Jean: Can you tell me about Sculptra?
Dr. Salzhauer: I like sculptra to add bulk into the cheeks in general. Sculptra is like a bulk forming product. It’s not like the other fillers, which go in sort of like caulking under the skin and pump it up. Sculptra is first of all for filling in large areas of the face where you’ve lost volume and fat over the years or from facial wasting from diseases, aging and that sort of thing. Sculptra goes in like little tiny capsules under the skin and then your body wraps it with scar tissue, with collagen and they kind of plump up over six weeks, but its not as precise in my opinion as radius or juvederm and for that reason I reserve it again for just bulking up the cheeks or temporal hollows, which is on the side of the forehead.
Jean: I imagine it’s expensive.
Dr. Salzhauer: It is about $2,500 for the sculptra.
