Dru11

I have found some references to the duration of PLLA in the body. All indicate that IF the junk is ever fully degraded it is well over 5 years. The followiing is from just one of several available references.
"It is questionable whether
devices made of high-molecular-weight PLLA with a degradation time of more than five years can be regarded as being
bio-absorbable from a clinical point of view. A very long
degradation time is a disadvantage in those clinical situations in which subcutaneous prominence or intra-articular
breakage of an implant may cause problems or discomfort."

from O. M. Böstman,
O. M. Laitinen,
O. Tynninen,
S. T. Salminen,
H. K. Pihlajamäki
From the University
of Helsinki, Helsinki,
Finland

Trish333,
you are fortunate so far. Since sculptra is not a filler but a medical device whose sole mode of action is to stimulate an immune system cascade, a complex scenario that can effect all systems, lumps are just one and the mosthate apparent adverse event. I don't know what your doctorate is in but I defer to my immunologist and ID physicians who reference professional publications that say injecting plastic particles into your body can cause systemic disease and granulomas continue to grorw and appear in response to the offending agent. So long af the offending agent remains the immune system of some individuals will react to it. I have had numerous surgeries and still the product offends my body. Why are you following this thread? To tell us what we are experiencing is the injectors fault. Who cares?

This post rocks! Georgia2123 is speaking the truth! Thank you! Let's hope some people will read it.

Trish333,
you are typical of the stuff we who suffer from sculptra are subjected to. I get your point. I would like to say YES those things are all important and that is why an M.D. board certified specialist was the injector into nearly all of the people who developed this bad response. It is not because we failed to do something exactly right or because we failed to supervise the MD injectors proper placement and technique. It is because some board certified M.D. failed to consider that s/he should warn us hay maybe this will screw up your whole face/life health etc. My point is it is nit is not patients fault. That is the Injector Drs standard response. Blame the patient and I am tired of being blamed whe I had never heard of sculptra and the board certified FACS told me it was "very safe". He wanted to use it so he did.

I know, the truth is nobody, Drs., Sanofi, FDA, general public, cares. I lost a 25good year career, well ended it earlier than planned because of "complications". I am sorry for you. I hope you got a lawyer because you are left with zero other options. It is schleroderma in a syringe. Want some?