Delayed Onset of Nodules? Why Is Information About Sculptra So Variable?

Why am I reading so much different information about Sculptra? I have experienced inflammatory sculptra nodules and if the "natural product" is absorbed in a year then why am I experiencing painful nodules 3 years after injection? when will this product get out of my body? Why do they market it as SAFE when it is a plastic and "nobody knows" how long it will be causing problems in my body. One doctor told me he thought it would be about 5 years another said highly variable.

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Sculptra is not a plastic derived from petroleum products

Sculptra is a biodegradable polymer produced through corn dextrose (sugar) fermentation. Although the term polymer is sometimes taken to refer to plastics, it actually encompasses a large class of compounds comprising both natural and synthetic materials with a wide variety of properties. Bacterial fermentation is used to produce lactic acid from corn starch or cane sugar. Sculptra is gradually degraded into water and carbon dioxide over approximately 9 to 24 months. Newly formed collagen... more