Emmanouella

Yes, I have a few lumps inside my mouth/cheek, but it's no problem as they're not visible and not painful or bothersome at all so I don't even think about it.

As it was the first time I had sculptra I worried when they formed, about 4 months after my first vial (3 months after 2nd and 2 months after 3rd). One of the lumps was large and still remains (it's been 6 months now).

However, now I don't worry at all. Lots of people use sculptra - that's how the celebs look so great and yes, no doubt they have had lumps in their mouths from time to time.
The ones that formed on my right cheek 3 months ago have gone right down and are barely noticeable. Some people might have them and not even notice. The larger one insdie my left cheek/mouth has also gone down. It wouldn't bother me whether it went down or not as I don't think about it. I feel really fit and healthy and I look fit and healthy.

The lumps were at their biggest about 5 months after my 1st vial, 4 months after the 2nd vial and 3 months after the 3rd vail.

It is probably just that a lot was injected in one area of my mid face as I really needed it there; my skin was crepy there and not it's not, so it is really worth it! Much better skin on the outside is an excellent result. A few barely noticable lumps inside my mouth is nothing in comparison to the gain.

I had 3 vails of sculptra, 1 vail with 4 weeks in between. Injections were mainly in mid face, some injections were along orbital rim (but not above it!!!) near eyes.

I have no lumps that are visible or that can be felt from the outside of my face. They can only be felt if you go right inside my mouth and feel from inside the mouth. In fact, now the ones of my right side have practically gone so you can hardly feel them now.

I think the lumps will be gone within 12 months which is what my doctor said, which I didn't trust fully at first as I was new to sculptra. My doctor has a solid track record of being right so I take his word for it now. He's been using sculptra for years on himself and patients so he has a lot of experience. Either way I'm not bothered by them and actually at the rate the lumps are going down I think they'll be gone in a couple of months.

Some people who are new to Sculptra freak out about harmless collagen lumps and then write panicky reviews, then realise it was nothing to worry about really, but often these reviews can't be taken down and they don't bother to update. Hence that is why I think we still get reviews about lumps even though doctors have better injection techniques that minimise them now.

Other people who have legitimate concerns about lumps, such as those showing up in the eye area do have cause for concern as they will be visible. However, from what I've read, sculptra shouldn't be injected in the eye area unless by very experienced doctors and only along or below the orbital rim.

Some people do all sorts of things in life such as smoking which is really bad for the health. I never smoke, I never drink alcohol, I don't eat junk food, I eat well and get lots of exercise and I have no problems with having sculptra injected into my face as I don't think it could be as danagerous as smoking, drinking or eating junk food, which we all know makes people ill. People have been using sculptra for years and I haven't heard of it making them ill, except some who get ill with worry, especially after reading old reviews about lumps and some who get depressed because their doctor injected too much which distored their face shape (which is avoidable if you go to a good doctor and stick with them for years and years because they know where they injected before and which places to avoid to prevent over correction).

Just to update. Those palpitations I had are completely gone and I am really fit and healthy and I look really fit and healthy :)

The palps lasted about 2-3 weeks and were really bad for about a week or so (even went to A&E but all was fine). Maybe it was sculptra as I felt senstations in my face during this time that the sculptra was growing in my face. Maybe it was my heart responding to the inflamation in my face - who knows.

I usually feel rough with a headache for a few days after botox (I only have glabella and crows feet done, not forehead) and sometimes I have a very mild cold.

So I know never to have botox just before an important event, a week before is ok, although bruising might last a bit more than a week so 2 weeks is ideal to be extra safe.

I can't think of anything else that would cause these palpitations. I see what happens when I have my next lot of botox. I know I'll get the headache a few days after for sure though. This is the only time I ever have a headache so I'm certain it's the botox. It wears off though so it's definately worth doing.

Had serously bad palpitations for a few weeks after botox. Not sure if it was caused by a virus (very mild sniffles for a few days) or the botox or my body reacting to the sculptra inflammation in my face after 5 months after those injections. It's hard to know the source but the palpitations were seriously bad and I'm so glad they stopped and I'm ok now as I too went to A&E about it as I was struggling to talk from being so out of breath with them.