes and eyelids are almost completely closed and sagging. I call my GP "thinking" that I have had an allergic reaction to something, ie. food, face cream, or whatever. My GP tells me to take Benydril. I take an entire bottle of this in 3 days and the swelling has not gone down, or made any improvement whatsoever. I then go to another general practioner and he says "I have no idea why your face and eyes are ballooned up as it could be becuase of many things. I then told him about my Radiesse etc. He says that it is possible that I am having a reaction to this and to speak with the Cosmetic doctor but that he would prescribe me Prednozone to reduce the swelling. I then go and see the Cosmetic doctor and she says that my swelling cannot be due to the Radiesse or Restylane as I had it done a few weeks ago. I tell her that I am very scared as this is totally not normal for someone to experience swelling in the complete facial area like this. I told her that I went to 2 GP's and they are completely stumped in finding out what is wrong with me. She says that no one has EVER had side effects from this completely SAFE procedure and that I must have OTHER things going on. I told her that my lumps are getting bigger and swelling in other areas. I get the "this is normal" again!!! She did say that she would call the company and get back to me later that afternoon. I saw her on Tuesday at noon and we are now Saturday and I have heard NOTHING from her. I did go to the EMERGENCY at the hospital as I was having problems breathing and I was litterally panicked about my swelling and that I could hardly see anymore. The emergency doctor had facial e-rays done for sinuses etc., to see if there was something going on. All came back normal. I was still sure that I had a reaction to some food or something but the doctor said that with all the Benydrl that I took that it should have been gone by now. I told her about RADIESSE. She said "awwwww" well maybe we have your answer!!! Although she could not guarantee her diagnosis, she did say that she has heard of this happening to some people. She said that I should contact the cosmetic doctor. I told her I did and explained the complete story and she said that there is nothing she can really do for me expect give me anti inflammatories and for me to take 24 hour REACTINE to help reduce the swelling. It is now 3 days after my visit to the Hospital and also 3 days into my prescription and over the counter medicine and there is absoluteley NO CHANGE!!!!! I am literally FREAKING OUT HERE and I have NO idea what to do!!!!! I look like a Bulldog and I am in pain. This garbage was RUINED my life. I cannot work or even leave the house as I feel and look like crap. PLEASE HELP ME!!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO!!!! If you have similar stories, please write me. Thanks for listening...