“Sucks”
Sculptra: NOT worth it
Pain: Mild
This stuff is bad news. I went in for Meso for the bags under my eyes, which I have been doing for years and has worked very well for me. The doctor didn't want to do meso, he wanted to plump up my face instead of continuing to deflate my bags.
Against my better judgement I was talked in to it and now I have little bumps under my eyes. You can't see them but I can feel them, and I am a model so i'm sure the people who do my makeup can feel them and that is embarrassing.
What makes me made though is the dr told me that it my body would dissolve it in a couple of years, but I am now reading on several websites that the bumps are actually scar tissue and are permanent.
I went to a different doctor because it made the bags under my eyes look worse and his eyes almost jumped out of his head when I told him I'd had sculptra. He said it's trash and he refuses to use it on anyone. Now I am considering paying 5K for fat transfer to fix this mess.
I am writing this because I know it's easy for all of us to get swept up in the promises of the new great thing, but this is not a good bet. I hope you will learn from my experience and use a product that has a better reputation.
Sep 21, 2007Comments and replies (7)
14 posts
17 Feb 2008
It is trash but unfortunately is still on the market!
1 post
29 Sep 2008
I have had Sculptra injections in my cheeks and under my eyes for two years now. I do maintenance injections as needed and I am extremely satisfied with the results... it is AMAZING, worked perfectly, beyond my expectations. However, I did have one session of injections under my eyes done by an intern of the regular doctor, and now I have a node, which is both visible and uncomfortable, under my left eye from that session, which has been there for 2 years and is now finally shrinking. Besides that, I love this product and will use it again as I feel the need to maintain. I am convinced that It is ALL about the doctor who is injecting the real product, their knowledge of and talent in doing so is everything! Ask your docitr to see actual results of hie or her patients, not pictures, and talk to the patients yourself before getting it done, but please don't disregard the product, make suer you have a A-plus doctor applying it!
91 posts
6 Jan 2009
Can anyone recommend a good plastic surgeon in the NY area for removal? Much appreciated.
91 posts
6 Feb 2009
By the way ladies, forget the 'removal' if you have inflammation under the skin, every top surgeons I have been to will not go near creating more problems. Three now have tried to help other injector md's patients, they will not do it again. It is about what has been implanted under your skin, that is the real problem, well aside from disfiguring.