Virginia Beach Thermage doctors
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Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD
Virginia Beach Dermatologist
5320 Providence Road 202, Virginia Beach |
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Robert Baer
Virginia Beach Dermatologist
Newport News |
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Glenn Campbell, MD
Virginia Beach Oculoplastic Surgeon
5215 Monticello Ave, Williamsburg |
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J. Benjamin Hugo, MD
Virginia Beach Plastic Surgeon
328 Louisa Avenue Suite 110 , Virginia Beach |
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Fred H. Siegel, MD
Virginia Beach Plastic Surgeon
Chesapeake |
Recent Answers
My dermatologist recommended that I do Thermage to treat my active acne, but I am skeptical because everything I've read about Thermage is more for toning the skin. Should I do Thermage or is there a better treatment I could do, like lasers? Thank you.
There are those who pretty much claim that Thermage can cure nearly every cosmetic concern out there, including acne.
Supposedly it does so, by somehow heating the water content of the sebaceous gland and causing their inactivation. The effect is supposed to last 6-18 months.
Call me a skeptic on this one, but it sounds like one of two things. Either your dermatologist has exhausted all the other excellent therapeutic options for acne ( antibiotics, topicals, hormonal treatments, light therapy, Accutane) and is using Thermage as a last resort, or he has found a new way to pay for his machine.
I had Thermage 20 days ago in my forehead and eyes. My eyes are very swollen and puffy, especially in the morning, and the skin is dry and my eyeslids less tight than before. The practioner found hard to insert the black,huge protections in one eye, and it was very watery for one day. I am worried that my eyes will stay like that. My eyelids was very thight before, but I done the thermage because I had lines under my eyes and in my forehead. Is it going to be better?
It sounds like one of your eyes was not fully protected. If you have not called the physician who performed the procedure, you certainly should do so. I would also seek the advice of an oculoplastic surgeon. This is not normal after three weeks.
I am interested in having Thermage for my face, but I found quite different opinions about it. I am wondering if all the patients used the machines made by the company Thermage? Is it a problem of the approach or of the company and doctor?
The original Thermage was from all accounts, patients and physicians who bought the machines, was pretty much a disaster. It was painful and ineffectual and many physicians reluctantly had to give the money back to their patients. It was probably too early to bring the product to market.
The company then gussied up the machine and proclaimed that using different parameters and techniques the units were far more successful. In a bit of surprising honesty (why am I always surprised when a salesperson concedes a fault in their product) the reps that visited me told me the original Thermage was not that good but the new one was great. In these sales presentations I was shown terrific before and after pictures and told to call certain physicians whose patients were having breath-takingly successful results.
Well, after calling around and discussing potential purchase with colleagues I know and whose opinion I value, it seems to me that in some patients, maybe quite a few, there are great results. However, many other patients are still disappointed.
Unlike say fillers, the fault may be in the technology of the machine, and not problems with the practitioner. You may get a great result but I have a feeling there is an equal if not greater chance of disappointment.
Sorry.