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Am I A Candidate For Sculptra at Young Age? I Have A Naturally Skinny Face I'd Like To Plump.
asked 7 months ago by Jenny_fung in Hong Kong
Latest answer by Christina Steil, MD
Question viewed 283 times
Tags: age 25-34, candidate, hollow, plump
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.
7 answers to Am I A Candidate For Sculptra at Young Age? I Have A Naturally Skinny Face I'd Like To Plump.
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Sculptra for Any Age - Volume is Volume whether it's fat or collagen
The truly wonderful thing about Sculptra is that it does not discriminate as to age, reason for volume deficiency or skin type or color.
As to fat deficiency that is genetic, the volume replacement impact with Sculptra will give you similar results that you'd get from fat transfers. The entire premise of Sculptra from the beginning has been to restore volume lost as a result of what we call lipoatrophy (fat loss).
The initial FDA approval was for treating...
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Skinny face and Sculptra
First, discuss your facial appearance with trusted friends and family. Make sure that others see the need for a "chubbier face."
Then, if you still intend to pursue a treatment:
I would consider either Sculptra injections or fat injections, depending on the amount of volume that you need. In fact, the two treatments may be complimentary over the long-term. Keeping our face volumized is a maintenance issue, because as you age, you will then...
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Scultptra Excels at Facial Balancing
Sculptra indeed builds brand new collagen in the areas of injection. This is very beneficial in younger people who show the earliest signs of aging, or were just born with some imbalance in their facial proportions (very common).
Sculptra has several distinct advantages over fat grafting:
Sculptra volume does does vary when your body fat fluctuates
Sculptra can be more precise than fat injections
Sculptra does not have the down time associated with...
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Sculptra injections at age 25
Sculptura is a facial volumizer so if you need to add some volume to your face, it is certainly worth considering. It works by stimulating your body to produce collagen. Younger patients usually respond more vigorously so you may not require more than one or two series of treatments to achieve your results. The results usually last for approximately two years. The full results are apparent three months after the last treatment.
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Sculptra in a younger patient
Youth is on your side as Sculptra has been shown to be more effective stimulating collagen in younger individuals than in older patients. Sculptra treatment causes an increase in volume that is extremely gradual, starting 3 months after the injection and achieving a maximum at approximately 5 to 6 months post injection. Sculptra is gradually degraded into water and carbon dioxide over approximately 9 to 24 months. Newly formed collagen remains and the cosmetic augmentation has been noted to...
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Sculptra helps add volume to the 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,...
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Sculptra works better in younger individuals
In general Sculptra works more effectively in younger individuals, as younger individuals generate more collagen in response to the Sculptra particles. So Sculptra should work well for you. Alternatively you may want to consider lipofilling or fat grafting. Even thin individuals should have more than enough fat to restore a nice natural appearing volume to the face. In our practice we are even able to store additional fat for repeated injections, in our Liquid Gold Lipobank, effectively...
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