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Bad Outcome with Sculptra - Long Island, NY

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I would never recommend Sculptra. I had a...

9636anonJune 9, 2015
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I would never recommend Sculptra.
I had a nightmare outcome and it still haunts me.
It went into my tear duct and i had to have reconstruction of my tear duct. I had to have a stent put in for 6 months with painful flushing of the tear duct after surgery.
Till this day when i blow my nose i get pressure in the eye like my eye is going to pop out.
Run as fast as you can from this product..
My husband i snow totally against any procedure because of this nightmare

Replies (22)

Disfiguredandscared
June 11, 2015
I'm so sorry. I feel your pain! I'm going through something similar. How long ago did you have the sculptra and how much was injected?
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RealSelfChris
June 11, 2015

I'm sorry to hear you're going through this as well. Where did you have your injections?

9636anon
June 11, 2015
This happened around 2006. I had one injection and they wanted me to come back for 2nd injection 2 weeks later. Of course I said forget it because I saw the material actually come out of my eye and I pushed it back and a day or 2 later a lump showed up. The nightmare then started. E
9636anon
June 11, 2015
I had the injection under my eyes. I read after that it wasnt suppose to be injected there. It was suppose to fill my cheeks. It was done on long island, new york by I thought a plastic surgeon. He is a ENt I foundmout. Ent'S Can represent themselves as plastic surgeons with licenses from a foriegn country
Disfiguredandscared
June 11, 2015
That's horrible. I am so sorry you had to go through this. I also only had one injection but my doctor injected it in my mouth which no one can even believe. I went to the number one sculptra injector in the us (shino bay aguilera). I have been in pain for the past two and a half years from this. It's unbelievable that this stuff is even legal. Which doctor did you see for your year duct surgery?
Disfiguredandscared
June 11, 2015
*tear
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RealSelfChris
June 12, 2015

Oh my goodness! It actually came out of your eye? I can only imagine how scary that must've been!

9636anon
June 12, 2015
I had to go to an Optholmic plastic surgeon. After surgery i had to have a stent in my eye for 6 months to keep the tear duct open. It started out tearing constantly, then a lump and the nightmare continued.. very painful and I am still dealing with the effects..
9636anon
June 12, 2015
So scary.... and painful
anon2696
December 26, 2015
I had a laser facelift, fat injections in my cheeks and laser under my eyes( without eye protection I found out later). I also did not realize that he was an ENT. My eyes are painfully dry two years later although the first year was even worse. One lower lid is lower than the other. The wrinkles that the laser was supposed to fix are exactly the same. One eye has worse bags than the other. The fat injection lasted a month and the facelift made NO improvement at all and is exactly the same as before. I paid &13,500 for this torture and unhappiness. Be careful to research a doctor before using that person.
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RealSelfChris
June 11, 2015

Wow, I'm so sorry you're going through this. I've read Sculptra is not recommended for under the eyes.

When did you have the procedure done and how much was injected?

searching4
June 18, 2015
I had Sculptra over 3 years ago and I see a gel like film covering part of my eyes. Did yours look like a gel? This is really freaking me out.
guineapig
September 16, 2015
I did not have injection in eye, but rather in jaw and upper cheaks. one vial only. developed granulomas in jaw, then six months later the product migrated into lower eye area from cheek area. ended up with chronic swelling and bruising under both eyes. over 3 years later is still migrating upwards closer to eye sockets, will be going for second surgery for biopsy. Some days I can barely see. My surgeon found that the sculptra indeed had migrated to under eyes. (he was not the injector) Now I have a hard granuloma on outer side of eye that is painful that comes and goes. All due to one treatment of sculpra. I could potentially go blind my surgeon says if it keeps migrating. This is like putting glass in your face. and it does move around! don't believe what they tell you. My surgeon has photos showing it has moved. Worst mistake of my entire life was this at age 48. Please surgeons, do the right thing, stay away from this product. Think of your family members who may fall for it. I don't care who injects it, it is too unpredictable.
Pawleys1
December 17, 2015
Could not agree more!!
Pawleys1
December 17, 2015
I've seen on a few sites where the word bio film keeps coming up associated with Sculptra. Do yo know about infection?
poppy557
March 13, 2016
A biofilm is basically a colony of bacteria that attaches itself to any foreign body that is in the body a long time. All fillers have the potential for biofilm infections, but the longer lasting ones are more prone to this problem, obviously because they last so long.
Pawleys1
December 17, 2015
I had it in 2009. It's everywhere on me. Mine has migrated through my body. First it was face. Then neck, breast, stomach, legs, tops of feet and my back. I can tell when an area is going to break open by the madding itching I have. I have a pathology report from A very reputable hospital stating is, in fact Sculptra coming out of my body. It has ruined my life. I'm always in pain and I don't think they will ever stop coming out. Doctors on here told me it would be out of my system in two years..not true. They said it would not migrate to other parts of my body, again not true! This drug, "device" as the FDA likes to call it was not tested enough on healthy people before being put in the hands of plastic surgeons who were not trained properly or enough on how to administrate this drug.from all I've been told the reason for Sculptra was to help fill in the faces of AIDS patients at the end of their lives so they would not look so drawn up. It was never intended to be used for healthy people. There were never enough studies done on this drug. To my knowledge, there is no cure for stopping these things from coming out of me. If anyone knows a doctor who may know how to help me...PLEASE, PLEASE contact me!
I hope and pray yours does not go as far as mine and someone will start working in a cure.
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