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Touch Up After 1.5 Years -Westerville, OH

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  • Cost: $5,200
  • Dr lin (Westerville, OH)

After my last 6 vile sculptra treatment in october...

  • 2 Mar 2013

After my last 6 vile sculptra treatment in october of 2011 i felt now year n half later that i was loosing the great amount of volume i had n 2012. Just yesterday march 1 2013 i had 1 vile for a touch up which i hope will bring back all the volume i had after my sixth treatment. I will post the results n 4 to 5 weeks. But overall sculptra was the best thing i have ever did for myself, it improved my apperance immensely.

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bigwil1 11 Apr 2013
Im currently sitting here at my derms office awaiting 2nd vile of sculptra. This is my yearly touch up treatment that is required to keep from going back to my original low facial volume. If this 2nd vile does not give me back the volume i had after my first 6 injections then i will not do sculptra anymore, its to expensive to be unhappy with the results im getting with this yearly touch up. I hope this second vile does the trick.
bigwil1 11 Apr 2013
All went like usual injections swelling red face and now the 4 week waiting game.
bigwil1 13 Apr 2013
For me the sculptra injections barely hurt. Doc said ur tough! U dont jerk or clinch ur face or nothing! To my surprise the doc said u have a good cheek pad and i can feel ur skin still has a decent amount of collagen. She said Wil i wouldnt do anymore vials for a long while cause if u get anymore ur face is really going to be over filled. I was surpised that she said that to me cause most Docs want ur money, she is a really honest doc that i really like and respect.
bigwil1 5 Apr 2013
I made a appointment to have one more vile of sculptra to add to the other vile maintenance treatment. I thought u only need one vile for yearly maintenance treatment? Or is it some people need more viles for the maintenance treatment ? I do know one thing, if this next vile does not give me continuous volume my cheeks need then im done with sculptra! I cant afford this becuse i read u only need one vile for yearly maintenance to keep from going back to the way u looked before ur initial treatments! So far im so not happy! Right now my face lost all the volume it had earlier today!!! : (
bigwil1 5 Apr 2013
I just now drank a glass of water and now after the volume gone 5 minutes ago the volume just now came back? My cheeks are filled back out again? Does anyone know whats going on???
bigwil1 5 Apr 2013
Ive been having a few beers tonight and now my cheeks have more volume then earlier when i drank the water! I got to find out why im having this strange reaction with fluids i drink and the collagen sculptra created!
bigwil1 11 Apr 2013
I have found that when i drink water continuously throughout the day my facial volume stays high, once i get home from work and stop all the water drinking my facial volume greatly reduces intill i drink more water.
marianna daniel 25 Mar 2013
I guess you mean "phial" rather than vile ;)
bigwil1 25 Mar 2013
Same thing
Megan P (Community Manager) 6 Mar 2013

Thank you so much for adding photos - it is so helpful to see the volume you gained from the Sculptra!

Please keep us posted how much volume comes back after the vial you just had injected. I'll be hoping you see great results! :)

bigwil1 3 Apr 2013
It has now been almost 5 weeks since my vile maintenance treatment of sculptra. My collagen has increased but from time to time the puffyness goes down shortly but then it fills out again. This is caused probably by the fact i need one more maintenance vile since i have such a large face. i notice since having the additional collagen that when i eat hot foods that my face turns red in just the areas where my new collagen has formed! Very strange! Im not talking spicy im talking about food i warm up n microwave. It does it everytime i eat!
Megan P (Community Manager) 3 Apr 2013

Oh my gosh that is strange!! Maybe because its such new tissue its more sensitive to changes?? You will definitely have to let us know if that continues or if it fades away after a while.

bigwil1 5 Apr 2013
Yes it is strange. When i drink water my cheeks fill out even more than when i dont. There are times where my cheeks will be filled out then hour or 2 later there not so filled out. I cant figure it out. When i eat anything my cheeks turn really red. I agree very strange.
bigwil1 12 Apr 2013
At first 3 to 4 weeks later i seen a good bit of the volume come back i was so happy. In my 5 week the volume i had week before deflated somewhat and started doing that strange increase decrease throughout the day stuff. Now 6 weeks later i am mostly back to my original volume i had before this injection 6 weeks ago. Im so disappointed which led me to get another vile yesterday. Post n 6 weeks to hopefully share much better results!
Megan P (Community Manager) 12 Apr 2013

Yes, definitely let us know how this vial goes for you. What did your injector say about the change in volume you were seeing when you were eating & drinking?

bigwil1 12 Apr 2013
She said that she's never heard of such a problem with sculptra like that and hopefully with this next vial i will see continuous volume.

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