Asked By:Shellylouise in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hi there I’m a 30 year old female. I’ve had chin and lip filler and had my cheeks done with restylane lyft 1ml each side and then a touch up of half a ml each side of the same filler about a year ago. I originally got the cheek filler for mid face volume loss and to help my under eyes. I recently noticed the Malar bags are worse and was advised that radiesse injected into the upper cheek and under eye area would be a solution? But I’m nervous as isn’t radiesse not approved for this?
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It may be a buildup of collagen where the Radiesse was originally injected. The only way to know would to be to have an ultrasound or other imaging test performed. Radiesse is designed to build three different types of collagens to improve the appearance and quality of the skin. If it...
I have been treating complications of Radiesse, Sculptra, as well as those from permanent fillers who have been come to me injected elsewhere with these agents. To do so, I have been using an algorithm of varying combinations, concentrations, and amounts of intralesional anti-inflammatory agents...
Radiesse is a dermal filler that is commonly used for smoothing moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds (the creases that extend from the corner of your nose to the corner of your mouth). However, it is not typically used in the periorbital area (around the eyes)...
