I'm curious how long would Radiesse last in the chin?

     Chin augmentation with Radiesse can work very well when injected onto the bone for volumetric gain.  This may last 9 months to a year.  It looks and feels natural in this way.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Thank you for the great question. The amount of Radiesse required to get 3mm of anterior projection will depend on how big your chin is.  Generally, this would require at least one full syringe and possibly a second. When I perform chin augmentation with Radiesse, I place the product down on the bone. There should not be any changes to the texture of the overlying soft tissues (skin, muscle, etc.). This can be a great treatment, and one that I often recommend before someone decides to have a permanent chin implant placed.

Nonsurgical chin augmentation using volumizing fillers is a safe and effective way for dealing with a congenitally receded chin or chin recession related to age related bone loss or even irregularities that may result from surgical chin implants. It also works well for smoothing out "cottage cheese" dimpling of the chin, especially when combined with the use of a neuromodulator, such as Botox, Dysport or Xeomin..

For this region, I prefer the combination of Radiesse, a calcium-based volumizing agent, and Restylane SubQ, a robust hyaluronic acid volumizing agent for nonsurgical chin augmentation. Radiesse is known to stimulate neocollagenesis (native collagen production), which is an added plus of this agent, and Restylane SubQ gives remarkable lift.

Atlhough I routinely use Restylane SubQ in my practice in Israel, it is unfortunately not yet available in the United States  In my Upper East Side NYC practice, for chin augmentation, I combine Radiesse with Perlane L (another member of the Restylane family of products). Occasionally, I also use Juvederm Voluma when there is a greater need for contouring as opposed to lift and projection. Voluma, too, is not available in the U.S., where I substitute Juvederm UltraPlus XC when neeeded.