Patients Turning To Liquid Treatment To Freshen Face
Kathy Lazzaro wants a fresh look to celebrate her recent retirement as a school teacher."I would like to maintain myself as a classic car; I want to keep tuning myself up,” said Lazzaro.Lazzaro said time is certainly taking a toll on her face.
"When you get older, your skin looks kind of thin, saggy and not so rounded,” said Lazzaro.Facial plastic surgeon Dr. Roy Amir said, "Healthy people, as we age, we tend to lose a little bit of the fat, a little bit of the collagen that's under the skin.”Amir said a new liquid injectable called Sculptra could give Lazzro the look she’s been searching for.“Sculptra is more geared toward bulk areas, larger areas of the face. For example, the hallow areas under the cheek or the actual cheek areas," said Amir.Sculptra contains polylactic acid, a liquid that has been used for years in cosmetic corrections of scars and wrinkles.“Its presence stimulates the body to produce collagen over time,” said Amir.Amir said Sculptra could restore volume and improve facial contours in a matter of weeks."Over the next three or four weeks, the body will begin to fill in an area by laying down your own collagen, and that is where we get the long-lasting effect,” said Amir.A needle containing tiny particles of polylactic acid that will stimulate the formation of new collagen is used in the Sculptra process.“This is going to give her a little more of a youthful appearance a little bit more volume to certain areas,” Amir said of Lazzaro.Lazzaro said she is seeing change after her first treatment."I look like I just got 10 years younger,” said Lazzaro.According to medical experts, there is no downtime with Sculptura, but there is temporary bruising and swelling that goes away after a few days.Sculptra costs between $3,000 and $4,000 for a series of treatments with results that last up to two years.
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