“Caused a Lot of Lumps”

Hi, can anyone help, regarding lumps under the skin, post scultra treatment. is there treatment I can have getting rid of these lumps. I am at a loss, i loved the effect, did everything that was reccomended to combat side effects, to no avial. I am considering microabrassion to lessen the apearence of these bumps. Please help, i am confussed. Louise from Wales

I had sculptra done by my plastic surgeon in Italy. It was my first time with fillers. My original request to my doctor was to have hyaluronic acid done for some little wrinkles on my upper lip and lines around my mouth. My doctor firmly suggested using sculptra instead hyaluronic acid. Whilst I was not very convinced as I had read that semipermanent fillers have their negative side effects my doctor was extremely convincing. He explained differences between hyaluronic and sculptra and how the last is long lasting and it develops with time continuously improving in appearance. And as I was a little paranoid and worried being sculptra a semipermanent filler not dissolvable and very solid. He guaranteed 100% safety and astonishing results already after 4 months. And the more I did it the better. Thanks God I did it only 3 times. Results were ok first 2-3-4- months then lumps started to form. I informed my doctor about the 2 painful big little-bone shaped lumps one on each border of the top lip and two little ball-shaped between lip and nose, and one little in my cheek. He keep saying they will go away keep massaging put a little cortison cream on it for a few days and it'll be fine. I have done all he told me with no results. I went back and I requested a shot of cortison in my cheek but no result either. All I am getting from him it's a cold shoulder and lip service. I know he has no answer for me but does not want to admit and told me he did not want to inject too much cortison into lumps as it destroys the purpose of sculptra. He wishes! Long story short my lumps are very painful at times more swollen and one in particular very visible. Don't get sculptra done!!! Don't make my mistake. By the way my wrinkles are still very visible and improvement may be 10-20% improvement. My big regret is not having trusted myself and being firm when I asked for hyaluronic. Now I regret spending all that money and being in this black tunnel situation. Francesca

I had one injection of sculptra two years ago. I was happy with the results and followed instructions to massage constantly. I returned for a follow up with a complaint of a hard granule inside my cheek that you can feel . I was told it would not grow up to be anything. I also called the company who makes this and they claimed there have not been complaints or information concerning a granule. I believe that they know and this information should be given as a possible side effect. Removal of this is out of the question as I heard you are left with a indentation. Legal research is what I am looking into now against the drug company who make's this.