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Structure, contour and balance. A clear, evidence-aware guide to candidacy, treatment, recovery, limitations and next steps.
Your anatomy, expression and goals guide every recommendation—so the result still feels unmistakably like you.
Radiesse® is a calcium hydroxylapatite injectable implant that provides immediate correction and can stimulate collagen. It may be selected to restore or refine facial volume when the product’s approved indication, tissue characteristics and your anatomy align. It is not a hyaluronic-acid filler and is not dissolved with hyaluronidase.
Adults with moderate-to-severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds, who want immediate structural correction from a non-hyaluronic-acid material. Radiesse is also labeled for restoring facial fat loss in people with HIV. It is a poor fit for anyone who wants the option of dissolving the result later, and its labeling states that safety and effectiveness in the lips have not been established.
Treatment may be postponed for active skin or dental infection, inflammation near the treatment area, pregnancy or breastfeeding, or uncontrolled medical conditions. Severe allergies, bleeding risk, immune-modifying medicines, prior filler and planned dental work must be discussed. Product-specific contraindications apply.
These are practical planning ranges, not promises. Your consultation determines the exact plan.
The provider examines the folds and contours you want treated and confirms the area is one Radiesse is labeled for. If your goal is the lips, you will be offered a different product.
Radiesse is a calcium hydroxylapatite implant — particles of 25 to 45 microns suspended in a gel carrier — placed subdermally by needle or cannula. Correction is visible immediately.
The area is reassessed for symmetry and circulation. You receive written aftercare and the urgent warning signs. The gel carrier resorbs over time while the collagen response continues.
Common effects include swelling, tenderness, bruising, redness, firmness, lumps or asymmetry. Rare injection into a blood vessel can cause skin injury, scarring, stroke, vision changes or blindness. Radiesse is calcium hydroxylapatite rather than a hyaluronic-acid gel, which has one consequence worth understanding before you agree to it: hyaluronidase will not dissolve it. A result you dislike is managed rather than reversed. Its labeling also states that safety and effectiveness in the lips have not been established, and that nodules have been reported in published accounts of lip injection.
Safe filler treatment depends on detailed knowledge of facial vessels, tissue planes and product behavior. Experienced providers use conservative planning, maintain an emergency protocol and know when not to inject—or when referral or surgery is the better option.
Consultation and treatment are in-office. Telehealth may be used for general education, but product selection and injections require an in-person examination.
Pricing: Consultation required. Cost depends on product, treatment area, amount and whether a staged plan is safest. Exact pricing is confirmed before treatment.
Medical-content evidence review: July 30, 2026. Content is written for patient education and structured from current primary regulatory, labeling and professional sources. It has not been individualized to your medical history. Product labeling and guidance can change; a licensed Identity Aesthetics provider confirms current suitability, informed consent and treatment details before care.
Bring your goals, questions, medication list and prior treatment history. We will help you decide whether Radiesse®—or an alternative—makes sense.
