Skin
Crepey & Lax Skin
Collagen rebuilt over months firms thin, crepey texture from within.
Gradual collagen stimulation
Sculptra in London
Friends tell you that you look well rested, and cannot quite say why. That is Sculptra: a biostimulator that prompts your own collagen to rebuild over months, so the change arrives gently and simply looks like you. £600 per vial on Wimpole Street.
Quick facts
- Treats Global volume loss, hollowing, skin laxity, ageing hands
- Course 2 to 3 vials, 6 weeks apart
- Results from 6 to 8 weeks, peak at 6 months
- Lasts Up to 2 years
- Appointment 45 minutes
- Price £600 per vial
Concerns it addresses
What Sculptra treats
Sculptra is poly-L-lactic acid, a biostimulator used in dissolvable surgical sutures for decades. It prompts your own collagen to rebuild, so it beautifully suits gradual volume loss and laxity across the face, the hands and the decolletage.
Face
Marionette & Nasolabial Lines
Restores the mid face support beneath these folds, so they soften from underneath.
Face
Jowls & Sagging Jawline
Rebuilds structural support along the jaw where volume loss has softened the outline.
Skin
Menopause Skin
Supports collagen as hormonal change thins the skin and volume falls away.
Body
Ageing Hands
One of the few areas where lost volume and visible tendons respond to a biostimulator.
Before & After Results
Clinical images courtesy of Galderma, the manufacturer of Sculptra. Individual results vary.
Broader cheek area
Age 36, six months
Broader cheek area
Age 44, six months
Broader cheek area
Age 48, six months
Nasolabial folds
Age 42, six months
Nasolabial folds
Age 53, six months
Nasolabial folds
Age 48, six months
Your own collagen, rebuilt.
A biostimulator that prompts your own collagen to rebuild over months, so nothing appears suddenly and nobody asks what you have had done.
Depth, explained
How Deep Sculptra Goes
Sculptra works by rebuilding collagen. It suits faces that have lost volume broadly, so it is injected across the whole treated area. It is also used on the hands and the décolletage.
Temples
Temples that have hollowed, softly restored across the whole area.
Cheeks
Cheeks flattened by broad volume loss. Your body produces collagen around the particles, and the volume is your own tissue.
Lower face
The general sense that the face has thinned, treated across the area with a cannula.
Back of the hands
Also used on hands and the décolletage, improving skin thickness and quality alongside volume.
Deep dermis and the layer beneath
Sculptra is injected into the deep dermis and subcutaneous layer across the treated area, usually with a cannula. Your body treats the particles as a mild stimulus and builds collagen around them over weeks, so the result arrives gradually rather than on the day.
Treatment areaSelect a point to explore
Beneath the skinIllustrative depth
A cannula enters at one point and travels through the layer, which is why bruising is usually limited to that point. The positions shown are illustrative, not a treatment plan.
- The epidermis
- The surface the cannula enters through, at a single entry point.
- Within the skin: too shallow
- Sculptra passes through this layer to the deeper one below, where a collagen stimulator gives its smoothest, most natural result. Placement matters even more here than it does in a filler treatment.
- Deep dermis and the layer beneath
- Sculptra is injected into the deep dermis and subcutaneous layer across the treated area, usually with a cannula. Your body treats the particles as a mild stimulus and builds collagen around them over weeks, so the result arrives gradually rather than on the day.
Your visit and your results
How Sculptra Works, Step by Step
Here is what happens, and when.
01
Day 0
A whole-face assessment
A whole-face assessment. Where you would like a defined change to one feature, or a result inside six weeks, your clinician suggests filler as the better fit.
What you feel or see Looking at the whole face and how volume has changed.
What to do Describe how you would love to look in six months.
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A whole-face assessment. Where you would like a defined change to one feature, or a result inside six weeks, your clinician suggests filler as the better fit.
What you feel or see Looking at the whole face and how volume has changed.
What to do Describe how you would love to look in six months.
