Seattle Accent Laser doctors
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Richard Baxter, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
6100 219th St SW Ste 290, Mountlake Terrace |
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Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1135 116th Ave. NE Suite 630, Bellevue |
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1 answer |
Recent Answers
I had laser lipo combined with Vaser 1 week ago and was told by my physician to get a package of Accent laser treatments to help smooth out the contour and prevent lumps/bumps. I see some current lumpiness above the belly button but am wondering if I really need additional laser treatment or if I just need to wait. There are many posts here about massage being effective for lumps but I'm feeling pressured as my physician said the Accent would be most effective if started around post-op day 21.
Laser, VASER, now Accent? While I do recommend Accent treatments, it is impossible to make a recommendation in your case without knowing more. If there is good skin tone to begin with, then any version of liposuction with or without additional technologies should give a good result. The problems arise when there is some skin laxity and patients are sold on the idea that laser lipo will help tighten the skin. The amount of tightening is minimal. Accent or Endermologie or any of several other options may help.
How effective is Zeltiq compare with Accent Ultra?
Zeltiq uses cryotherapy to reduce localized fat tissue, Accent is a laser used to tone skin, so they aren't really comparable. Zeltiq is in the early phases of clinical development, wheras Accent has been around for some time. The choice will depend on what you are trying to achieve, and the list of options is a long one so the best one for you may not be either one of those two.
How high does the body temperature get during Accent XL procedure? I heared that they can get your body temperature up to 60 degrees celcius. Is this not too high? are you not going to cook your organs at this point?
It sounds like you have been misinformed or misinterpreted what you read.
All energy-based devices that tighten skin without surgery (this would include for example Thermage in addition to Accent and other lasers) work by causing a temperature increase only in the skin and immediately under it. It is focused on a very small area and not enough to raise the overall body temperature or penetrate deeply.
The heat is instantaneous and dissipates quickly. There is a minimum temperature required to affect the collagen, which is needed for the result, and the peak would be as high as 60 dgrees C but only for a fraction of a second at any one point.
These things would never get FDA clearance if there was a risk of organ injury or significant body temperature increase.