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Radiesse chin filler
My doctor told me she was expecting a good result - I'm happy with it, although it is less projection than the implant gave me. She offered me botox in the chin (probably on another occasion) which would relax the muscle and give me a bit more projection.
The procedure was a little bit painful at the beginning. And I had a bruise on the right side of my chin a day after - it has since subsided but was a bit annoying. In the end she told me that it was a challenge because of internal scar tissue (owing to the removed chin implant). But she used a canula to recude the number of times I was punctured.
Given the time taken, stress endured, amount spent etc. I'm really happy with the result.
Trying an alternative : Radiesse
Having failed with the first chin implant, and thinking about it again recently I looked more into fillers. Asked my dr about it when she was doing my Botox and they said I'm a good candidate. I explained my history, and what objective I have (basically I was happy with the result of the chin implant before it was removed).
I'm a bit nervous! It doesn't take too long, but it can't easily be undone. So my main concerns are - am I in good hands? What if they mess up or it looks bad?
I also had to shave my beard for this. And I realise now how I feel that the beard helps give me a better chin and jaw and makes me look better. Well, it'lll grow back and I can obviously wear a facemask!
Wish me luck
1 Year after my chin implant, seems like a liftime ago
Do I still think about my chin? Yes i do. I wish I could walk away from this and say 'that was a stupid mistake, I never want to mess around with implants again', but I still feel the impulse to want to give it another shot. it's stupid, and irrational given what i've gone through, i know. But I'm being honest. I would still like more projection in my chin.
One thing is I have had a lot of people tell me i'm handome, which has given me more confidence. But in myself I still feel I could look better. I am hopefully on a journey to self-acceptance but I'm not quite there yet! i'm not sure whether plastic surgery is futile - i just read a comment from someone who's having all of her implants removed... is that an inevitability of all patients?
Provider Review
Dr. Piotr is very friendly, although he doesn't speak a lot of English. There's a translator who will translate everything, which does lower the language barrier. I wasn't given any choice in the size or shape of my implant; when I asked what he would be using, he ran to get the catalogue and told me that it would be a 9mm implant, but I did not get to phyiscally see or choose it beforehand. The low mark for wait times is because I had to wait 8 hours for my procedure, waiting around in the waiting room. This clinic is pretty busy and he doesn't just see patients travelling from abroad, but a whole host of others. This means it's a busy day for him and if you're last in the day, there's no option to go home and come back. Follow up appointments also took 2 hours each, because I had to be picked up, wait for all the other patients, and then be driven back. Not great. He also massaged my chin very hard (which caused me great pain) and did not relent for a second. I'm not sure that was entirely necessary. Overall I'm happy with the surgery, but I feel the clinic could take better care of its patients and be run in a more efficient way. The patient co-ordinator is very attentive and polite, but probably overworked. It meant she was rushing around and I didn't feel she could pay enough attention to each individual patient. On the other hand, the patient co-ordinator and surgeon took 10 minutes to explain to me why the wait was so long and apologise, which I appreciated.