I got a lot of laser that caused my muscle to be a bit more atrophy and wasting. Does ultherapy work on muscle layer? Can it help with people with muscle atrophy ? Sorry for quite a lot of questions so far. I'll have an ulthera next week but wonder about this.
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Answer: Ultherapy helps lift sagging faces but it doesn't help build up muscle
Neuropraxia, or a nerve that has gone into hibernation, has been reported very rarely after Ultherapy but all cases have spontaneously gone away as per discussion with Zeltiq most recently. The new 1.5 mm deep transducer should not subject motor nerves to trauma and allow physicians to...
There have been no cases, to-date, of which I am aware of permanent nerve weakness induced by Ultherapy.
Nerve weakness could occur from heating a nerve if the energy delivered is in the area of the nerve. The nerve may then hibernate and take a few weeks to recover. Meanwhile,...
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