Ultherapy: Q&A
Ask a QuestionUltherapy Should Not Hurt, Right?
I read that ulthera should not be painful (as it was for me) if the doctor is aware of where facial nerves and bones are, and performs the procedure correctly. Why did mine hurt while others did not? (I do have good pain tolerance.) Thanks!
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nadiahoney
in Charlottesville, VA
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Ultherapy can be painful when done correctly.
On a scale of 1-10, I have had patients rate the pain from 0 to 11. Everybody experiences the sensation of the treatment differently, but we offer a variety of pain management techniques to aid in patient comfort. These range from distractions, music, and breathing techniques to numbing cream, oral medications, and injectable anesthetics. We tailor pain management specifically to each patient to provide as much comfort as possible.
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Ultherapy does hurt!
In my experience, Ultherapy performed properly and to the optimal settings does in fact hurt. We find that using topical anesthetic cream with or without regional blocks make it much easier to tolerate full treatment. Frequently the doctors who are designated to promote the technology on TV will use very low setting so that the on air experience is much more pleasant than the real thing. Unfortunately, this type of exhibition misleads the public into thinking that the treatment is painless....
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Ultherapy Hurts - Follow the "No Pain No Gain" Theory Here
Whoever said it's not supposed to hurt hasn't had the treatment.
Ultherapy reaches very deeply into the skin and the ultrasound beams are focused into one tiny point. That's what you feel and it is not painless by any means.
You have the option of numbing blocks or other types of anesthesia, and most physicians will offer you whatever type of pain control you feel you need. It's not intolerable without prescription pain medication, but it can get pretty intense...
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Ultherapy and pain
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This is an incorrect statement for most patients. There is some discomfort and this varies from patient to patient.
I actually like the response from the doctor prior to this entry. He states that it can be on a 1-10 scale ....a 0 ...or an 11. This is so true. Rarely on the extremes but tolerable in most cases as it is in between for most.
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Ultherapy facial lift and tightening can hurt
The minority of patients say that it didn't hurt too much but the average patient says it does hurt. Avoiding direct treatment of some nerves is possible, but the bony areas sometimes need to be treated but the depth of the ultrasonic energy is adjusted so as not to allow the energy to reach the bone. Treatment over the cheeks, without treating bone or nerve hurts with ongoing lines of treatment. We are treating now with multiple transducers to allow planes of different depths to...
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Pain associated with Ultherapy
Ultherapy will cause some discomfort depending upon the area treated. Certain areas can be more uncomfortable than others. For example, treating the area above the brow tends to be more uncomfortable than the neck area. How people respond to pain varies. Ultherapy causes heat and can cause an electrical sensation which can really bother some people while others find it less bothersome. I had Ultherapy and found it to be very uncomfortable, so in our office we often give a nerve...
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Painfulness of Ultherapy
Ulthera is completely non-invasive and does not require anesthesia. Treatment times average thirty minutes. During treatment, the ultrasound applicator is slowly moved over the treatment area, delivering small, controlled amounts of energy to the skin and soft tissue. The ultrasound energy targets the deep layers of tissue, leaving the upper layers intact and unharmed.There is little to no recovery or downtime associated with Ultherapy and patients are able to immediately return to their...
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Ulthera, pain, does it hurt?
Usually patients experience mild to moderate pain during the treatment, occasionally it may even feel more painful. In our practice, to decrease the painful experience, we use cold air, ice packs and other pain diverting techniques as well as oral analgesics during the treatment. We have had few patients who told us that they did not feel any pain but these are in the minority. All of our patients however have gone through the procedure without any difficulty.
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There is discomfort with Ultherapy but it is manageable with medication.
Having an Ulthera procedure to the face and neck does "hurt" some. Pain is subjective among different people so everyone is not going to describe their level of pain the same.
This procedure heats up the deep tissue of the area being treated to about 65* C so it definitely is felt. You are correct in that the most sensitive area are around the bones and certain nerves. Extra care and positioning of the transducer minimizes additional...
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