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Fat Atrophy Possible After Thermage on Thin Skin?
Remarks about fat atrophy frightened me a bit. I am 42 years old and my dermatologist told me that I have aged well with limited sagging. I have been having the standard laser facial (no downtime) every 2 months for the past year. I am considering Thermage however, my face is very thin, with little fat. With this machine and my thin skin, should I worry about fat atrophy, losing the little fat I have on my face?
Asked 35 months ago by
Ms. Gao in nyc
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Fat Atrophy With Thermage is Low
Though fat atrophy is a concern, newer techniques have minimized these risks. Multiple passes/impulses of the skin are performed at more moderate levels. It produces results equivalent to one pass at a high, painful level. These high/intense levels are what atrophy the fat, not the moderate, multiple passes.
With such techniques, we see little fat atrophy in the face. Body treatments carry a slightly higher risk, as we use a more aggressive tip, resulting in deeper heating of the...
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