Sculptra Collagen Treatment

I have a secret. So big, so glorious I’m chewing my lip and contemplating whether or not to share it. Not because it’s in anyway contentious or litigious but because it’s so ruddy brilliant I sort of want to keep it to myself………

However, Miss V is all about sharing fellow Vaulties so draw closer, lend me your ear and prepare to discover the holy grail of all beauty treatments – the elixir of eternal youth!

Now I‘ve dabbled with Botox, I’ve even had the odd bit of plump put in my luscious lips but I’ve always erred on the side of caution with fillers and injectables; with names I cannot pronounce and results that seem to vary from permanently terrifying to scare-you-children shocking.

So, dear reader it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I sat down in one of The Vault’s big comfy beauty chairs to discuss va-va-vooming my face with the glorious Dawn Jasper.

I might add I am utterly in love with the wonderful D.Jasper; she calmed my hysterical self in seconds, didn’t put up with any of my unnecessary nonsense and is so professional and charming that I would have let her carry out a full face lift there and then!

However, I digress dear reader – I sense your impatience……..what is this fountain of youthful solace you discovered Miss V? I hear you cry!

Right, well…. It’s called (lowers voice and speaks in a whisper ;-) ) Sculptra.

Such a simple word, such an unassuming group of vowels and consonants which lilt off the tongue in such a simple way – yet the product under the name possesses the greatest and most wonderful of all powers – the ability to turn back time!

So how does it work? Unlike other skin plumping injectables which put a substance into your face to immediately puff out lines and creases, Sculptra uses a poly-L-lactic acid to stimulate your own collagen!  Therefore rather than having a foreign substance placed in your dermis, Sculptra kick starts your own collagen into doing its job again converting you back to your youthful self again!

So that’s the science bit at its most basic level (for a more in-depth journey into Sculptra go and talk to the Dawn – she can ally any fear and truly is a absolute encyclopedia of knowledge on how and why this amazing product works)

Now down to the nitty gritty – having had a few pics taken of my slightly droopy, sad looking 45-year-old face I begged Dawn to get going!

She explained she would lay the sculptra a long my cheek bone and to do this would run a thin cannula under my skin to evenly distribute the wonder-product.

I am pathetically squeamish and a total wimp but was assured I wouldn’t feel any pain thanks to some super strong numbing cream.

So was it painful? I can honestly, from the bottom of my heart say not in the slightest. Not even a tiny bit. You can feel the drag slightly as it’s distributed but the feeling isn’t in anyway painful; weird definitely but not remotely painful!

I was then shown a mirror! Wow WOW WOW!!

The Sculptra had given me my scaffolding back! My cheekbones were doing their job again and my whole face had been ‘lifted’

But………. I was told this was only temporary as the Sculptra takes a few weeks to get your own collagen going again and the immediate results would subside in a few days but definitely gave an idea of what to expect (the water injected with the Sculptra dissipates in a few days)

I was sent on my way with instructions to massage for 5 mins, 3 times a day for the next 4-6 weeks and to wait for the Sculptra to wok it’s magic.

And by heck did it do just that – 6 months later I can see a huge difference in my face and am a convert. My own collagen has plumped and filled and my face seems to have returned to a glory from years gone by. The result is natural and tear-inducingly wonderful, it truly is like sipping from a cup of youth juice!

I can’t praise Dawn or this product highly enough and if you’ve ever wondered how to ‘naturally’ turn back time get your own collagen working again and say hello to cheekbones you thought you’d waved goodbye to forever.

So there you have it,  SCULPTRA now not so secret but so, so, so very super.