Considering Sculptra: Worried About Overcorrection and Being Unable to Reverse Results

Scultra is a biostimulator, a filler that induces the body's own collagen production. It is difficult to overcorrect with one vial of Sculptra unless you really don't need correction.  The collagen production happens gradually over several weeks, and results usually become apparent approximately one month after the second correction.

The timing of injections depends on how much correction you need.  For someone who needs a lot of correction, the injections can be spaced 4-6 weeks apart and it usually takes 3-4 injections to correct.

The injections can be spaced six weeks for the second and six months for the third for someone who needs less correction or only two injections may be necessary altogether.

If only 1/2 vial is used for an injection, the other half cannot be either used for someone else or used for you at a later time.

 

Sculptra is not a filler but a stimulator of your own collagen which then acts to create volume in a gradual, progressive, and predictable manner. Little to no result is usually seen after the first treatment. Unless it is a very small area you are having treated, it is generally more cost-effective to use an entire vial for each treatment. You can always wait longer between treatments to be safe. The final result takes many months to appear. Sculptra causes the new collagen to form which is not apparent for several months and then slowly degrades over time. Patients having one to two Sculptra treatment sessions rated their correction as good to excellent 48% of the time. After three treatment sessions this percentage rose to 50%. After four treatment sessions this percentage rose to 67%. After five treatment sessions this percentage rose to 75%.