Can you get a facelift if you’ve had Sculptra?

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I’m youngish and not looking to get a facelift for a good 10-20 years, but I have had a round of Sculptra and plan to get many more to keep my face full. I’ve heard if you’ve had Sculptra many surgeons won’t give you a facelift due to strange tissue or scaring or something. Let’s say over the course of the next 10 years I’ve had rounds and rounds of Sculptra, will it be true that I won’t be a candidate for a facelift?

Kimberly Butterwick, MD · Answer

Replacing lost volume and building lift into your face with the dermal filler Sculptra Aesthetic is a great strategy for putting off a facelift for years or forever. Sculptra stimulates your skin to produce more of its own rejuvenating collagen. If you do feel like getting a surgical lift down the road, previous, professionally injected Sculptra should not interfere at all with your results. With Sculptra, the effects last approximately two years, so the Sculptra injected over time should not have a permanent effect on future surgery. Occasionally I see too much Sculptra placed at once or all placed in just one area and the face became too thick and firm. Then it would be hard to lift with surgery. Sculptra injected well by an experienced injector will be smooth and soft. Many of my Sculptra patients have later gone on to surgery with lovely results. As always, please find a board-certified dermatologist to administer Sculptra beautifully and safely.

Brian K. Machida, MD, FACS · Answer

The use of Sculptra should not affect your facelift. Be sure to inform your surgeon if it’s use.

P. Daniel Ward, MD · Answer

thank you for the question. Having a facelift after having sculptra treatments should not lead to any problems.

Michael I. Echavez, MD · Answer

It is possible to have a facelift after having had Sculptra.  Sculptra helps to add volume to the face while a facelift helps to tighten loose or sagging skin of the neck and lower face.

Frederic H. Corbin, MD (license restricted) · Answer

The simple answer is YES sodon’t Worry.  When the time comes go on some consults with experts and become fully informed about the desired procedure Dr Corbin

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