West Orange Sculptra doctors
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Emily Altman, MD
Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
349 E. Northfield Road Suite LL7, Livingston |
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Janet M. Neigel, MD
West Orange Oculoplastic Surgeon
101 Old Short Hills Rd Ste 204, West Orange |
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Jeffrey Schiller, MD
New York Oculoplastic Surgeon
1550 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island |
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Michael Constantin Gartner, DO
Paramus Plastic Surgeon
3 Winslow Place, Paramus |
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Eric M. Joseph, MD
West Orange Facial Plastic Surgeon
1500 Pleasant Valley Way Suite 206, West Orange |
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Recent Answers
Compared to pain management medication and physical therapy, is Sculptra a recommended alternative?
There is a hyaluronic acid product which is injected into knees for osteoarthritis. I am not aware of any use of Sculptra for that purpose. This is a cosmetic surgery and treatment site and probably not a good place to compare treatments for arthritis.
A PS suggested this could be done to create volume in this area. But Im very thin there. Its just like under my eyes and is skin on bone. I find it hard to believe it wouldnt end up visibly lumpy. Then I watched the Sculptra dvd and it shows before and after pics featuring only the area around the mouth. The dvd even states Sculptra has only been evaluated for nasolabial wrinkles and folds. Is Sculptra effective at creating natural looking volume in the temples?
Sculptra used to cause many more lumps than it does now. Over the last couple of years the dilution instructions for Sculptra have changed to diluting it several days before injection and increasing the volume of dilution. That decreased the risk of lumps.
In addition, another frequent cause of lumps include injecting Sculptra into circular muscles, such as those around the eyes or lips.
Massage after Sculptra is essential to diminish risk of lumps. Firm massage needs to be done immediately after injections in the doctor's office. The patient needs to follow up with massaging for 5 minutes, 5 times a day for 5 days after Sculptra injections.
As far as the temples are concerned, the injection in that area is fairly deep. Adding volume to temples improves the appearance by giving the face a more heart-shaped or inverted egg shape, bringing the facial proportions closer to a youthful look.
I am a 25-year-old skinny girl who would like to have a chubbier face and therefore intend to have Sculptra injected. However, I heard that Sculptra helps to stimlate collegen rebuild instead of fat growth. I am afriad that my hollow face is not attributed to collegen loss and just because my face is born this way since my puberty. I wonder if Sculptra can help those who are genetically skinny to have a plumpy face.
Sculptra is said to be helpful when you want to "gain weight but only in the face," and it's true. Sculptra can be used to add volume to areas of the face that need it in order to change facial contours.
It's true that Sculptra stimulates new collagen deposition in the skin and not fat growth, but unfortunately we have no way of specifically inducing fat growth in a particular part of our body. However, that can be accomplished by autologous fat transfer, where fat cells are taken from another part of the body, like the buttock, and reinjected into the face to add volume.
