my derm injected me 2cc sulptra as a touch up over a area which was treaded one year ago with sculptra and actually was perfect, he ignored my indications and injected where he shouldnt...above the cheek bone and temple, and since 2 weeks after injection until now almost 6 week later all the area under my eye is swollen puffy, with white-yellow colour,and my cheek looks weird when smiling it looks fat, and I feel inconfortable in that area as something is disturbing there causing tightness..
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If the entire bottle was injected in your temples, ir is possible that some material is leaking downwards.
If not, the swelling could be due to bleeding, but to bleed bilaterally, symmetrically, sounds unusual ( but possible).
If you have pain and/or fever, there may be an...
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Sculptra
works by producing a collagen response. This response involves swelling and
inflammation that will subside. Sculptra is filler that works gradually,
and is volume and treatment dependent, but usually last about 2 years. Generally, patients do not st...
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. Sculptra causes a host-dependent immunologic response that results in a controlled foreign-body reaction which results in new collagen formation...
