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"Welts" a Side Effect with Ultherapy?

I have an appointment the week of the September 27th and my provider says that they have had patients experience "welts" with this procedure and that those welts have taken weeks to resolve. I have found this on the Ulthera site or any questions here. Does this sound right? This is a new procedure for my provider, even though they have done Thermage for years.

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"Welts" can occur but resolve without long term problems

Our practice experienced some patients getting "welts" after treatment to the forehead. They did resolve without long-term effects. This seems to be related to the thickness of the skin and its relationship to the underlying bone as all of our patients experienced this on the forehead and had thin forehead skin. This also occurred with the very first patients who went through the procedure and there have no subsequent events. Like all procedures,... more

Welts after Ultherapy treatment?

Rarely, welting may occur if you are treated with the superficial 1.5mm transducer. Welting is caused by poor contact, overlapping a treatment area without waiting the appropriated amount of time or treating a patient who has very thin skin. I have received advanced training on this specific transducer. I would recommend looking for another provider in your area and make sure to ask about their training.

Welts can be a side effect of Ultherapy, but are easily treated and go away quickly

Welts can happen at times with Ultherapy, but luckily they are brief (about 1 week or so) and generally resolve even quicker than that. In our practice, we avoid high energies around thin areas of skin (like around the eyes) and this leads to better results and happier patients. If at any time during the procedure you are experiencing significantly higher amounts of pain you should tell the person who is doing the procedure this and they can adjust the energy accordingly.... more

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Although welts from Ulthera are uncommon, they may be seen more with the new 1.5mm transducer

Ultherapy and the focused ultrasonic energy can sometimes cause skin dermal injury with a welt if the interface with your skin is altered or a patient pulls away from the transducer when it is firing. Ulthera recently launched the 1.5mm shallow transducer targeting the skin itself and not the deeper layers traditionally targeted. Hitting the actual skin dermal layer may lead to a higher incidence of welts - but these should resolve quickly. And hitting this layer of skin may soon... more

Welts and ultrasound

Welts are seen rarely after Ultherapy and should spontaneously resolve with no long term issues. Welts would be caused theoretically by superficial rather than deep absorption of the ultrasound energy which induces heat. The time it takes for them to go away could be minutes, to hours or up to several days. One or two isolated welts might be caused by a lack of good contact with the Ulthera's transducer or ultrasound gel placement. If there are a myriad of welts, then the technique... more

Welts from Ulthera

Welts can occur from having to much gel on the face, causing the handpiece to not be in direct contact with the skin. It can also be caused by rebound of ultrasonic energy from bone. Essentially, what is happening is extra energy is being delivered to the more superficial layers of the skin, causing the skin to react in a welt. The welts will resolve with no long term side effect.

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