What is the actual difference between Radiesse and Sculptra?
Radiesse is calcium hydroxylapatite carried in a gel, so it occupies space from the moment it is placed and stimulates collagen afterwards. Sculptra is poly-L-lactic acid with no such carrier: the fluid leaves within days and the particles work quietly from there. One shows a contour change at the appointment and one does not.
Which of the two shows a change first?
Radiesse, and the credit belongs to the carrier gel, not yet to collagen. That early appearance is temporary by design; it recedes as the gel is absorbed and is replaced by whatever the mineral particles have provoked. Sculptra offers nothing to look at early, which is why a PLLA plan is judged at booked reviews.
Do Radiesse and Sculptra cost the same in Seoul?
On this card, yes. Radiesse is ₩1,200,000 per vial and Sculptra is ₩1,000,000 per vial. Because both are billed by the vial, your total is decided by how many vials the mapped area argues for, and that number is agreed with you in writing before anything is opened.
Is either of them a filler?
Neither is a hyaluronic acid filler. Radiesse behaves partly like one on the day because of its gel, which is where the confusion comes from, and Sculptra behaves like one in no respect at all. Both are classed as collagen stimulators, and the practical consequence is that neither can be dissolved once placed.
How many vials will I need?
We do not publish a number, because it depends on how wide the mapped zone is, how much support has gone and how your tissue answers the first vial. The capture gives a starting figure, the review gives the real one. A count quoted before either of those has happened is a sales number.
Can Radiesse or Sculptra be dissolved if I dislike the result?
No. Hyaluronidase breaks down hyaluronic acid and has no effect on a mineral or on a polymer, so neither of these materials can be removed that way. An uneven result is managed over time with massage, review and in some cases treatment. If the possibility of reversal matters to you, the hyaluronic acid range is the right shelf.
What are the risks, and what does a nodule feel like?
Bruising, swelling, injection marks and several days of tenderness are common for both. The risk that defines this category is a firm, palpable lump under the skin, sometimes appearing weeks after the session. It is felt before it is seen, usually in a mobile zone. Report any lump promptly; do not wait for the scheduled review.
Which areas of the face are off the list for both materials?
Lips and fine dynamic lines. The tissue there moves constantly and sits thin over the injection plane, which is exactly the setting in which a stimulator lump is most likely and most visible. Those requests are quoted with a different material or declined, at any dilution.
Can I have both, and in what order?
Sometimes, across different zones and separated in time. What we do not do is stack two stimulators in the same plane on the same day, because it removes any way of telling which material produced which outcome and doubles the lump risk in one place. The order is written by your director after the capture.
Does either one lift a jawline that has dropped?
No. Both materials work on support and skin quality inside a plane; neither repositions tissue that has descended. A dropped jawline is read as a lifting problem and quoted against the lifting menu. Where the capture finds deflation above a sagging line, a stimulator may sit alongside that plan without replacing it.
Can a first vial go in on the day I consult?
Often, once the capture has been read and the plan approved. A Sculptra vial needs reconstitution and standing time, so that appointment is longer than a Radiesse one; a pre-filled CaHA syringe can be prepared quickly. Both are booked as treatment slots of their own, and the clinic opens 365 days a year.
Do visitors from abroad pay the same vial rate?
Yes, ₩1,200,000 and ₩1,000,000 per vial respectively, with no surcharge for non-residents. One practical caution for a short trip: a PLLA course expects you back for review, so if you are in Seoul for a week, say so at the consultation and let it weigh on which material is recommended.
