What Should I Do to Prepare for Ultherapy Treatment? (Arnica Montana or Avoiding Ibruprofen Something Like That?)

What should I do to prepare for Ultherapy treatment? Should I take Arnica Montana or avoiding Ibuprofen? How long should I take or not take those pills before the Ulthera?

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by Giselle_9 in LA, CA.

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Arnica and Ultherapy

There are no good studies to state whether Arnica helps minimize swelling from ultherapy. Swelling usually is minimal, not significant after ultherapy but if you want to minimize the chance of swelling then Arnica montana may be helpful. There are many different doses recommended. Bruising is very rare with Ultherapy but again, if you want to minimize the chance of bruising then you can take Arnica. There also aren't studies to reveal whether taking non-steroidal antiinflammatory... more

Prep Requirements for Ultherapy Treatments?

You know, I had the same question when starting to provide Ultherapy treatments. For decades now, I have told my patients to stay away from non-steroidals (ie, Motrin, Advil, Ibuprofen, Aleve, etc) when they are having "open" surgical procedures. I found it quite interesting that Ultherapy trainers recommend these drugs around the time of treatments. In our experience, there are levels of treatment as to how aggressive one wants to be with the specific therapy. Average... more

Ultherapy and bruising

The studies from the Ulthera company used Ibuprofen as the pain medication of choice. Bruising rarely occurs with Ulthera unless you are on blood-thinning medication such as Plavix and Coumadin. I have not seen any bruising in the absence of these medications and I routinely recommend Ibuprofen prior to Ultherapy. HOwever,in theory these types of NSAIDs can contribute to bruising. Arnica can be used, although there is no data to suggest that it is truly... more