Radiesse for Jaw Line?

Radiesse is an injectible filler made from calcium hydroxylapatite, a mineral found in tooth enamel. It is biocompatible with our bodies.
When used in areas to increase volume such as the jawline, good results require several treatments over the course of a year. In a typical syringe of Radiesse, 70% of the volume injected is just carrier gel. It goes away in about 12 weeks. The other 30% is the mineral. It will be the building block for new collagen volume to be laid down.
I typically have my patients come for a booster at 12 weeks to add onto the last layer I placed earlier. I think of it as building a wall, one layer of bricks at a time. It is a great volumizer to build a lasting change in the areas treated. I don't think of it as filler which is more temporary (eg. Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm, etc.), but as a material that will add long term volume to areas that have shrunk with aging of the face.
Good luck,
Dr. Shah

Radiesse is a very good stimulatory filler for the jawline. I combine the Radiesse with Ulthera to provide a tightening effect to the lower face and neckline. 

 

Raffy Karamanoukian, Los Angeles

Radiesse works well as a soft tissue filler along the defects of the lower jowls.  It fills in these defects nicely and will last for at least one year.  It should be injected deep along this area.

Radiesse has many advantges when used alone the jawline (mandibular angle). Radiesse comes in a 1.5 cc syringe, while other fillers such as Juvederm, Restylane and Perlane come in 1 cc syringes. Thus you have the volume advantage of Radiesse. Secondly,  Radiesse is a volumizing filler which acts as scaffold under the skin, providing structure and support while stimulating your own body to create collagen. I use Radiesse with great patient success along the jawline to eliminate or reduce the appearance of "jowling", to provide a stonger jawline or more youthful appearance for men with an aging face, great for malar or cheek augmentation, non surgical Rhinoplasty and even chin augmentation.

Hi Babs.  If your "jaw line" refers to the pouches of excess skin below the cheeks and to the sides of the mouth (the bottom corners of the face) then Radiesse is actually our filler product of choice.  

We use Radiesse in this area to smooth out the bumps and folds (jowls) created by the downward movement (gravity!) of cheek tissue.  Good luck.

Jowls or saggy pouches along the jawline are a common and cosmetically disconcerting accompaniment of aging. They result from the combined effect of the downward descent of the remnant of the cheek fad pads and a loss of bone volume, particularly of the chin bone. 

Since loss of volume plays such a significant role, restoration of youthful contours can be quickly achieved non-surgically by simply re-volumizing either the jawline alone or both the jawline and chin with an appropriately selected volumizing agent.

Radiesse, which both provides immediate volume and stimulates naturally collagen production, is my agent of choice for straightening saggy jawlines and augmenting receding chins. Made of calcium hydroxylapatite, the material is relatively robust,  long-lasting (especially in non-mobile areas, such as the jaw and chin) and gives a truly natural appearance. Thicker hyaluronic acid preparations, such as Juvederm UltraPlus and Perlane may also be used, but in general the results do not last quite as long. Ocassionally, for best and most lasting effects, I have layered these agents, i.e. combined their use of Radiesse. 

Radiesse works quite well around the chin line, in particular in the prejowl sulcus.  If the chin is an issue as well, I typically recommend a chin implant as well which well cover both of these areas.  Since the jawline is mobile, filler here does not last as long as in other areas.

I am generally pleased with the results of Radiesse along the jawline. More specifically I tend to use this along the chin and "pre-jowl" (also called the marionette lines).
Perlane is also a reasonable product to use .
Alternatively, fat injections are another option.

Babs,
Radiesse is very effective along the jaw line. It needs to be injected in a deeper plane than normal, and then cross threaded. However, the results are very nice. Because of the deeper injections, it is possible that you may have a few days of bruising after the injections, but it is well worth it.

A great jawline is necessary for a youthful and beautiful appearance. I've personally embraced the beautification of the jawline using filler and call it reJAWvenation. Radiesse is a great filler to use in this area for patients requiring large volumes. It is used in the patients who have bony resorption which happens to everyone as we age. Other fillers such as Defyne and Bellafill are good for the jawline as well. Sculptra can be used but needs other fillers to used with it for best definition. In younger patients, the filler can be placed on the jaw and chin area. In older patients, the filler needs to be placed underneath the jawline, in the area of lost bone, as well in the prejowl sulcus. For large defects, multiple sessions are needed because if too much filler is placed at one time, the filler won't stay exactly where the physician wants it too. Touch ups are required for the large corrections every 6-9 months. Younger patients who just want more definition of their jawline, smaller amounts are needed and duration is longer. Sincerely, the reJAWvenator