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The product is reconstituted in advance and injected into the deep dermis and subcutaneous layer across the treatment area, usually with a cannula.
What you feel or see Pressure and movement under the skin rather than sharp pain.
What to do Clear the diary for the massage routine that follows.
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Swelling, which is partly the diluent rather than the result, and possible bruising.
What you feel or see Fuller than you will look next week.
What to do Start the massage routine.
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You will be asked to massage the treated areas for five minutes, five times a day, for five days. This is the secret to a smooth, even result.
What you feel or see A little tenderness over the treated areas.
What to do Do the massage. Every session.
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Your body responds to the particles as a mild stimulus and produces collagen around them. Collagen builds slowly, so the change is quiet at two weeks. The first real change shows at six to eight weeks, and it keeps building.
What you feel or see Skin looks thicker and volume starts to return.
What to do Photographs in the same light as before treatment.
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A course is two to three vials spaced six weeks apart, which allows each round to take effect before the next is judged.
What you feel or see Each round repeats the same visit and massage routine.
What to do Judge each round before the next, not the final picture on day one.
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Results build to the six month mark.
What you feel or see The full result of the course.
What to do Photographs again, same light.
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Results last up to two years, longer than most hyaluronic acid fillers, because what is holding the volume is your own tissue. Your clinician builds the result gradually, round by round, so every step is planned with you.
What you feel or see A gentle, gradual change over time.
What to do Reassess with your clinician before repeating.
Consultation
Day 0
Results
Day 0 · Consultation
A whole-face assessment
A whole-face assessment. Where you would like a defined change to one feature, or a result inside six weeks, your clinician suggests filler as the better fit.
What you feel or seeLooking at the whole face and how volume has changed.
What to doDescribe how you would love to look in six months.
Day 0 · Treatment
Forty five minutes
The product is reconstituted in advance and injected into the deep dermis and subcutaneous layer across the treatment area, usually with a cannula.
What you feel or seePressure and movement under the skin rather than sharp pain.
What to doClear the diary for the massage routine that follows.
First 48 hours · Settling
Swelling, then it drops
Swelling, which is partly the diluent rather than the result, and possible bruising.
What you feel or seeFuller than you will look next week.
What to doStart the massage routine.
Days 1 to 5 · Massage
Five minutes, five times a day, for five days
You will be asked to massage the treated areas for five minutes, five times a day, for five days. This is the secret to a smooth, even result.
What you feel or seeA little tenderness over the treated areas.
What to doDo the massage. Every session.
Weeks 6 to 8 · First change
The first visible change
Your body responds to the particles as a mild stimulus and produces collagen around them. Collagen builds slowly, so the change is quiet at two weeks. The first real change shows at six to eight weeks, and it keeps building.
What you feel or seeSkin looks thicker and volume starts to return.
What to doPhotographs in the same light as before treatment.
Weeks 6 and 12 · Vials two and three
The course continues
A course is two to three vials spaced six weeks apart, which allows each round to take effect before the next is judged.
What you feel or seeEach round repeats the same visit and massage routine.
What to doJudge each round before the next, not the final picture on day one.
Month 6 · Peak result
Volume that is your own collagen
Results build to the six month mark.
What you feel or seeThe full result of the course.
What to doPhotographs again, same light.
Up to 2 years · Longevity
Longer than most fillers
Results last up to two years, longer than most hyaluronic acid fillers, because what is holding the volume is your own tissue. Your clinician builds the result gradually, round by round, so every step is planned with you.
What you feel or seeA gentle, gradual change over time.
What to doReassess with your clinician before repeating.
Treatment or session
Milestone
Dotted line: how results build over time, schematic not measured
Key benefits
- Volume that is your own collagen rather than a gel
- Gradual, so friends see a fresher you rather than a treatment
- Improves overall skin thickness and quality alongside volume
- Lasts up to two years, longer than most fillers
- Made for broad volume loss across the face
- Also used on hands and the decolletage
A result that builds, and is all yours.
