Before

• For 2-3 days before your appointment, avoid substances that thin your blood such as alcohol, aspirin, advil, aleve, ibuprofen, vitamin e, fish oil, garlic, and St. John’s wort for

• For 3-5 days before your appointment, feel free to take arnica tablets if prone to bruising

• The day before your appointment and day of, avoid alcohol to prevent additional bruising

After

• Stay upright for 6 hours

• Avoid massages & facials for 7 days

• Avoid wearing tight hats & caps for 12-24 hours

• Avoid exercise for 12-24 hours

• Be gentle with your face (no rubbing!) 

• Okay to wash face and wear makeup

• Okay to take Tylenol for any pain and avoid further bruising

Side Effects

• Bruising & swelling

• Tenderness at injection site lasting a couple minutes to a week

Before

• For 2-3 days before appointment, avoid blood thinners such as alcohol, aspirin, advil, aleve, ibuprofen, vitamin e, fish oil, garlic and St. John’s wort

• For 2-3 days before appointment, feel free to take arnica tablets if prone to bruising

• If you are prone to bruising, eat TONS of fresh pineapple to help prevent it!

• Let us know if you have a history of cold sores

• The day before your appointment and day of, avoid alcohol to prevent additional bruising

After

• ICE area in 15 minute increments

• Avoid massages & facials for 7 days 

• Topical or oral arnica to help with bruising

• Oral benadryl can help with excessive swelling

• Be gentle with your face for a couple days (no rubbing!) 

• Okay to wash face and wear makeup after 24 hours

• Avoid exercise while swollen

• Avoid sleeping on injection areas, prop head up with a pillow to help prevent swelling and migration

Side Effects

• Bruising, redness, swelling, and tenderness at injection site lasting a couple hours to a week

• Numbness and coolness (numbing solution inside of the product can last a couple hours after injection)

• Lumps and bumps for first couple weeks before product settles

Keep on the lookout for any whiteness or grayness and call us immediately if you notice anything out of the ordinary!

Before

• For 2-3 days before your appointment, avoid substances that thin your blood such as alcohol, aspirin, advil, aleve, ibuprofen, vitamin e, fish oil, garlic, and St. John’s wort for

• For 3-5 days before your appointment, feel free to take arnica tablets if prone to bruising

• The day before your appointment and day of, avoid alcohol to prevent additional bruising

• If you are prone to bruising, eat TONS of fresh pineapple to help prevent it!

Always Schedule treatment at least 2 weeks before a big event!

Day Of:

• Arrive with clean face, avoid makeup

• Ice area in 15 minute increments

• Topical or oral arnica to help with bruising

• Oral benadryl can help with excessive swelling

• Avoid retinol cream for 2 days

• Okay to wash face and wear moisturizer

After

• Avoid exercise for a couple days

• Avoid sleeping on injection areas, prop head up with a pillow to help prevent swelling

• PERFORM SCULPTRA MASSAGE: 5x5x5

  • 5 min massage for 5 times a day for 5 days!!!

Side Effects

• Bruising, redness, swelling, and tenderness at injection site lasting a couple hours to a week

• Numbness and coolness (numbing solution inside of the product can last a couple hours after injection)

• Lumps and bumps for first couple weeks before product settles

Sculptra Massage

• assage all treated areas

• We will do your first massage for you and show you the areas to do and how to do it (don’t worry)!

• You’ll leave with a love note reminder so you don’t forget!

This is important to preventing lumps and nodules in the future