I've heard there is a new way of doing ultherapy. How much less painful is it? Does it take longer to perform or are there any additional concerns doing it this way?
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October 6, 2017
Answer: The new procedure is quite a bit better, but pain medication is still a huge help!
Ultherapy tightens the skin and deeper layers of tissue by heating them and will shrink some of your volume by tightening the tissues in the area treated. Typically there is not significant volume loss, but the face will sometimes appear slimmer due to the fact that the tissues are lifted...
Dear Patient, I have performed over 250 Thermage treatments and a few on patients with Coumadin on board. They all did fine. I have the Ulthera machine and have performed over 100 in the past 2 years. I sometimes get deep bruising in the temple and jawline in patients that are not taking...
In the hands of an experienced technician who has learned the most resent new modifications of the technique, you can expect good results. While Ultherapy does give 30-50 % improvement it can not give the spectacular results that a brow lift and a face lift with fat grafting can give. Then again...
