Will Limited Sun Exposure Before Ultherapy Cause Welts and Swelling or is It More Likely Due to Incorrect Depth of Procedure?? Doctor Answers, Tips
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Will Limited Sun Exposure Before Ultherapy Cause Welts and Swelling or is It More Likely Due to Incorrect Depth of Procedure??

I had full face Ultherapy performed on 7/31. During the procedure, the Dr. commented on how red my face was starting to become and decided he would not complete the "2nd portion" of the procedure as he was concerned about "blistering". He rescheduled me to return for remainder of the treatment 6 days later. He and his nurse insisted that this "reaction" was not common and repeatedly blamed this on my recent exposure to the sun. ( I was not sunburnt but had been outside for up to an hour two days before the procedure...but again, I was not red at all.) Well...as soon as I arrived home, I noticed welts appearing on both sides of my lower cheeks and a hard nodule by my right eye. The next morning, my face was incredibly swollen, welts, persisted and I noticed a loss of sensation to lower jaw area. This has continued into the 2nd morning so I called my plastic surgeon. According to the nurse, I am to place cold compresses and 1% hydrocortisone cream to affected areas. Again, she blamed the reaction to my sun exposure. Is this true or more likely due to incorrect depth of procedure?

2 Doctor Answers | Asked by anon
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Ultherapy and welts

I can not comment on your specific treatment or its results as I have not examined you nor am I aware of the exact treatment technique. In general, some patients do develop very temporary welts when the newer 1.5mm superficial transducer is used. They go away in as little as one hour and as long as a day. There might be unusual conditions that are not diagnosed in certain patients such as physical urticaria. This is a condition in which hives occur from physical trauma. Some people... more
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Welts and swelling after full face Ultherapy

Anon: Hope you have recovered uneventfully. I incorporated the Ultherapy technology into my practice, after there had been a software upgrade in October 2012, so have only had a limited number of patients, however, have not thankfully had anyone have any redness or swelling which lasted longer than an hour after treatment. Ultherapy is designed to give the practitioner a lot of information about where to deliver the energy as well as whether there is adequate gel coupling or... more

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