Can Using Thermage Speed Up the Aging Process?

We have been treating patients with Thermage for 8 years in our practice, including myself and many staff members. From experience in speaking with patients that had the treatment in the beginning, none have ever reported feeling that they feel that their skin has suffered long term as a result of treatment. Thermage has been shown to not only tighten the skin but also increase collagen production and thicken the skin, and in a sense slowing the aging process. So by... more

Thermage radiofrequency has been in clinical use for several years now, and from my exprience i wouldn't say it is completely accurate to call the effect temporary. It is more like setting back the clock rather than stopping it. The healing process that Thermage stimulates makes new collagen. There may be some theoretical basis to question whetjher this hastens aging but I can't think of what it would be. Just about every thing we do to counteract aging skin attempts to stimulate... more