What is the Best Prescription Pain Med for a Ulthera Treatment for Full Face and Neck?

What is the best prescription med for an Ultera treatment for full face and neck? Is numbing cream and a dental block necessary? I have a low pain tolerance, so I have a lot of concern about this painful treatment. I have had 2 thermage treatments years ago. They were very painful and even after receiving a lot of meds. Thank you for your help.

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12 Doctor Answers | Asked by Phoenix8499 in Phoenix, AZ

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Pain med options for Ulthera treatment

Of course everyone is different, I had the procedure done without any and it was OK. If you have a low pain tolerance then your doctor may prescribe either a sedative or a pain pill or both, but you will of course then have to have a ride home and it affects your schedule for the rest of the day. You don't want to hold back on getting a full treatment though.

Pain Management for Ultherapy

Before we acquired our Ultherapy unit, both my partner and I underwent treatments. I can tell you from personal experience that the procedure stings. We both completed our brow treatments without any medication but it took twice as long because we had to stop multiple times. After the treatment, the discomfort is gone immediately. We have not had a single patient require pain medication after the procedure. During the treatment, we generally offer our... more

Pain medication for Ulthera

I am in complete agreement with the other physicians. My partner and I had the procedure without any medications, and found it to be uncomfortable but completed the treatment. Since then, I strongly recommend a combination of Valium and Percocet (sedative and narcotic) for patients to have a pleasant experience, complete the full treatment regimen, and decrease the time of the overall procedure in half. These patients do quite well and are... more

Ultherapy does not need to be painful

Ultherapy is an excellent non-surgical treatment for lifting and tightening the facial tissues. We have been treating patients for over a year and have treated over 100 patients thus far. You are right, there are varying levels of pain tolerance and after I had my first Ultherapy treatment, I have offered all of my patients local anesthesia prior to treatment. Although some patients are hesitant at first, the treatment session is completed with minimal discomfort for... more

Pain managment with Ultherapy

I have found that patients do better with lidocaine injections than oral sedatives and pain medications. The patients feel better overall and do not need someone to drive them home. With the injections, the patients feel very little of the treatment. Also, since the protocol change, which allows us to have the same clinical outcome without the intensity of treatment, the patients need less local anesthetic, if at all!

Ultherapy is much more comfortable now than it was before

The discomfort that patients have is much more tolerable now than previously. I just had my eyelids, temples and forehead done under the newest protocol. I took no pain medication (topical or oral), and the pain was mostly a 1/10 with the very occasional twinge at 5/10. I had the full-face and neck under the old protocol (again without any pain meds), and it was very uncomfortable. I had 8-9/10 pain for most of the procedure.

Ouch, What is the Best Rx Pain Medication for Ulthera Treatment?

Hi Phoenix, I find that straight Morphine does the job...just kidding. Ulthera can be uncomfortable, but we can make it very tolerable in our patients. Some patients just have the treatment with cold air blowing on them, we call them sado-masochists, or they are extreme fans of Fifty Shades of Gray! It is best to take 2-3 Tylenol about one hour prior to the scheduled treatment. When patients have a ride home, we give Xanax 1 mg. Most patients then have... more

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Pain Medications Before Ulthera

I like to give patients a Toradol pill and a Percocet pill 1 hour before the procedure. I find that with this combination, patients rate the pain level as a 3 or 4 out of 10 which is very tolerable.

Ultherapy and managing discomfort

We have tried different protocols for pain management and have discussed it with many different practitioners to review what they have found to be successful. We have been very successful in providing reasonable comfort to our patients with the protocol that we have used for the last six months. Each patient has a different pain threshold and our management differs depending on the history given to us by our patients. Most patients are given a combination of a narcotic pain... more

Ultherapy and Pain

I have performed several hundred Ultherapy treatments and have treated patients without meds, with nerve blocks, with valium/vicodin/and a nerve block, +/- NuCalm (a natural oral supplement that creates deep relaxation without controlled substances, causes no side effects, and requires no recuperative time or supervision). Following are my personal observations: Patients that state they have a "high pain tolerance", and are full-faced usually do well without... more

Pain Medicines Work So Why Not Use Them For Ulthera

Ulthera is worth it so pain management should be an important part of your consult, its just as important as your treatment. First of all, before pain medicines, there is the Zimmer Air Cool, which is really important, in cooling the skin and is a big part of making you more comfortable, so why choose treatment without the "Zimmer" We have a honest and frank discussion with our patients, there are some of our patients who never use, and I mean never, after surgeries and... more

How to make Ulthera treatment more comfortable

Hi, We offer patients an oral narcotic and an oral sedative prior to their full face & neck Ultherapy treatment. With this combination, none of our patients have needed to stop treatment part-way due to discomfort. Options for the oral narcotic include Vicodin or Percocet. In addition, there are techniques that your physician can employ to make it a more pleasant experience for you, such as adjusting the energy level. The energy level can be modified to a certain extent... more