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Horrible Experience - I wish I would have seen this website prior to getting my Sculptra injections. - Bakersfield, CA
UPDATED FROM Sandchic
It has been 4 years since I had Sculptra injected...
$800
It has been 4 years since I had Sculptra injected under both of my eyes and 2 years since the subscision procedure.
The subscision procedure was a success as I am lump/bump free.
The subscision procedure was a success as I am lump/bump free.
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UPDATED FROM Sandchic
In case anyone was wondering, the subscision...
In case anyone was wondering, the subscision procedure consisted of the doctor numbing my face (it still was not a pain free procedure), and using a needle to break down the Sculptra lumps/bumps.
I can only compare it to using a needle to scrape at a ball of hardened sand. And just to clarify he did not cut anything out of my face.
I can only compare it to using a needle to scrape at a ball of hardened sand. And just to clarify he did not cut anything out of my face.
Replies (5)
February 16, 2012
I had my first Sculptra yesterday. It was very painful!! They used some numbing cream that didn't work so well. She said she will try something different next time to help with the pain. I will give one more try but if its as bad as it was yesterday, I'm done. My reading of Sculptra states that it's not to be used around the eyes.
January 5, 2014
they should be putting numbing cream on you face in a generous amount...not thick but not sparingly... and you should be sitting for an hour until you are fully numb..it really shouldn't hurt... I believe my doctor mixed the sculptra with a numbing/pain reliever of some sort...not positive but pretty sure...I was very swollen..but I think mostly because of the liquids that were injected....most of the swelling went down the same day... Im so numb when I leave I can barely speak...its comical... but you should barely feel it!
February 16, 2012
You are right! Sculptra is not to be used around the eye area! When my doctor suggested using Sculptra, I had never heard of the product.
Silly me for trusting a doctor who has many, many years of medical education and training! :)
I did later find out, however, that the Sculptra pharmaceutical reps were promoting the off-label use of Sculptra in the eye area. Shame on those reps!
As you can tell by my pictures, I learned a very tough, but valuable lesson. And lucky for me I was able to get it fixed.
Good luck with your treatment, and please feel free to contact me again!
Silly me for trusting a doctor who has many, many years of medical education and training! :)
I did later find out, however, that the Sculptra pharmaceutical reps were promoting the off-label use of Sculptra in the eye area. Shame on those reps!
As you can tell by my pictures, I learned a very tough, but valuable lesson. And lucky for me I was able to get it fixed.
Good luck with your treatment, and please feel free to contact me again!
December 28, 2014
I don't think that you got the bumps from Sculptra being injected under the eye area.... as I too got bumps via Sculptra but it had been injected in my cheeks. I also got bumps from Juvederm Voluma. I think that some of us of just unfortunately allergic or something which is why we get lumps ;( So far seems like I am ok with Juvederm Ultra though...which is odd?? I have thin skin so maybe that is why??...as Voluma is much thicker than Ultra.
February 16, 2016
Hello! I am so upset regarding my horrific situation with Sculptra. I am gearing up for a second surgery to remove this poison. I had the first surgery in 3/15 and the lumps reappeared in 12/15. (Under my eyes). I had a feeling the dermatologists were instructed on how to administer this medical device under the eyes by comments my physician made. Can you elaborate on your finding regarding this off label instruction? I am gathering my evidence and looking to hopefully get the manufacturers attention through a lawsuit. It's a difficult road with all the road blocks in place. Thank you for any additional information you can provide!
March 27, 2012
Sandchic,
I injected juvaderm under eyes and have the same experience as you. Your eyes pre-subcision look exactly like mine and the multiple doctors I have seen don't want to remove it surgically. How much did your subcision cost? Perhaps I would fly to California and have your doctor do it.
I injected juvaderm under eyes and have the same experience as you. Your eyes pre-subcision look exactly like mine and the multiple doctors I have seen don't want to remove it surgically. How much did your subcision cost? Perhaps I would fly to California and have your doctor do it.
March 7, 2017
Hello Sandchic,
please share the Dr. contact information, I had lumps under my eyes, I'm looking the Dr can do subcision can help me.
thank you
please share the Dr. contact information, I had lumps under my eyes, I'm looking the Dr can do subcision can help me.
thank you
March 27, 2012
Also, post-subcision, in your 2nd to last photo, I still see the lumpiness. How long after subcision did the lump go away?
April 4, 2012
Once the swelling went away after my 2nd subcision procedure, my lumps were gone. Hip, hip, hooray!
December 28, 2012
Hi, I have the same problem with the lumps. Can you give the name of the doctor that performed that submission. I can't find anyone in my area to do it.
April 29, 2013
Please give me an update. Living same situation April 29 th 2013. I had sculptra injected in 2009.
