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Is There a Device (Like Ulthera or Fraxel) That Can Add VOLUME to Face.

asked 1 year ago by Paul
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
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Tags: face, technology, volume

There are several devices that can stimulate collagen production in the face... Ulthera, Fraxel, Titan, Thermage, etc. Why can't the makers of these devices create a device that can stimulate even GREATER amounts of collagen below the surface as to add VOLUME to sunken areas... much the way Sculptra does? The devices mentioned above only seem to tighten and lift. Why can't the same technology be expanded to re-volumize targeted areas?

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Volumization lasers

You ask a great question. The immune system is involved in producing more collagen as a response to Sculptra and this gives volume needed to inflate a deflated cheek or temple, etc. the collagen that is produced as a result of heating the dermis from laser or radiofrequency or ultrasound has not produced bulk volume. If it did, there would need to be a mechanism to shut it off automaticallly so the scar tissue wouldn't rise above the normal skin level. How this is... more
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist

www.thenyac.com

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