The Radiesse dermal filler has confidently entered the daily practice of our cosmetologists and has become the drug of choice for them in solving many aesthetic problems of patients. Estet-portal.com asked the leading experts who use Radiesse in their work what features of this drug they would note, how and when it is used, why they recommend it to their patients.
We offer our readers the first opinion about the features of Radiesse and its application, which was shared by Valentina Zolotareva - dermatovenereologist of the highest category, cosmetologist, candidate of medical sciences, chief physician Center for Cosmetology «Madeleine», Scientific Director of the Department of Cosmetology «Ukrainian Academy of Dermatovenereology» and Anastasia Cheprasova - dermatologist-cosmetologist of the Center for Aesthetic Cosmetology «Golden Lotus» (Odessa).
How does Radiesse compare favorably with other products?
Valentina Zolotareva:
Radiesse has a strong evidence base based on studies of its safety and efficacy, which makes the practitioner feel confident and secure in recommending and using this drug.
Anastasia Cheprasova:
Radiesse has not been found to cause any adverse effects in the body. The absence of components of animal and plant origin in the composition of the drug ensures its non-immunogenicity and allows you not to conduct preliminary testing for tolerance.
The drug does not have irritating, toxic, mutagenic effects.
After injection, Radiesse is evenly distributed in tissues, the risk of migration and post-inflammatory complications is minimized. The lack of hydrophilicity of the Radiesse preparation allows it to be used in patients with edematous-deformed facial morphotype who would like to receive lifting procedures, without increasing the volume of the face and the risk of subsequent tissue pastosity.
The effect of the drug, with a properly performed procedure, lasts for 18-24 months, which distinguishes it from hyaluronic acid-based fillers.
For what aesthetic problems is Radiesse the drug of choice?
Valentina Zolotareva:
When starting to solve certain aesthetic problems of a patient, it is important for a specialist to know and apply algorithms for complex aesthetic correction. And for this it is necessary to comprehensively diagnose the true individual age-related changes in the patient. My work motto is:
"What is well diagnosed is well treated!"
Therefore, timely and correct comprehensive diagnosis is the key to predictable prevention and effective treatment of age-related changes. To do this, you need to determine the type of skin; individual morphotype of the patient, based on his photo at the age of 25; aging type.
Why is it so important to diagnose a patient's aging morphotype? Precisely in order to make a choice in favor of predominant premature or natural aging, and then, on its basis, make the right choice of a drug based on its main properties (a drug based on hyaluronic acid or calcium hydroxyapatite), make a choice of possible therapy. And only then, depending on the results of complex diagnostics, to form an algorithm for aesthetic correction or prevention of age-related changes using Radiesse.
Anastasia Cheprasova:
The choice of drug is based on confidence in its quality and understanding of the mechanism of action. With Radiesse, my patients get fast and guaranteed results.
The drug can be used to restore the oval of the face, correct the temporal region, augmentation of the cheeks in atrophic processes in this area, correct nasolabial folds and ”marionette wrinkles”, change the shape of the chin; ear lobes correction; aesthetic correction of the back surface of the skin of the hands, neck, décolleté, inner thighs and shoulders.
Radiesse has also become the drug of choice for men, as it allows rejuvenation without the effect of feminization.
What are the main benefits of Radiesse that you tell patients about when commenting on the prescription of this particular drug?
Valentina Zolotareva:
For 25 years in the profession, I have been guided by an unshakable principle, which also applies to this drug: all recommendations for an integrated approach to treatment are based on clinical and morphological signs characterizing one or another type of aging.
It is important to show these changes to the patient and explain how we can achieve safe, predictable and effective results with Radiesse. I believe that it is this explanation that allows the patient to realize the importance of a multi-stage approach to harmonizing the face, taking into account its individual characteristics.
And if we managed to get a big credit of trust and increase the patient's loyalty to the drug and the personality of the doctor, consider that we are all lucky!!!
Anastasia Cheprasova:
Radiesse is unique in its essence and solves a huge range of aesthetic problems that are not solved by other products. If we divide patients into age groups, then for young and middle-aged people, the most important argument for using Radiesse is the speed of effect and the minimum rehabilitation period - from several hours to several days.
For older people, the most important aspect is the safety of using this technique. I, in turn, collect the patient's history, evaluate the morphotype, skin quality, lifestyle, and create the most practical therapy algorithm using Radiesse in combination with other methods.
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