I just had a consult today for facial filler and the doctor was discussing
Restylane and
Radiesse with me (
Restylane was 650 for 1 cc and
Radiesse was going to be 1600 for 2 cc). I brought up the topic of artefill and he flipped out and said he\'d \"never use that - it\'s out of the question.\" I asked why and he said \"It\'s very dangerous - the reactions aren\'t known. You could react today or 10 years from now and I am not interested in doing that to my patients.\" Ok - well...
Radiesse hasn\'t been around that much longer than artefill...I thought (but I didn\'t say). What is with the vitriol? I didn\'t want to argue with him over it (and I\'m not trying to get it in my face - I was just trying to see what a reputable plastic surgeon in the USA in a major city would say - and there you have it). Also, I said I mentioned it because if he wanted to augment my cheek area - it made sense to use a bone-like substance rather than
Restylane which is more liquid and would look like a blob. PMMA is bone paste in its pure form...so why not even consider it? He said he can make
Radiesse look like bone, and don\'t bring up Artefill again - or see another doctor if I want to \"take a risk like that\"...end of discussion.
This is a well respected doc with a big practice and many happy patients / good reviews. He wasn\'t even subtle or mildly discouraging. He was just like - you\'re insane - get out of here if you want that. You\'d think I asked for home depot silicone.
This board has been the first and only glimmer of home I\'ve seen in 3+ years of peyronie\'s disease ruining my penis. To be honest, this is an emotional topic after what I\'ve dealt with.... and then plastic surgeons say this shit to me - I just get so pissed because it\'s totally crushing the possibility without even really explaining anything. At least with one of the posters here, I could read/discuss his bad PMMA experience in great detail and understand it. So, then I leave w/ this nagging feeling - what does he know that I don\'t know? Why am I reading a totally different story on this board?
I\'m seeing a urologist in a few weeks so I\'ll get that opinion too... though I can predict it already.