Dear Dr. Seckel, I did so much research and made a bad decision I thought I was informed but what I needed to do was just leave my face alone and use topicals. I lost a lot of weight and had Radiesse injected in my nasal folds the doctor over corrected a bit and 6 months later I had it done again to correct the over fill. Well my right cheek is where the over fill was and I don’t know what the hell happened but he injected under the skin orally and somehow it seems as though the Radiesse migrated or moved up under my eye and caused a ridge a bump of sorts and it is ugly I hate it and I tried to massage it but because its under the eye it’s gets sore swells and then just looks the same I’m trying to have much patience. But to me it looks deformed in certain light. I’m blessed I’m alive things could be worse. But question is I heard if you have MINIMAL treatment with cortisone to the lump MININMAL with massage it can reduce the lump….it’s fairly small but cause an unbalance. What do you suggest? I’m tormented? I don’t’ want to do anything to cause a hole under my eye I hear sometimes when you inject steroids cortisone it can cause shallow spots maybe used in large doses over periods of time I’m interested in using this as a minimal one time treatment. These were two different doctors and I’m considering only a dermatologist please advise, thank you, Sherri, Oakland, CA
Dear Sherri,
Thank you for your email. Complaints about filler injections, Restylane, Radiesse, and Juvederm are the most common type of email I receive. One problem I believe is that so many untrained people, including non-physicians are injecting them.
Technique and experience are very important for a good result following the injection of a soft tissue filler like Restylane, Radiesse, Juvaderm, Cosmoplast, commodore, sculpture and others. It looks easy on the sales promotion videos but I can tell you from experience that filler injection requires meticulous technique.
I would not have any injection into the lump caused by the filler. Cortisone can cause tissue atrophy and proliferation of blood vessels. I would not have any injection-some recommend Hyaluronidase but I do not do it.
In my experience all fillers restylane, radiesse, and juvederm dissolve with time and massage so I recommend you massage the lump and be patient.
I have never heard of intra oral injection inside the mouth. I worry about the possibility of infection by bacteria in the mouth. If you experience redness and swelling I suggest you see your doctor.
I also do not inject around the eye- injecting juvederm, restylane, and radiesse around the eye is dangerous in my opinion.
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Thank you,
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Thank you and I will listen. I’ve been massaging only problem with that is because it’s right under the eye it gets a bit sore because the skin is sensitive and it’s just a delicate area. Funny as it sounds I used to do skin care and I swear there are sooo many doctors out there who claim to know what they’re doing and they don’t use the proper technique and then you get these results grrrr but thanks again for your input I will be patient. I should have just had Titan facial tightening if anything, Sherri