Sculptra
Sculptra is often lumped in with fillers but this is erroneous as it
works in an inherently different
way. Developed from a product that has been used for years to make absorbable
sutures for surgical procedures Sculptra was found to stimulate collagen
growth and
volume in the surrounding tissues. They therefore developed a technique
for infusing
granules of this product widely throughout a skin area and thus increasing
the volume and
tone of the tissues. This counteracts the natural tendency for volume
loss in the lower face
with age and it can also significantly enhance the facial contours hence
it has renamed
“Sculptra”.
Sculptra should be considered as a more long term product with a longer duration of effect but a correspondingly longer time to achieve this effect. In fact Sculptra produces a two phase response with the product being injected into the face along with a vehicle of water and lignocaine anaesthetic. This does have an immediate filling effect but it rapidly disperses within the next few weeks leaving no apparent result. This can be quite disconcerting for the patient but at this stage we are left with a fine collection of these small white granules within the skin structure in strategically placed positions. Over the next six to ten months these granules stimulate the visible improvements in your own skin giving us the more generalised overall results we are looking for. Because of this more long term nature of the Sculptra treatment it often takes several sessions repeated roughly every 4 to 6 weeks to achieve our desired objective. However it is worth pointing out that even if it takes three or four Sculptra treatments to achieve the result this can then be maintained with only a single Sculptra treatment each year which is half as often as other products. Ask your doctor if Sculptra would be more appropriate for you.
For more information regarding Sculptra please contact us.
Eternal Youth is proud to offer Sculptra treatments to the people of Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Hale, Stockport, Manchester, Liverpool, Cheshire, the North West and the whole of the UK.