With Sculptra, we can reveal skin that feels more like you—by boosting your natural collagen reserves, improving skin quality, and unveiling your natural glow.
The Benefits
As early as your 20s, you start to lose collagen. Collagen is the critical protein that helps your skin maintain shape and structure. Your skin requires collagen to stay young.
Sculptra is the first and only poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA-SCA) injectable that works by stimulating your body’s own collagen production rather than providing instant volume beneath the surface of your skin. In this way, it improves the signs of aging that develop due to collagen loss, including the following:
We will perform your Sculptra injections in Palo Alto during a quick and comfortable appointment at our office. During this visit, we’ll inject Sculptra where you need it to achieve your desired effect. The most common treatment areas include the following:
Sculptra can tighten the skin along your cheeks, restoring a signature sign of youth and vitality. By stimulating collagen production, it helps lift and contour the mid-face, effectively softening the look of hollow or sunken cheeks.
Smile lines are among the most common complaints we hear as patients age. Fortunately, the collagen produced by Sculptra beautifully softens facial folds, wrinkles, and smile lines.
Sculptra can help your body improve the appearance of marionette lines (the wrinkles that span from your mouth to your chin) by producing fresh collagen to smooth them away.
Sculptra adds volume to the chin area, enhancing projection and improving facial balance. By stimulating collagen growth, it gradually improves the chin’s contour and creates a more refined profile.
Defining the jawline with Sculptra adds structure and balance to the lower face, minimizing jowls and creating a stronger, more youthful profile.
As we age, our temples can begin to lose their plump, youthful structure. Sculptra's collagen-stimulating effects enhance fullness for a refreshed look that blends seamlessly with your natural features.
Dilute Sculptra is an effective treatment for acne scars, particularly for those with widespread or deep scarring. When diluted, Sculptra acts as a biostimulator, encouraging collagen production in the treated areas. This gradual increase in collagen helps to fill and smooth acne scars over time while also improving overall skin quality.
Most patients need two to three treatments over the course of a few months. In terms of results, Sculptra improves the quality of your skin over time. Many of our Palo Alto patients see an improvement in just one month, with results routinely lasting three to five years.
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If you’re pregnant or breastfeeding or if you have an autoimmune disorder, you shouldn’t have Sculptra injections.
Sculptra is safe, FDA-approved, and has been used since 1999. When side effects occur, they may include injection site pain, bruising, redness, and more.
In many cases, the youthful results of Sculptra can last three to five years.
When we inject the poly-L-lactic particles beneath your skin, your body responds with an inflammatory process. This is a natural response to an injury and the beginning of the healing process. As your body breaks down the poly-L-lactic molecules into water and carbon dioxide that you can easily digest, it also creates collagen to rebuild the injured area—producing more volume and smoother skin.
