Radiesse: Why It Can Be a Game Changer for Giving You a More Youthful Appearance

If you long for the plump, dewy skin you had in your youth, you can have it again! It may sound impossible once you hit a certain age and your skin has been exposed to significant stressors, from sun exposure and air pollution to questionable nutritional choices and late nights due to stress. However, shaving years off your appearance can be a reality.

It’s a fact: The older you get, the less your skin can bounce back. A major reason for this is that you produce less collagen, the all-important protein in your body that strengthens the structure of your connective tissue, bones, and skin. Collagen comprises nearly a third of your body’s protein. 

If you’re dismayed by lines and wrinkles, sagging, and a hollow look to your skin, Dr. Sharon Gertzman offers an innovative, noninvasive treatment that restores its vitality and beauty. As always, Dr. Gertzman only embraces the safest, most advanced treatments and provides a wide range of anti-aging options to meet your unique needs at Serenity Medical Spa. 

How your skin changes over time

We noted that many things impact your skin, including exposure to the elements and your body’s ability to produce collagen. The combination of these factors leads to:

• Drooping skin that lacks elasticity
• Fine lines 
• Deep wrinkles and folds
• A hollow look in the mid-face

All of these skin issues age you and damage your self-confidence. It’s no wonder that so many seek to revive their looks, but is there a safe, comfortable, and effective treatment option?

A dermal filler you can count on

We offer Radiesse®, an FDA-approved dermal filler ideal for exactly the problems we described. Its ability to restore the structural integrity of your skin is impressive because Radiesse works with your body to stimulate the production of more collagen.

Radiesse comprises minute calcium-based microspheres that float in a water-based gel. These substances are so natural and similar to minerals already existing in your system that your body doesn’t consider them different or foreign.  Adverse reactions are rare, and allergy testing is unnecessary.

Eventually, your body absorbs the microspheres and gel, so all that’s left is that pivotal collagen. 

Patients are delighted with Radiesse’s treatment results and appreciate that the process is easy, comfortable, and brief, usually only about 15 minutes. Even better, there’s no downtime required after treatment, so you can go back to work, school, taking care of your kids, or whatever your busy schedule requires.

Radiesse addresses many challenges

Radiesse treatment can help fill out sunken areas, particularly below the cheekbone area, the smile lines that start at your nostrils and extend down to the corners of your mouth, and those bothersome “marionette lines,” which start at the corners of your mouth and go downward. 

Treatment can also soften vertical lines that develop on your chin, any drooping at the corners of your mouth, and jowl droop on either side of your chin, thanks to facial volume loss, a natural part of aging. 

Another plus from Radiesse treatment that may surprise you? Treatment can even help restore volume on the backs of your hands — an area that can really betray your age.

What should I expect with Radiesse treatment?

No matter what treatment you receive at Serenity Medical Spa, we aim to make you comfortable, explain the procedure fully, and answer all your questions. We know that then, you can feel free to relax and leave the rest to us.

When you come to us for treatment with Radiesse, you receive a quick injection of it — along with a bit of the anesthetic lidocaine so you don’t have pain — and it goes to work plumping and evening out your skin’s surface while messaging your body to continue producing collagen.

This allows your skin to remain supported for months to come. You can see and feel the results from Radiesse treatment begin immediately, and they typically last anywhere from nine months to a year, and sometimes even beyond that!

After your treatment, you may notice mild bruising, redness, tenderness, or slight swelling, which usually resolves in a short time.

Patients prize Radiesse treatment for many reasons, but the main one is that it revitalizes your look in the most radiant, natural way possible. In other words, you still look like you, but better!

Call our Pennington office at 609-891-3188 to make an appointment with Dr. Gertzman. You can also book one online. Learn more about the many benefits of Radiesse treatment and its versatility.