What does Radiesse mean?
Radiesse is an injectable, cosmetic skin treatment used to fill specific areas of the face and hands. It stimulates your body’s natural collagen, filling in wrinkles long term and helping your skin develop new collagen in the process.
What color is Radiesse?
RADIESSE is an opaque, white colored injectable dermal filler that is made up of CaHA microspheres in a water-based gel. RADIESSE is non-animal based and free from animal protein. Before you are injected, you do not have to be tested to see if you are allergic to RADIESSE.
Where is Radiesse used?
Radiesse can be used on the same areas of the body as Juvéderm: cheeks, laugh lines around the mouth, lips, and lip lines. Radiesse can also be used on the pre-jowl fold, on chin wrinkles, and on the backs of the hands.
What makes Radiesse different?
A Different Formula While most of the popular filler formulas are made with hyaluronic acid (HA), a substance that occurs naturally in the body, Radiesse is made of calcium hydroxyalpatite (CaHA) microspheres.
Is Radiesse good for cheeks?
Radiesse treatment is especially good for adding volume to cheeks since it contains calcium hydroxyapatite and can be contoured and shaped after the injection. This allows your technician to mold the treatment to the shape of your cheek, fleshing it out just the way you want it.
Does Radiesse look natural?
After bruising and swelling have subsided and your filler has settled, you will be able to enjoy natural-looking results that restore volume to your face. Sunken, hollow cheeks will look plumper; deep folds between the nose and mouth will be less noticeable and wrinkled skin will look smoother.
How long does Radiesse last?
Similarly, Radiesse is a long-lasting dermal filler that contours, lifts, and volumizes the cheeks. The results of this injection last roughly 15 months.