Sculptra Ruined My Face Too
Sculptra Ruined My Face Too
Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it.
I told my provider I needed someone to help guide me through the world of disaster stories and enhancing cosmetics. That there was too much of it online for me to handle. My goals were to keep my beautiful face as long as possible. I loved my look. I had confidence. A boyfriend who called me beautiful.
Immediately after the treatment (2 vials, even though I requested 1) I was puffy. They said it was swelling. It didn't go down. I developed a nodule in my left cheek after the first week. It's still there.
Yes, the changes are "gradual" etc etc. But they are awful. As with many women on this platform I look fat. Inflammed. I've lost all the beautiful contour in my face. I've been told from friends and family "you're not ugly, you've just used to be stunning."
Heaviness in the lower cheeks. Loss of contour in the face. Loss of defined cheek bones. Loss of smile. Too much fullness that presses out in my face, making me look "mad." I don't turn heads anymore.
I went to a dermatologist. She gave me 3 months of docycycline to help with the inflammation. It did help, but after I went off the antibiotics the inflammation and fat face returned.
The irony is, now, instead of being able to avoid all the drama online of cosmetic enhancements, I'm a slave to it. I've probably taken 10,000 selfies in different light. I constantly compare old photos to new ones. I have tried makeup, different ways to smile, different sleep postures, more water, less water, more exercise to make my face slim out.
I'm tired. I'm giving up. I've lost my face and self. It's beyond depressing. I hope hope hope this sh*t goes away. But...reading all the comments and understanding how my body reacted to it...I don't think it's going to happen. The lesson is: love the body you were given. It's amazing. Aging is beautiful. Don't f*ck it up.
Please, go home. Do some face yoga and drink water if you need to. Stay AWAY from Sculptra, and never trust a nurse with a syringe with life choices.
JeanCatrine's provider
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"External skin tightening therapies such as Ulthera or Exilis can have some facial slimming effects because of the radiofrequency heat they produce which could cause the reactive subcutaneous scar tissue to dissipate. They are well known to cause fat absorption at high energies or repeated treatments.
The safest options in my opinion would be 5FU injections combined with Exilis. It may require more than one treatment but conservative improvement with no downsides would be a prudent approach.
Dr. Barry Eppley
11 months in. Worse than ever.
All I can be grateful for is that life throws us lessons and this is one.
My nodule still hasn’t gone away. I’m seeking steroids and other options to get this to pass quicker.
I am so anxious. No confidence.
Warning to everyone do not touch this garbage! Anything you can’t dissolve stay away from it you don’t know how your body will react. Natural is best. It’s too late for me but Never again
There’s pretty much nothing we can do.
Try to find your smile.
Try to find confidence.
Recognize the beauty we had from birth was worth something.
Don’t trust your providers.
So sorry.
Exactly
My face immediately after sculptra was destroyed and so was My health to a point ive known such illness I am now 2.5 months later starting to recover physically but my face is still ruined Every single tiny little scratch flaw was exaggerated by 10 million % and a heavy drop to my lower face All was so inflammatory i was put on steriods then antibiotics then another round of doxycycline Stoke like symptoms started a couple days after injection and then I struggling to keep upright stay awake then I got NUEROLOGICAL issues my hands shook on there own Then I turned white blue no oxygen i was hospitalized 4 times Fought so hard for survival all the while looking absolutely disgustingly gross with inflammatory swelling and gross exaggeration of scars from 1979 I turned 60 alone because I wouldn't let anyone see me or could I leave my home I didn't know if id survive
WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL MY BREAST CANCER (RS Bleep) AND THURPID PATIENT SELF THAT SCULTRA IS INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE DELIBERATELY ON MY IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT WOULD RELY ON STIMULATING IT AND VAUSING FINROSIS LIKE SYMPTOMS ON MY ENTIRE BODY