Thermage - Is a Doctor Required to Supervise Treatment?

Each state has different requirements requiring a physician direct of indirect supervision of Thermage treatment or any light or energy base treatments.  In my state this procedure can be delegated to a state license practitioner, i.e. esthetician. There are many states that allow indirect supervision such as the medical director can be off site.  Never be afraid to ask who will do their procedure and how experience they are and how the were trained.

Each state has specific laws about who can legally provide certain treatments. In California MD's, NP's RN's and PA's are all eligible to perform most laser procedures and injections. In other states there is more laxity as to who can perform medical procedures. Thermage is a medical procedure and should be performed by well-trained technically educated medical personnel. Nonmedical providers can unfortunately be under trained and in some states it is truly buyer beware. You'll have to... more