Table 3. Patient satisfaction responses at 12 months posttreatment with calcium hydroxylapatite for human immunodeficiency virus–associated facial lipoatrophy (N=100*) [22]

 

Question

Yes (%)

No (%)

Would you recommend calcium hydroxylapatite treatment?

97 (99.0)

1 (1.0)

Has the calcium hydroxylapatite treatment been beneficial to you?

98 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

Do you feel more attractive since receiving calcium hydroxylapatite treatment?

97 (99.0)

1 (1.0)

Is your emotional well-being better since receiving calcium hydroxylapatite?

95 (96.9)

3 (3.1)

Do you have more confidence in your appearance since receiving calcium hydroxylapatite?

97 (99.0)

1 (1.0)

*Two patients did not return for the 12-month follow-up visit.

Adapted with permission from Silvers SL et al, Prospective, open-label, 18-month trial of calcium hydroxylapatite (Radiesse) for facial soft-tissue augmentation in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated lipoatrophy: one-year durability, Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006; 118:34S-45S [22].