Can Thermage be used for sagging and excess skin on the breast area?

3 answers to “Can Thermage be used for sagging and...”

A: Thermage, Non-Surgical Skin Tightening, Thermage CPT

Trevor M. Born, MD

Dear Curiousmind Thermage should not be used on the Breast.  There are not any studies to show benefit in breast skin tightening.  There is a new device advance with Thermage- the CPT, which dramatically reduces the discomfort of the treatment and gives much more effective results for those that do... more

A: Thermage would be inappropriate

Richard P. Rand, MD

The only ways to tighten loose breast skin are with a breast lift if the nipple has drifted south or with an implant if the nipple areola are still up in a youthful position.

A: No.

George J. Beraka, MD

Thermage delivers radio wave energy to the tissues and should not be used for an organ like the breast that is potentially prone to developing cancer.

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