I Had Major Swelling After a Sculptra Treatment. Is This Normal?

Some swelling is normal after a Sculptra treatment, although it is usually not too much. However, any patient can respond to multiple injections in a different way. Having the injections performed is a type of trauma to the face, and it will respond with swelling. Sometimes that swelling can take a day or two to form and it can be worsened by sleeping in the horizontal position. Swelling usually then travels downward like you described and should certainly go down in... more

It does sound as if your swelling was out of the ordinary. It will resolve. Your physician is doing the right thing. I would not use Sculptra again without performing a skin test in the doctors office. He or she can inject the mixed Sculptra into an inconspicuous place as well as whatever he or she uses to mix the Sculptra injected separately to determine what component you may have reacted to.