Sculptra at Avante Plastic Surgery offers a subtle, progressive way to restore facial volume, smooth hollow areas, and improve skin quality. By stimulating your own collagen production, it helps you address thinning cheeks, deeper folds, and age-related volume loss with results that evolve naturally and beautifully over time.
About
As you age, your facial structure naturally changes due to collagen loss, fat redistribution, and a gradual decline in skin elasticity. These shifts can lead to flattened cheeks, deeper folds around the mouth, hollow temples, and an overall deflated look that fillers alone may not fully correct. When volume loss becomes more structural, a collagen-stimulating treatment can offer a more foundational solution.
Sculptra is an injectable biostimulator made from poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), a safe, FDA-approved substance that gradually rebuilds your skin’s internal support system. Rather than adding instant volume, Sculptra encourages your body to produce fresh collagen, restoring contour and firmness from within. Over a series of treatments, it thickens the dermis, restores volume, and enhances facial definition with gradual, natural-looking improvements.
Benefits
Sculptra offers a structural, collagen-stimulating approach to facial rejuvenation, giving you gradual, long-lasting improvements that look entirely your own. Its unique mechanism makes it ideal when you want subtle refinement without the look of “instant filler.”
Benefits include:
- Restoring depleted facial volume from deep within
- Softening deeper folds and hollow regions
- Improving skin thickness, firmness, and texture
- Providing gradual, natural-looking enhancement over time
- Results that can last up to two years or more
- Supporting a more lifted, youthful facial contour
Procedure
During your Sculptra appointment, our experienced injectors begin by assessing your facial structure and marking precise areas where collagen support is needed. After cleansing your skin and applying a numbing agent, Sculptra is injected in small, strategic threads or droplets to create an even foundation for new collagen. Your provider then massages the treated areas to distribute the product evenly, ensuring a smooth and natural integration beneath the skin.
Candidates
Sculptra is well-suited for individuals seeking a gradual, collagen-building approach to restoring facial volume and structure.
You may be a good candidate if:
- You want to address hollow cheeks, temples, or deeper folds
- You prefer subtle, progressive improvements rather than instant volume
- You have thinning or lax skin that would benefit from collagen stimulation
- You are experiencing age-related facial deflation or early signs of structural volume loss
- You want long-lasting results with fewer maintenance treatments
- You are in good overall health with no active infections or autoimmune conditions
- You have realistic expectations and can commit to a series of sessions
Recovery
After your Sculptra session, you may experience mild swelling, redness, or tenderness, which typically resolves within 24 to 48 hours. Small bruises can appear and usually fade over several days. You can return to most normal activities immediately, but avoid strenuous exercise for the first 24 hours. Your provider will instruct you to follow the “5-5-5 rule”: massage the treated areas for five minutes, five times a day, for five days to ensure even distribution.
Results
You’ll notice gradual changes as your body produces new collagen, typically starting around 4 to 6 weeks after your session. Most patients opt for two to three sessions spaced several weeks apart for optimal results. Once your full correction is achieved, your refreshed volume can last up to two years or longer. To maintain your outcome, you may benefit from a single maintenance session every 12 to 18 months, depending on your anatomy and goals.
Contact
If you’re ready to rebuild your foundation from within and restore long-lasting facial structure with Sculptra, our team at Avante Plastic Surgery is here to guide you. To schedule your consultation with Dr. Ahmadi’s expert injectors, call us at (281) 265-2639 or request an appointment through our website. We look forward to helping you achieve a refined, naturally lifted look fueled by your own collagen.
