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Long Term Effects of Ultrasound Tightening/Ulthera on the Skin?

asked 1 year ago by bethe in Morgan Hill CA
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
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Tags: effective, long-term

I am interested to know what might be the expectations of this type of tightening long term. Should this be of any concern?

4 answers to Long Term Effects of Ultrasound Tightening/Ulthera on the Skin?

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Ultherapy may provide long term results

As Ultherapy is a relatively new treatment we don't have 10 year follow-up, but extrapolating the results based on what has been seen with other procedures, the new collagen that is formed is not expected to go away. Biopsies taken ten years after dermabrasions showed new collagen formation that lasted! The aging process continues and there is a constant heading south of the facial features, but the Utlherapy of today can keep you ahead of where you would be in the future if you... more
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist

www.thenyac.com

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Ultherapy sets back the aging clock

Ulthera uses high intensity focused ultrasound deliverd in brief bursts under the skin to stimulate collagen regeneration, which then creates some lifting and tightening. It takes about 3 months for the full effect to appear, but because it is a change in the collagen it isn't a temporary efefct. So think of it as setting back the clock, but the clock keeps ticking of course!
Richard Baxter, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

baxterplasticsurgery.com

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Long Term Effects of Ultherapy

Great question.  To answer this, one needs to understand what Ultherapy is doing to the skin.  Using ultrasound, energy is transmitted to a precise location under the skin and a small injury is created.  The body will repair this injury by making new collagen and reorganizing the collagen that is there.  It is this effect on the skin that which gives the aesthetic improvement.  Because there is nothing left behind and the body will repair the injury that the... more
Joseph Campanelli, MD

Minneapolis Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Expectation matching

The key in all aesthetic surgery is expectation matching.  If you are going to have one of these transcutaneous treatments, there are very limited changes you will see and these minimal improvements need to be oky for you.  Don't expect much and you might not be disappointed.  I have seen may patients though who thought they were going to get much more from Thermage for example and felt they "got nothing from it." 
Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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