RADIESSE® 

 RADIESSE® | ARTAVI MED SPA — HOUSTON HEIGHTS

Radiesse in Houston: Definition Now, Collagen for the Future

Radiesse is a unique injectable treatment that provides immediate contour and support while stimulating your body’s natural production of collagen and elastin over time. At Artavi Med Spa in Houston, each Radiesse treatment is customized to strengthen facial structure, improve skin quality, and create natural-looking results that still look like you.

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IMMEDIATE SUPPORT + BIOSTIMULATION

What Is Radiesse?

Radiesse is an FDA-approved injectable made with calcium hydroxylapatite (CaHA) microspheres suspended in a smooth gel. The gel provides visible correction and structural support immediately after treatment. As the gel is gradually absorbed, the CaHA microspheres act as a scaffold that encourages your body to produce collagen and elastin—two essential proteins that help skin look firmer, smoother, and more resilient.

Depending on your goals, Radiesse can be used in its original formulation for contour and volume or diluted as a regenerative treatment to improve skin quality across a broader area.

MORE THAN A TRADITIONAL FILLER

Why Choose Radiesse?

Radiesse is ideal for patients who want visible improvement now along with progressive skin rejuvenation. Its firm, supportive properties make it especially useful when the goal is to restore definition rather than simply add softness or fullness.

Radiesse may help:

  • Improve moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds

  • Restore definition to the jawline and lower face

  • Support facial contours affected by age-related volume loss

  • Rejuvenate volume loss in the backs of the hands

  • Improve the appearance of décolleté wrinkles when appropriately diluted

  • Stimulate collagen and elastin for firmer, more resilient-looking skin

  • Create natural-looking results without surgery

CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR ANATOMY

Common Radiesse Treatment Areas

Every Radiesse plan begins with an assessment of your anatomy, skin quality, facial movement, and aesthetic goals. Depending on candidacy, treatment areas may include:

Jawline and Lower Face

Radiesse (+) can create stronger definition and improve the appearance of age-related jawline contour loss while preserving a natural result.

Facial Wrinkles and Folds

Radiesse can restore support and soften moderate to severe wrinkles and folds, including nasolabial folds.

Hands

Radiesse can restore volume to the backs of the hands, helping reduce the visible prominence of tendons and veins.

Décolleté

Radiesse diluted 1:2 with saline is FDA approved to improve décolleté wrinkles in adults age 22 and older.

Skin-Quality Treatments

In selected patients, diluted or hyperdilute Radiesse may be used as a biostimulatory treatment to improve the appearance of thin, crepey, or lax skin. Some treatment areas and dilution techniques may be off-label. Recommendations are individualized during consultation.

WHAT SETS IT APART?

All three can play an important role in facial rejuvenation, but they are not interchangeable.

Treatment

Best known for

When results appear

Can it be dissolved?

Radiesse

Immediate structure plus collagen and elastin stimulation

Immediate contour, with progressive skin-quality benefits

No

Hyaluronic acid filler

Precise shaping, soft volume, hydration, and facial balancing

Immediate

Yes, with hyaluronidase

Sculptra

Gradual, diffuse collagen stimulation and restoration of age-related volume loss

Gradually over several weeks to months

No

Radiesse vs. Hyaluronic Acid Filler vs. Sculptra

ARTAVI MED SPA

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You can schedule your appointment online or contact us with questions.

We offer full consultations with our physician, nurse practitioner, or medical aesthetician if you are unsure which services or treatment plan is right for you. A complimentary mini consultation is always done prior to any treatment in order to ensure your results are aligned with your expectations.

Please also note our cancellation policy below.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Artavi FAQ

  • Artavi Med Spa is located at 714 Yale Street, Suite 2K, Houston, TX 77007 in the Heights Mercantile shopping center.

  • We are open Monday through Friday from 9am to 6pm and some Saturdays by appointment only.