The first visible change is at six to eight weeks, building to a peak at six months.
Sculptra at Regents Park Aesthetics
Meet your practitioners
Every patient is assessed by a qualified clinician, a doctor, nurse or other qualified practitioner, before anything is booked.
Kay Greveson
Lead Practitioner
Award-winning aesthetic nurse practitioner with more than twenty years of specialist NHS nursing and over a decade in advanced aesthetic medicine. Qualified independent prescriber and the clinic’s CQC registered manager.
Dr Grace Adamson
Doctor
MBChB, BSc (Hons), with First-Class degrees in Physiological Sciences and in Medicine and Surgery, and extensive NHS experience across medical and surgical specialties. Trained with DermaMedical.
Dr Tiffany Munroe
Aesthetic Doctor
MBBS, MRCS. An Imperial College London graduate and Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, with surgical training in plastic surgery and ENT head and neck surgery. In aesthetic practice since 2017.
Choosing between treatments
Sculptra or filler
The right choice depends on your skin and what you are treating; a consultation settles it.
| SculptraPoly-L-lactic acid biostimulator | Dermal fillersHyaluronic acid | |
|---|---|---|
| How it works | Stimulates your own collagen over months | Occupies space and works immediately |
| Results | From 6 to 8 weeks, peak at 6 months | Immediate, settled at 2 weeks |
| Lasts | Up to 2 years | 12 to 18 months |
| Can it be dissolved | No | Yes, fully |
| See pricing | Explore dermal fillers |
They solve overlapping problems by completely different routes. If you have a date in the diary soon, filler is the faster route.
Transparent pricing
Pricing
Planning your treatment
Course2 to 3 vials, 6 weeks apart
Results from6 to 8 weeks, peak at 6 months
LastsUp to 2 years
Appointment45 minutes
Your plan and the number of sessions are agreed at your consultation, before anything is booked.
Treatment
From
Sculptra, 1 vial of 5.0ml
£600
Course of 2 to 3 vials
Quoted at consultation
Review appointment
Free
Questions patients ask
Frequently asked questions
Poly-L-lactic acid, a biostimulator that prompts your own body to produce collagen over months. It works differently from filler, building volume gradually rather than on the day. The material has been used in dissolvable surgical sutures for decades.
It suits faces that have lost volume broadly rather than in one place: temples that have hollowed, cheeks that have flattened, a general sense that the face has thinned that calls for a whole-face approach. It particularly suits patients who love the idea of a quiet change, because the result appears across months rather than in an afternoon and nobody registers a before and after.
For a defined change to one feature, filler is the better fit, and your clinician at Regents Park Aesthetics will guide you to whichever suits your face.
£600 per vial. Most patients need two to three vials spaced six weeks apart, quoted as a course at consultation.
No. Filler occupies space and works immediately. Sculptra stimulates your own collagen and works over months. They solve overlapping problems by completely different routes.
Up to two years, longer than most hyaluronic acid fillers, because the volume is your own collagen rather than a gel.
The first visible change is at six to eight weeks, building to a peak at six months. The change is gentle and gradual, which is exactly why it looks so natural.
No, since it is not hyaluronic acid. That is part of what makes it so long-lasting, and it is why your clinician builds the result gradually, round by round.
Five minutes, five times a day, for five days. It spreads the product evenly for a smooth result, and it is the single most important aftercare instruction we give.
A cannula is usually used, which reduces both discomfort and bruising. Topical anaesthetic is applied and the product contains a local anaesthetic.
Two to three for most faces, spaced six weeks apart. Significant volume loss can need more, assessed between rounds rather than committed up front.
Plan around six months for the full result, so Sculptra is perfect when the event is a little way off. If you have a date in the diary sooner, filler is the faster route.
Sculptra at Regents Park Aesthetics
Ready when you are.
Every plan starts with a conversation and a close look at your face, so the treatment you book is the one that suits you.
