3 Reasons Sculptra® Works Better Than Traditional Fillers

With each passing year, your face is moving away from that vibrant and youthful spirit you still feel on the inside, and you’d rather your outsides were more aligned with your insides.

Thankfully, we’re able to answer the call in more ways than ever before, including quick-and-easy cosmetic injectables that deliver excellent results after just one treatment. And their popularity is showing no signs of letting up — more than 19 million cosmetic injectable procedures were performed in the United States in 2024, an increase of nearly 3 million over 2023.

When it comes to dermal fillers, they’re evolving, and Dr. Samantha Robare and the team here at Magnolia Dermatology are pleased to offer the next generation of cosmetic injectables, including the collagen-stimulating filler Sculptra®. 

Here, we dive into three exciting benefits of Sculptra and why this dermal filler rises head and shoulders above traditional fillers.

1. Calling on collagen with Sculptra

When we refer to traditional fillers, we’re referring to those that rely on hyaluronic acid (HA) to lift and smooth aging skin. While effective, HA can break down fairly easily in your body, so you have to keep up with these fillers.

With Sculptra, we’re not just pumping up the volume; we’re helping your skin to rebuild support from below. More specifically, the active ingredient in Sculptra is poly-L-lactic acid, which creates a framework that supports the structure of your skin from the inside out.

This framework includes more collagen, which is the protein in your body that’s responsible for the structure and support in most of your tissues, including your skin. Over time, you lose collagen by about 1% per year starting in your 20s and 30s.

With Sculptra, we encourage more collagen, as well as elastin — the protein that provides elasticity in your skin — to hit the reset button on aging skin.

2. Gradual and long-lasting results after one Sculptra treatment

Your results after your Sculptra treatment begin to appear in about a month as new collagen and elastin lift and tighten your skin. The manufacturers of Sculptra report that an in-house study shows a 66.5% increase in Type 1 collagen after 3 months.

These great results continue to progress over the course of 2 years, giving you results that outlast traditional fillers significantly. 

3. A more natural approach to aging skin with Sculptra

As skin health experts, we love that Sculptra works with your body for a more natural approach to aging skin. This means that you won’t look overly pumped up with unnatural results that tend to advertise that you’ve had work done. 

Instead, with Sculptra, we’re prompting your body to rebuild on its own, so you’re rewarded with results that bring out the natural beauty in your appearance.

To see for yourself why so many of our clients are converting to Sculptra to address the signs of aging in their faces and hands, you can contact us at Magnolia Dermatology in Cypress, Texas, to set up an appointment today.