Filler on nose/Dangers of injecting vein across bridge

I have used Radiesse often in the nasal regions and they have all done well.  They have even trumped my recommendations for implant surgery in many cases.  If you have a demonstrable vein in the bridge area, this needs to be taken into consideration.  The complication of intravascular injection is rare but real.  This can be minimized by your surgeon's techniques of careful bevel direction, aspiration before injection, and slow injection rate with use of a blunt cannula instead of a sharp needle.

Fillers on the nose are a very nice way to reshape it.  There is a chance of vascular occlusion and for this reason it is often safer to use a hyaluronic acid product such as Juvederm or Restylane because they are reversible should there be a problem.  Radiesse can be a higher risk, (should there be a problem), because there is no quick way to reverse it if there is a problem.  The risk with hyaluronic acid products is minimal.  And of course there is larger risk with surgery.

Some of my happiest patients are those who have had post surgical defects corrected with a filler. If done carefully it is very safe and requires only a tiny amount of product (which makes it very affordable). Radiesse is not permanent or semi permanent, but like the hyaluronic acid fillers it is absorbable. It does tend to last longer, however, on average about 12 months. As others have said, make sure your doctor has a lot of experience with advanced use of fillers. It is not necessarily the same person you would choose to operate on your nose!