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• Posted to 4 months post op revision ... on 15 Sep 2011

  I work for a plastic surgeon and the garments he recommends for patients following a tummy tuck are made by the Marena company. They are pretty expensive, I believe the girdle just for the abdomominal area is around $115.00 and the one that goes higher up toward the chest and down onto the thighs is around $160.00.

• Posted to Very Painful and Bruised for a Month - La Jolla, CA on 11 Apr 2011

  The problems arise for different reasons. Excessive bruising is often because patients have not listened to the instructions regarding avoiding Aspirin based products or NSAID's, which often increase bruising risks. Other problems, such as the bumps around the eyes could be poor injecting technique or using the product too close to the eye. Most complaints people have about Sculptra are about 50/50 doctor/patient problem

• Posted to Stay Away from Sculptra, It Has Ruined my Eyes on 29 Mar 2011

  How much of your result can be accounted for by an incompetent physician who injected Sculptra into the wrong area? From my research it shouldn't be injected that close to the orbital bone because there is very little tissue coverage for it to sit in and stimulate the collagen production. I understand that there can always be bad batches with medication, but usually with bad technique accounts for the majority of bad results.

• Posted to Young at Heart and Now on Face - Boca Raton on 29 Mar 2011

  Couldn't agree more. It is definitely the person holding the needle rather than the product. Many of the stories on here knock Sculptra because the patients had a bad experience due to the doctors mis-informing them, not explaining and injecting the wrong areas. People need to find doctors who have a lot of Sculptra patients. On the Sculptra website you can search for doctors and it highlights the higher volume injectors. Make your decision that way and ask questions at the consultation.

• Posted to Sculptra Redness on 29 Mar 2011

  Looks like your doctor injected too close to the eyes/orbital bone. It states in all the documentation that the chance of the nodules occuring increases around the eyes and directly in the lips.