April 29, 2013
Hi jostarr,
Not sure what your situation regarding Sculptra is. I may have missed your story. Could you let me know. thanks.
April 29, 2013
2009 got Sculptra a little below my cheek bones for my cheeks were a little flask we can say.
On left side like a pea size bump and right side small red kidney bean type size bump. This has been there all the time since but that is
a result of my collagene working so hey there it was good.
Well Last week took blue pills for cold soar that I had on my left side of nostril. It was intoleratable to much burning & wanting to scratch.
That is a first because usually when I get a cold soar its on the side of my mouth. and I use Zovirax cream and I'm good.
But for my nose needed to take those pills. (Valacyclovir ) Its in french though. French were I live
Well now my bumps are more see-able per say. and my skin is a little red. Maybe cause I'm just looking all the time and perplext.
So, whent to see the doctor who did the injections. He's not my family doctor he's a cosmetics doctor that does stuff like botox etc.. Not surgery's etc.
He was baffled and needs to call Aventis/Dermik there the Sculptra producers. He will come back to me on friday with info. He suggested injecting small doses of steroids to reduce the collagen. etc.
I'm scaired to be played in the face. Would rather do something with someone that has done this to a patient. Feel more comfortable with someone that knows what to do.
Saw my family doctor last tuesdayshe reffered my to see a plastic chirgeon and I do have an appointment april 30 for a consult.
but if he doesn't know about Sculptra well I'm scared that if he removes it it will be like just taking a kiss off or something I want to make
shure that it is not dangerous to make it grow more etc now Im just guessing I aint no doctor...
I would feel safe to get it removed in the most safest matter.
May 30, 2012
I have the same problem only under the right eye..My e-mail adress is t***********.net please let me know the name of the doctor so I may vistit with him as well...Thank u so much...
UPDATED FROM Sandchic
Here is my update: I am 21 months out from...
Here is my update: I am 21 months out from having Sculptra injected under both of my eyes. I followed the after-care instructions, and I massaged down to the exact minute. In fact, I didn't stop massaging until approximately 3 months ago when I realized that the bumps weren't going away, and all I was doing was irritating my skin.
After numerous V-beam laser treatments failed (my derm was giving them to me at no-cost), I finally decided to have a facial plastic surgeon perform a subscision procedure. I had two subscision procedures performed 4 weeks apart, and there has been a significant amount of change in the bump size.
I hope this gives some of you hope that your horrible experience may be reversed.
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August 19, 2009
hi,
ugly sculptra inflammatory nodules led to infection and now i have been diognosed with maxillary osteomyelitis. this sculptra was injected 2/20/08. i have been in pain ever since. i am now looking at the nest year of surgery and antibiotic treatments. sculptra is a dangerous product.
January 15, 2010
Dear Dru, Sculptra is classified as a medical device. I do not know why it isn't a drug.
The information the manufacturer supplied on Wickipedia just changed once again...
March 22, 2012
Sculptra is classified as a medical device - as it has a mechanical mode of action. It does not have a pharmacological mode of action on the body.
Essentially this means that Sculptra - stimulates the body to produce collagen - thus the body fills itself. Rather than chemically inducing something.
You will find that all Dermal Fillers (Radiesse, Juvederm, Restylane) are the same.
Essentially this means that Sculptra - stimulates the body to produce collagen - thus the body fills itself. Rather than chemically inducing something.
You will find that all Dermal Fillers (Radiesse, Juvederm, Restylane) are the same.
December 30, 2012
sculptra stimilates the IMMUNE SYSTEM, a systemic response and should be classed as a drug/device combo. no immune response no fill, too much immune response = sick and disfigured. sculptra = Crap
March 19, 2011
My sympathy to all the people who have the unfortunate experience of lumps caused by fillers. It causes extreme self paranoia and awareness.
I did the same thing four years ago, I have been told by two plastic surgeons that there is nothing that I can do. It may go away one day. I've been told that it does not look too bad... I see it and am stuck with the results.
I did the same thing four years ago, I have been told by two plastic surgeons that there is nothing that I can do. It may go away one day. I've been told that it does not look too bad... I see it and am stuck with the results.
January 16, 2017
I been in same situation. Nothing but time will devolve it.
January 18, 2017
Cream maker, how are you faring? Can you tell us what helped and what didn't in your long course of Sculptra hell? :( Did antibiotics help at first? Which ones? x
December 29, 2019
Sculptra should never be injected below the eyes in the areas shown in these photos. That was an incompetent injector.
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Thank you!
Folks, Sculptra should not be injected ANYWHERE. This is a dangerous and defective medical device. Complications can persist for years and they can even appear up to 10 years after the injections. I wish I had been given informed consent before having this done as I would never have done it had I done my research or seen these possible complications.