Radiesse® (Collagen Induction)

Radiesse is calcium hydroxylapatite, not hyaluronic acid, so it can’t be dissolved. The microspheres provide immediate structural correction while triggering your body’s own collagen production around them. It works in the face and increasingly for body applications, hip dip correction, buttock refinement with hyperdilute technique, hand rejuvenation.

Hyperdilute Radiesse is standard Radiesse significantly diluted with saline and lidocaine before injection. This formulation disperses broadly across a treatment area, delivering collagen stimulation and skin quality improvement without discrete volumization. It is used extensively for body applications, including the buttocks, hip dips, abdomen, and décolletage, and for skin laxity improvement across larger surface areas on the face and neck.

No. Radiesse is calcium hydroxylapatite, there is no equivalent of hyaluronidase for CaHA. It cannot be dissolved. The body absorbs it on its own timeline. This makes provider selection and dose decisions especially important.

Structural Radiesse typically lasts twelve to eighteen months for immediate volume correction. Collagen stimulation can extend improvement to two years or more.

Yes, when used in a hyperdilute form, Radiesse becomes a powerful biostimulator for the body. At high dilution it no longer adds volume but instead triggers diffuse collagen production across a broad area. This makes it effective for skin laxity and crepiness on the neck, chest, hands, and body. The result is gradual firmness and skin quality improvement over several months.

Standard Radiesse is injected at full concentration to provide structural volume, it fills and lifts. Hyperdilute Radiesse is the same calcium hydroxylapatite product mixed with saline and lidocaine at a much lower concentration, then spread broadly across the skin. At this dilution it does not add volume, it acts as a biostimulator, triggering your body’s collagen production across the treated area. Used on the neck, chest, hands, and body for skin tightening without volumizing.

Volume correction is visible immediately after treatment. Initial swelling resolves over one to two days, after which the final placement is apparent. Collagen stimulation builds over the following months, adding to the structural result.

Yes. Once settled, typically within a week or two, Radiesse® integrates into the tissue and moves with the face naturally. In the hands, it restores the fullness that makes tendons and veins less prominent, without a look or feel that reads as treated.

Yes, and it is one of the most effective treatments available for hand rejuvenation. Volume loss in the hands is real and common, and Radiesse® restores the soft fullness that makes the hands look rested and proportionate. The treatment is quick and the results are immediate.

Radiesse® is not recommended during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or for those with a history of severe allergic reactions or bleeding disorders. Your injector will review your full history at consultation to confirm this is the right approach for you.