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Sculptra Induced Migraine After IPL Fat Loss

UPDATED FROM Serenity99
1 year post

It was the lidocaine!

Serenity99
WORTH IT$600
After what happened last time, I put off doing sculptra again for awhile. But one year later, the results had faded, so I decided to do it again, but WITHOUT lidocaine mixed in with the sculptra. I had absolutely no headache after it. I was so relieved! And it didn't hurt that much more than doing it without the lidocaine. I did get a bruise on one cheek, but 1 week later it is mostly gone.

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April 7, 2019
Did the Sculptra help with your orange peel texture?
April 27, 2019
No, unfortunately it didn't. It only helped with getting some volume back. I haven't found anything to help that yet.
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January 13, 2020
Hi Serenity I wanted to how you where doing. I have some questions . I am going threw the same now I gave volume lost. I am so depressed. I wanted to asked you when did you're volume lost stop. I feel like mine is never going to stop.
UPDATED FROM Serenity99
2 months post

Frequent migraines are gone!

Serenity99
The frequent migraines lasted for 7 weeks. I tried gua sha facial scraping suggested by another real selfer and it seemed to help them become less frequent again.
And, I am noticing an increase in volume in my upper cheeks. I am so happy I did this and I will be doing it again. I am suspicious that it may have been the lidocaine in the Sculptra that gave me the bad migraine, so I am going to ask him if I can go without it next time. My temples are still badly sunken in, so I am going to see if he will inject more there than he did last time.

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April 8, 2019
I am starting scultra on my cheeks due to loosing the volume and fat in my cheeks from a biopsy. does it work? I just had one done and I know he was really being on the safe side, but I see no difference. he said I would need three treatments
April 4, 2025
Did he apply a whole vial on your cheeks?
April 27, 2019
It took me a month to start noticing a difference. My doctor also said it would take a few treatments. With one treatment, the effects definitely started fading in less than a year
UPDATED FROM Serenity99
15 days post

2 weeks later

Serenity99
I haven't had a bad migraine since the one right after the Sculptra, but I am having them more frequently, about 4-5 days per week. But like always, I'm sure it's a temporary phase, and migraines I've dealt with most of my life, but fat loss...,it affects me physically, mentally and emotionally. My swelling has gone down and my deflated face is back. I'm feeling like I am going to have more Sculptra, even with what happened last time.
I named the title of my review the way I did in case the migraine happens to someone else after Sculptra, they can see that they aren't the only one. I saw a forum on here with people that had the same thing happen to them with other fillers, so I think it can just happen to some people.

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April 3, 2018
Research gua sha facial scraping , this will help a ton with migraines !
April 4, 2018
I will, thank you!