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Lumps in Mouth After Sculptra, How Common is This? Is This Ok?

asked 7 months ago by Emmanouella in Madrid
Latest answer by Emily Altman, MD
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Tags: mouth, lumps, normal

Had 3 vials of sculptra. I massaged well. Noticed a painless lump in my mouth after 1st vial which I thought might be a mouth ulcer, but it never became one. Now have a hard prominant 1cm long lump other side of my mouth and a few small less prominant flat lumps on the other side. No pain at all. Doctor tells me this is normal and common and wouldn't look. He tells me not to worry, not to do anything with them like massage or anything. He tells me to ignore them and to forget about them.

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Lumps and nodules after Sculptra

Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA, Sculptra) is an injectable biostimulator that induced collagen deposition in the injected areas. Adverse effects associated with PLLA can be short term or long term and related to either the injection procedure or the device itself. Adverse effects of Sculptra are relatively rare. Injection-related effects include bruising and swelling. One of the most common side effects of PLLA are subcutaneous nodules smaller than 5 mm. Early nodules may... more
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Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

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