Do You Have..?

• Smoker's lips

• Laughter lines

• Unwanted facial lines and wrinkles

• Hollow cheeks

• Or is your appearance not as youthful as you feel?

Then Sculptra™ is an effective treatment option.

Sculptra™ is a long lasting, biocompatible and biodegradable substance providing gradual, natural looking reduction of unwanted facial lines and wrinkles. Working on the lower skin layers Sculptra™ smoothes and firms the skin.  The Sculptra™ main ingredient of Poly-L-Lactic acid has been used for over 25 years in products such as bioresorbable sutures and bone plates and screws. Sculptra™ was developed for facial contour treatment and has been used worldwide for over ten years.

There is no need for allergy testing prior to this procedure as the risk of your body rejecting or adversely reacting to the product is virtually nil as Sculptra™ is immunologically inert.

Sculptra™ treatment results have been proven to last for up to 2 years dependant on your age, wrinkling and area(s) treated.

Common side effects would include tenderness, bruising, swelling, redness or bleeding at the injection site. These would not, generally, last for any longer than 2-6 days.

Sculptra™ is administered as a series of small injections by Medicalternative qualified Doctors or Nurses.

Prior to any treatment you will have an initial consultation with our Nurse to discuss your aims and to ensure Sculptra™ is the correct treatment for you. At this stage we would resolve any concerns or questions you may have. We would also discuss the number of treatments we would anticipate you needing which is usually 3-4 treatments dependant on area, age and wrinkling.