For a youthful, firmer you, ask for Sculptra®
Sculptra activates the skin by revitalising collagen production. With Sculptra, you can renew skin youthfullness and improve skin firmness as well as correcting wrinkles and folds.
Why Sculptra?
Sculptra activates the skin’s ability to produce collagen, helping restore the skins structure and renewing its natural firmness. Collagen is a fibrous protein in the deeper layers of your skin and is key in making your skin look young and healthy. As you age, your body’s collagen production decreases. The loss of collagen will in time lead to saggy, loose skin and the formation of facial wrinkles and folds.
Sculptra is the original collagen stimulator that will help renew our skin in a gradual and long-lasting way by stimulating collagen production.
Treatment areas
Sculptra brings volume and firmness to areas of your face that have become loose and saggy. Examples include smile lines (also called nasolabial folds), laugh lines (or marionette lines) and chin wrinkles. The treatment helps gradually replace lost collagen and results may last for more than two years. Sculptra can reinvigorate your skin and bring back your youthful appearance.
80% of users were still satisfied with their Sculptra collagen activator treatment 25 months after their last injection, according to a clinical study.
Treatment areas
Sculptra brings volume and firmness to areas of your face that have become loose and saggy. Examples include smile lines (also called nasolabial folds), laugh lines (or marionette lines) and chin wrinkles. The treatment helps gradually replace lost collagen and results may last for more than two years. Sculptra can reinvigorate your skin and bring back your youthful appearance.
80% of users were still satisfied with their Sculptra collagen activator treatment 25 months after their last injection, according to a clinical study.
Your Sculptra treatment
Sculptra is injected in the deep layers of your skin to stimulate its own collagen production. You will gradually notice visible improvements of skin firmness and fullness, and results can last for more than two years. On average, three treatment sessions are needed over a few months.
Immediately after each treatment session, you may experience some swelling that will temporarily reduce wrinkles and folds. Thereafter, the gradual process of collagen replacement starts. Sculptra works subtly, improving facial areas gradually to give you a youthful and natural-looking result that lasts.
How it works
The active ingredient in Sculptra is poly-L-Lactic acid, PLLA. PLLA is a biodegradable substance that has been used for decades in dissolvable stitches for wound management. When PLLA is injected into the deeper layers of your skin, it helps stimulate your skin’s own natural collagen production. This can improve your skin’s inner structure and help you regain skin volume that has been lost to ageing.
80%
rated Sculptra as good to excellent 25 months after last treatment
89%
of patients showing long-lasting improvements
1999
Proven aesthetic results since
Before & After
- Dermal fillers: under eyes, cheeks, smile lines and lips
- Individual results may vary
- Actual Restylane Patient
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- Actual results may vary
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, smile lines and jawline
- Individual results may vary
- Actual Restylane Patient
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- Actual results may vary
- Dermal fillers: cheekbones, nose, cheeks and smile lines
- Individual results may vary
- Actual Restylane Patient
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- Actual results may vary
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, smile lines and lips
- Skin hydration boosters: cheeks
- Individual results may vary
- Actual Patient
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- Actual results may vary
- Skin hydration boosters: forehead, cheeks, smile lines and lines around the mouth
- Individual results may vary
- Actual Patient
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- Actual results may vary
- Collagen stimulator: cheeks, smile lines and chin.
- Actual Sculptra Patient
- Images for illustrative purposes
- Actual results may vary
- Collagen stimulator: cheeks, smile lines and chin.
- Actual Sculptra Patient
- Images for illustrative purposes
- Actual results may vary
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, smile lines, lips and chin
- Individual results may vary
- Actual Restylane Patient
- Images for illustrative purposes
- Actual results may vary
Safety information
The anticipated injection related reactions include transient bleeding from the needle stick, pain, localised redness, bruising, haematoma, or oedema, which generally resolve within 2–6 days. Please speak to your practitioner to be fully informed about your aesthetic treatment
Frequently asked questions
Will the treatment be painful?
As with any injection, some pain at the treatment site is possible, but your healthcare practitioner may use a topical anaesthetic to ease any discomfort.
How soon will I see results?
Sculptra is designed to give you noticeable results that emerge gradually with increased collagen production. Don’t be disappointed if you don’t see immediate results. A few days after treatment, you may look as you did before treatment. This is normal and temporary. The Sculptra regimen delivers its full effects with an average of three treatment sessions over the course of a few months. Because results happen gradually, you will see subtle, yet noticeable, results in the reduction of facial wrinkles and folds by comparing images before treatment and a couple months following treatment.
What should I apply or avoid after treatment?
In the days following your treatment, keep a few things in mind for swift healing and optimum results:
Cold pack: A cold pack or ice pack will help reduce any common swelling. Within the first 24 hours of treatment, apply a cloth-wrapped cold pack to the treated area for a few minutes at a time. Never apply ice directly to the skin.
Facial massage: massage the treated area for five minutes five times a day for five days after treatment, as recommended by your healthcare practitioner.
Avoid sunlight: After treatment, excessive sunlight and UV lamp exposure should be avoided until any initial swelling and redness go away. Your healthcare practitioner will provide guidelines on sunscreen protection and how to avoid excessive sunlight.
How soon after treatment can I wear makeup?
Be sure to consult your healthcare practitioner after treatment.
Is Sculptra safe? What are the side effects?
Every treatment carries risk, therefore it is always vital to be well-informed about your treatment.
Sculptra was CE approved for aesthetic use in the European market in 1999 and is FDA approved in the United States. Sculptra is made of a synthetic material called poly-L-lactic acid that is absorbed naturally by the body and has been used for years in dissolvable stitches.
Common side effects reported include pain at the treatment area, redness, bruising, tenderness, itching and lumps, bleeding or swelling. Small bumps under the skin can sometimes be noticeable when pressing on the treated area. Larger lumps, with or without inflammation, have also been reported. Common side effects usually resolve spontaneously within 2 to 7 days. If you are experiencing side effects, talk to your healthcare practitioner.
Who should not have a treatment with Sculptra?
Sculptra is indicated for use in people with healthy immune systems as a single regimen for the correction of shallow to deep nasolabial folds and other facial wrinkles by stimulating collagen production. You should not receive treatment if you have an active skin infection or skin inflammation near the planned injection site.
Sculptra should not be used by people who are allergic to any ingredient of the product or have a history of keloid formation or hypertrophic scarring. Safety has not been established in patients who are pregnant, lactating, breastfeeding or under 18 years of age.
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Refine
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