Sculptra: Stories
Write a ReviewLumps then More Lumps, Swelling, Pain and Inflammation - Alabama
- Sarah Anniston
- posted 9 months ago
- Not Worth It
- Alabama, AL
I got Sculptra Nov 2011, I had immediate lumps,...
- 12 Aug 2012
I got Sculptra Nov 2011, I had immediate lumps, that I was told would go down, then I got a parotid gland infection one month later. No lumps went down, but swelling did. I now have many lumps coming up and they are tender and you can see them in certain light, but most people dont see them. THe biggest problem is that I have since then had RA flare ups ( I was diagnoses in Nov 2011 right before injections) and have disfigured ankles, writs and little finger. I need to see doctor for next step in RA treatment. I have been getting saline injections, been put on anti inflamatories ( taking mobic for RA anyway), antibiotics and antihistamines.. and was told lumps could take at least a year to see improvement. I don't think that the saline is working at all and I do not like to take meds. I think that I probably need to take steroids to reduce immune reaction. I was solicited by my dermatologist for the injections and I was told that RA would not be a problem. I was not told that i could get lumps because of immune response. Doc still does not think it is an immune reaction. she calls them collagen lumps.
This drug is for immune compromised people, not people with an immune response that is overactive. One should do a small test to see what happens and then come back in 6 months.
I was refunded my money.
It has been over 4 years and I have lumps that are still growing. I have had numerous surgeries and now have systemic disease. I am told that because of a chronic foreign body immune response with inflammation, I have to live with this immune system dysregulation and all that goes with that. Sculptra is disease in a syringe How come this is allowed to continue. Where is the medical ethics? Why were we never told about this well known complication? I am so sick and disfigured I can not function. You got your money back but they can not give you your health back. Such a crime of assault.
I think your advice for people to do a small test spot is good. You are right, better to see what goes on with a little spot.
I'm sorry to hear all that you are going through. Please keep us posted with what goes on with the lumps, and how you are doing overall.
re: Sculptra - a "Doctor" - some plastic surgeon or dermatologist cannot do a test spot on an area of your body for these injectiable 'implants'injected under your facial skin, Sculptra. It is great idea, but not appliciable.
In all sincerity and please give Tom this message and the people employed by Reaself, my true Admiration for standing up and having the likes of a Sanofi Aventis (Dermik) cringe when they hear the words 'Real Self'. RealSelf is doing the job the FDA was set up to do
and is so corrupted.
If RealSelf was in gear five years ago, the way it is now and so easy to access, I would not have lost my Health (I have developed all these awful autoimmine diseases), survive with chronic facial nerve pain, blurred vision, granulomas, infections. I was what is considered to be by standards (and I take no credit for this just lucky genetic pool) very attractive, I am so horrifically disfigured I don't even want to see family and friends and know they feel pitty for me and do not know how to react / what to even say.
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Hi Pretty Sculptra granulomas are thought to be an autoimmune response try oxygen chamber therapy similar to that used for MS sufferers. It has resolved the lumps for a patient of mine. Do not have Sculptra if you are pregnant or intend to concieve or have any auto immune condition.