Skinfinity Cosmetic Clinic

Julaine vs Sculptra, answered properly, including the part most clinics leave out.

Both are poly-L-lactic acid. Same active ingredient, same job, which is prompting your own skin to build collagen over months rather than adding volume on the day.

The difference is the particle. Sculptra's particles are less uniform in size and can aggregate. Julaine uses smaller, more uniform microspheres.

The manufacturer's position is that a more uniform particle produces a more even collagen response. That is a product design difference and a stated rationale. It is not a head-to-head clinical trial, because no published head-to-head trial exists between these two products, and we are not going to tell you otherwise.

The difference you will actually notice is the aftercare. Sculptra requires you to massage the treated area for five minutes, five times a day, for five days. Julaine has no massage protocol.

Beyond that they are more similar than different. Both are a course of two to three sessions, four to six weeks apart. Both take months to show anything.

Which one suits you depends on your skin, your priorities and your budget, and that is a consultation conversation rather than a marketing one.

Part 2 of our Julaine series. Next up, the microspheres and why the shape matters.

Consultation £50. Patients aged 18 and over.

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Julaine biostimulator and Sunekos, used together on one patient, and why we did not choose between them.

Charles had both in the same appointment. They work at different depths and do different jobs.
Sunekos works in the upper layers of the skin. Hydration, skin quality, and some collagen stimulation near the surface.
Julaine is a poly-L-lactic acid biostimulator. It works deeper, in tissue layers Sunekos does not reach, and it stimulates the structural collagen underneath.

So one is working on the quality of the skin and the other on the structure beneath it. Used together they cover ground neither covers alone.

Neither does anything on the day. Both work by prompting your own collagen to rebuild, and that takes months rather than minutes. If you want to see a change this week, this is the wrong pair of treatments and we will tell you so.

Whether you need one, the other, or both, is a consultation question. With Julaine in particular, choosing the right patient is most of the treatment.

This is the first in a series answering the questions we get asked most about Julaine. Follow so you catch the rest.

Consultation £50. Patients aged 18 and over.

With Julaine patient choice and consultation is everything stay tuned for our Julaine series where we anser all the common questions on this new more advaced bisotimualting collagen boosting treatment.

What happens at your first polynucleotide treatment? Honestly, not very much yet.

This is session one of three, and that is the part worth understanding before you book anything.

Polynucleotides are not filler. Nothing is added to the face and nothing is being shaped. They are purified DNA fragments, salmon derived, and they work by prompting your own fibroblasts to produce collagen.

They also have a calming effect on the skin, which is a large part of why they suit skin that reads as irritated, uneven in texture or generally tired, rather than skin that has lost volume.

So what changes is skin quality. Texture, tone, the way skin behaves. Not shape.

It builds across a course, typically three sessions. After session one there is very little to see, and any clinic showing you a dramatic first session result is showing you something else.

Polynucleotides in Leeds, assessed and administered by Dr Mahmoon Rashid, GMC registered, at Skinfinity Leeds.

Save this if you are weighing up a course. Did you know it was three sessions rather than one?

Does Sunekos hurt? Here is the honest answer, plus what recovery actually looks like.

This is the question we get asked more than any other, and it usually gets a vague answer. So, properly:

Sunekos is done using a very fine cannula rather than a traditional needle. Numbing cream goes on first and is left for around 20 minutes before treatment starts.

Most patients describe the sensation as a mild pressure rather than a sharp pain. The whole appointment takes roughly 15 minutes from start to finish.

Afterwards, expect some redness. For most people it has settled by the next morning. The area around the eyes is thinner skin and can behave slightly differently, which is something we talk through at consultation rather than leave you to discover.

Sunekos is usually given as two sessions, two weeks apart.

If pain is the thing holding you back, say so at consultation. It is a normal thing to raise and there are ways to make it easier.

Sunekos in Leeds with Dr Mahmoon Rashid, GMC registered, at LivingCare Group Private Hospital, Thorpe Park, LS15.

Save this if you have been putting off booking. Were you expecting it to hurt more, or less?

What is Sunekos? It is not filler, it boosts your own collagen and elastin.

The difference is worth understanding before you book either one.

Filler adds volume to your face directly. Sunekos does not add volume at all. It combines amino acids with low weight hyaluronic acid, and works by prompting your own skin to produce collagen and elastin while it hydrates.

Collagen is the scaffolding that holds skin up. Elastin is what lets it spring back. Most treatments in this category work on collagen alone, which is what makes Sunekos different.

Because it treats skin quality rather than volume, it tends to suit early signs of ageing, dullness and texture, and the area around the eyes where skin is at its thinnest.

Typically two sessions, two weeks apart.

And if what you have actually lost is volume, Sunekos is not the right treatment, which is something we would rather say at consultation than after you have paid for a course.

Save this if you have been trying to work out whether you need a skin booster or a filler. Which one had you assumed you needed?

What is Julaine? It's not filler it's a collagen-stimulating treatment.

The difference matters more than the name does.

Hyaluronic acid filler adds volume directly. Julaine works by stimulating your own collagen instead, building gradually over 12 to 24 months rather than showing up the same week.

That makes it a structural treatment:
- Mid-face support
- Jawline definition
- Line-smoothing
- It stays soft and integrates with your own tissue.

It's also not reversible. Which is exactly why we won't use it on some first-time aesthetic patients, why it's never a same-day treatment, and why we'd never inject Julaine without seeing you twice. Never on lips, either.

Julaine in Leeds, assessed and administered by Dr Mahmoon Rashid, GMC-registered, at Skinfinity Leeds

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