Has anyone tried Sculptra or other collagen-boosting facial treatments?

[Mauvish1]

Thinking of getting something done and Sculptra is what a practitioner suggested for me. (Mind you she also tried very hard to sell me some other stuff too despite my saying NO very firmly from the offset).

I don't want botox. I'd rather not have fillers though might consider in the longer run. I'm happy to wait for the treatment to take effect. In fact I don't want any sudden changes!

I like the idea of something boosting collagen production, which is what Scuptra is supposed to do (or so I understand).

Have you had it? What did you think? Or have you had any other treatments which are supposed to encourage collagen formation?

All information gratefully received!

I’m considering this as an alternative to filler. I had 1ml of filler and had a really strong reaction to it.
i understand that it’s very slow to show results. It’s also not reversible.
ive also looked at Radiesse.

What about skin boosters? Sculptra can’t be dissolved so it last longer with no option of you don’t like. A skin booster might help. Profhilo is probably the most well known. It’ll make you look brighter & stimulates collegen. It’s a course of 2 or 3 depending on the brand over 4-8 weeks & it last around 6 months.

I would be very wary of Sculptra. A reputable aesthetic doctor near me won’t use Sculptra due to the risk of nodule formation. At least with fillers you can have them dissolved if you don’t like them.

I have but it’s a very slow process and it needs to be done responsibly. No more than two vials at a time, hyper diluted ideally to reduce risk of nodules and big gaps in treatment time so you can check results as you go. My doctor is doing two vials (in total) spaced six weeks apart and then wait 3 months and repeat. So I’m going a lot slower than normal but you can’t reverse it so you should be careful. Also be very careful about where you put it. If you are going to go ahead make sure it only goes places you want volume, check pics on the internet, the worst place to put it appears to be the front part of the jaw (i think only put it there if you really need it and towards the end) start with the outside of the face first.

I’ve seen subtle results in my neck and cheek hollows after two vials, extremely slow in temples. I had some filler which was ok but I prefer to go with something more permanent rather than having to use a lot of filler because I have areas with a substantial hollowing.

I used my doctor to dissolve some filler and she was extremely careful, I think who you get to inject is really important, you really have to trust them and mine is definitely on the conservative side with treatment. I will probably be doing this for a year.

Ooh, I haven't heard of that - I'll look it up.

I want it (or Lenisna) but honestly doing a deep dive on them I might just let my face melt. I'd ruled out filler because I don't want anything that won't fully vacate my face in a given period of time. I don't understand why practitioners in the UK don't really use ultrasound because it's not like you can easily check either.

I looked at Sculptra and Lenisna. Lesnina seems similar but 'safer'. But the PLLA, PDLLA might not actually break down fully over the time period either. You can end up with nodules/ granuloma not just months after the injections, but years, and trying to get rid of them could result in facial damage. Which means that you could end up dealing with side effects long after the product and effect has gone. I don't know how common that is, but I'm also not sure I'd want to deal with the long term complications if they arose. I'd have thought they'd have come up with something safer than this by now.