  • We offer a wide range of services to meet your aesthetic and wellness needs. Here’s what we currently provide:

    • Injectables:

      • Botox

      • Dermal fillers (Juvederm, Restylane, RHA, Versa)

      • Sculptra

    • Hormone Therapy & Women's Health:

      • Hormone therapy

      • Perimenopause and menopausal care

    • Laser Treatments:

      • Laser Skin Rejuvenation with Laser Genesis

      • IPL Photofacials

      • Laser Hair Removal

    • Microneedling & Skin Treatments:

      • Radiofrequency Microneedling with Secret RF

      • PRP Microneedling

      • PRF under-eye treatment

      • PRF Hair Restoration

    • Facial & Skin Care:

      • Chemical peels (including VI Peel)

      • Diamond Glow

      • Dermaplaning

    • Body Contouring:

      • TruSculpt iD

  • Each of our services are personalized to you as we understand that no two people are alike. We offer full, in-depth consultations with our board certified physician or nurse practitioner in order to help decide the best treatment plan for you and to ensure your results are aligned with your expectations. We also offer complimentary consultations with our medical aesthetician using the Skinceuticals skinscope. You will fill out an assessment form and then a skin analysis will be done to determine the treatment program best suited for your needs.

  • Yes we do! No skin care service is complete without the continued use of excellent skin care products. We carry Skinceuticals, EltaMD, and SkinMedica. We take pride in these products as Dr. Desai has personally tried and tested each product and they are only sold through a skin care physician’s office.

    We have skincare regimen boxes that have been  carefully curated by Dr. Desai and contain everything you need for exceptional, medical grade skincare.

  • We recommend you first book a consultation during which time we will analyze your skin and listen to what areas bother you. After this, the physician or provider will provide a recommendation on which treatments will help you achieve what you are looking for and best suit your skin type while being mindful of your budget.

  • Unfortunately, none of these cosmetic medical services are covered by insurance.

  • Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment time to allow time for any prep and paperwork to be done beforehand. If you are coming in for any treatments or consultation for facial services, please arrive without makeup if possible. We also offer virtual consultations and are asking patients to fill their forms out via our patient portal prior to coming in.

    If you are receiving an injectable treatment and are on blood thinners including aspirin, plavix, warfarin, advil, motrin, vitamin E, gingko biloba, or St. John’s Wort, please consult your physician or call our office for a review of your medications and advice on if you should discontinue these temporarily prior to your procedure.

    Avoid alcoholic beverages at least 24 hours prior to an injectable or microneedling treatment.

  • Downtime varies depending on the treatment you choose. We recommend you call our office for details, and our team will be happy to provide personalized information based on your selected service.

  • At Artavi Med Spa, the safety and well-being of our patients are our top priority. Due to the limited research on the effects of Botox on breastfeeding mothers and their infants, we have made the decision not to offer Botox treatments to patients who are currently breastfeeding. We recommend waiting until after you have finished breastfeeding to schedule your Botox treatment.

  • The injectables are done by either our board certified physician, Dr. Tarina Desai or our trained nurse practitioner. Dr. Desai is an expert in her field and has received her certifications in the art and science of botulinum toxin cosmetic use injections, the art of dermal filler injections, sclerotherapy, emerging therapies in regenerative aesthetic medicine, laser and IPL training, and the science of skin rejuvenation with chemical peeling, medical microdermabrasion, and prp microneedling. She has trained under expert injectors who have been in the field for over 20 years, including Family Practice physicians, Plastic Surgeons, Dermatologists, and Neurosurgery physicians all over the world and the US, including Paris, Florida, New York City, Las Vegas, and California.

     

    Heather Taylor, NP, has 12 years of experience in women's health, pediatrics, and neonatal ICU, along with 2 years in plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine. She specializes in injectables, laser therapy, cellulite treatments, and skincare regimens, focusing on safe, natural results.

     

    The aesthetician services are done by our licensed medical aesthetician who has undergone further specialized training by Dr. Desai and our product representatives.

  • We allow 30 minutes to two hours for each treatment, depending on the service, to give our patients a relaxed environment and to avoid having our patients wait to be seen. You can see your procedures allotted time in our online booking platform.