Is Sculptra Likely to Cause Lumps if Injected in the Temples?

Sculptra is a volume stimulator. It doesn't occupy space instantly the way a filler does. Sculptra stimulates you to make your own collagen in a gradual process over weeks and months. By doing a series of sessions we can gradually, and very naturally, turn back the clock. I love using it for temple rejuvenation. Dermatologists and other aesthetic physicians have been using Sculptra for softening hollow, sunken faces for nearly a decade and I find it to be an essential part improving the aging face. I love what Sculptra does for my patients, and for myself--I'm a Sculptra patient, too!

The Sculptra DVD doesn't discuss using it for temple areas because of the very specific wording of FDA approval for Sculptra. But, it's important to remember that almost everything we use in medicine is used in an off-label way. Botox is only FDA-approved for frown lines between the eyebrows, yet it's used just as frequently to treat the crow's feet and forehead lines in an off-label use.

As we age, a fat pad in the temples shrinks and makes them depressed.  To fill this area, Sculptra is injected deeply in the temples, along the bone in a series of about 3 sessions.  By injecting at this level, the risk of nodules is very low, and the product spreads out evenly.  It creates the collagen at the periosteal layer (lining of the bone).  It's a very quick and easy procedure.  It cause some skin tightening around the eyes and eyelids too.