Over time, your skin loses its full, firm, youthful appearance as a result of natural ageing. As the skin starts thinning and losing its natural elasticity, it becomes loose and starts to wrinkle. You also gradually lose the fatty tissue that helps to fill out your face, causing the skin to sag and wrinkle even more.  The loss of facial volume can make your face look thin and narrow, with sunken cheeks - sometimes to the extent of making you look older than you actually are.
 

Sculptra® is a long lasting injectable, volumising treatment, clinically-proven treatment build up of the body’s own collagen to smooth out lines and wrinkles and restore lost facial volume to give you a fuller, younger-looking face.  Injectable material known as poly-L-lactic acid which is biocompatible (a material that does not harm the body) and biodegradable (able to be broken down by the body). Unlike replacement fillers that temporarily fill and plump out lines and wrinkles, Sculptra™ stimulates our own collagen, rebuilding the skin’s support structure.
 

The improvement is gradual, long-lasting and gives you an entirely natural-looking fuller face. Results last for two years after the final treatment has been completed, significantly longer than other injectable treatment Generally, a course of treatments is usually required to obtain the required results.  This treatment is ideal for treating:
 

• Deep folds between the nose and the mouth (nasolabial folds)
• Folds around the corners of the mouth (marionette lines)
• Sunken cheeks
• Wrinkling in the cheeks or chin
 

ANNA RYDER RICHARDSON TO SCULPT A NEW LOOK
TV favourite Anna Ryder Richardson is taking a break from changing rooms for a bit of a makeover on herself.  The on-screen interior designer is undergoing a series of Sculptra® non-surgical cosmetic treatments, to help naturally reduce the signs of ageing and replenish her youthful glow.  Being on screen has made Anna, aged 45, more aware of the effects of ageing on her skin and she wanted a natural way to help refresh her looks.  Although she has always maintained a good skin care routine, Anna admits that she is a bit of a sun worshipper, which has had damaging effects to her skin over the years. She decided to try Sculptra® as she wanted a natural, more youthful look.

 “I never used to worry about ageing, until the last year or so, when I have caught the occasional reflection of me looking tired, with funny jowls at the top of my jaw,” said mum-of-two Anna.   “I actually want a more natural look and something that also lasts longer. If friends and family who haven’t seen me for a while say to me, ‘you look well, healthy, fresh’, that will mean Sculptra® has been really successful for me.”
 

Sculptra® is a collagen stimulator that works to build up the body’s own natural collagen to help gradually smooth lines and wrinkles and restore facial volume, giving a fuller, younger-looking complexion. Results typically occur around six weeks after treatment and, depending on the individual, two to three treatments are usually required for full results which can last up to two years following your last treatment.

The high-profile Changing Rooms presenter featured as a contestant on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ in 2007 and more recently in her own documentary on Channel 4, Chaos at the Zoo.

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