“Thermage”
Thermage: NOT worth it
Pain: Severe
Extremely painful procedure. I had thermage over two years ago.I am experiencing many side effects. Latest, after loosing most fat from my face, the skin is still painfully tightening. It does not lift, thermage cannot "lift" skin, it can draw it closer to your bone structure.
My eyes now are much deeper set and very painful through the "pushing" of tightening lids over the eyes.There are too many frightening side effects to mention! I am in the process of suing thermage but that is not going to re
verse or even stop the process from continually affecting my face. I will personally visit the headquarters of thermage in Hayward, California. With my efforts to allert the media I will try to inform the public to possibility of irreversible side effects which have affected many hundreds of people. Even if initially you might feel that some thightening is improving your looks, you will experience further fat loss, in some cases even one or two years after procedure. To say that thermage has changed my life is an understatement. From being a very happy,sucsesful Managing Director of a company that has helped to bring to life the program "Dancing With the Stars", I am now living in constant pain, dreading waking up in the morning, only to observe new damage to my skin in the form of dents,uneven skin texture,massively enlarged pores, difforming of parts of my face like my nose, or top lip or eyes. There are internet sites which inform why the thermage technology will never be predictable or safe, how the company is getting away with "murder" is beyond my comprehension.
If anyone is still planning to go ahaed with the treatment, please read other internet sites, just key in "thermage fat loss", thermage disasters, thermage complaints, thermage damage and many more. Even from this site you can learn that even if you are lucky enough not to suffer immediate damage, the likelihood of incurring it later are extremely likely.
Dec 4, 2007Comments and replies (18)
3 posts
9 Mar 2008
Hi im 23 & in the uk also. i had this treatments done only 6 months ago by a doctor luca rosso from the rejuvenation clinic in harly street. it had destroyed my face at 23! i now look not only older but really sick & really tired due to the hollowing under my eyes and cheeks & sagging face. does this ever stop or will it continue to get worse?? is there anything i can do?? im really desprate i dont know what to do! everytime i see the dr he just tells me that thermage cant make your face worse & to come back after a few months! plz someone help! any advice is welcome.
3 posts
11 Mar 2008
Hi MISS_COLD, you must notify Thermage and ideally FDA in the States! I had exactly the same experience over two years ago and in my case the side effects are continuing! I know that there are hundreds if not thousands of people damaged by thermage and unfortunately there will be hundreds more unless this barbaric treatment is stopped. The technology is basically flawed and that makes it unpredictable and it can lead to side effects that are far worse that just fat loss as it is happening to me!I am taking legal action against thermage but I feel that the only way thermage can be stopped and face the consequencies is to bring media attention to this whole saga! If you decide to take legal action perhaps we should go for class action suit as there are many more of us in the same situation!
unregistered guest
13 Mar 2008
I had a full face thermage about a week ago. So far so good. I see results in the surface of my skin and my eyes look slightly larger as my brow has lifted. My neck and chin area appear to have tighten as well. I am very pleased.
32 posts
28 Aug 2008
MISS_COLD and alle the other servere damaged Thermage... I miss your FDA report! Even when a procedure dont works so often and patients have lost the money for nothing (then) a short report makes sense! We cannot ONLY report in a forum this will changes nothing.
unregistered guest
13 Jan 2009
I am intend to have thermage treatment the next month. I am 35 years old. What do you think?
32 posts
15 Jan 2009
My wife and I had our thermage 2 years ago and were both damaged! Absolute nothing can meanwhile - dec 06 - happen promised us the doc in Germany. We have lost too much that we can recommend this unsafe and unexplored procedure.
3 posts
15 Jan 2009
I had thermage over three years ago and unfortunately I am still experiencing side effects, like continous fat loss, pain,changes to my skin texture.The monopolar radio wave frequency used in thermage is very dangerous. It has been abandoned in surgical procedures and replaced with bipolar frequencies which are far safer and easier to control. There are very few doctors who understand even the rudimentary principles employed in this technique and there is simply no help or understanding for the numerous victims of thermage. Even if initially the tightening will make you look younger,the inevitable fat loss which will follow will destroy your self confidence in the following months and years. It is totally not worth it!
32 posts
23 Jan 2009
Mariola - the expectations are depressing! But your researching is excellent. A lot of doctors dont know enough about the dangerous monopalar rf. And a problem is that they like to refer to studies. But these are so expensive (and not opportun) that there is no space for the victims like you and us. The side effects like fat melting, skin thinning, deep wrinkles, collagen destruction e.g., are known meanwhile. We both got 2 month after our Thermage treatment problems with our jaw points and later with the teeth. About 1.5 years after the treatment we both got a lot of problems with our eyes. Simultaneous the lower lids lose more and more tissue. This area was not treated. Only the monopolar rf can cause fatty tissue necrosis. Perhaps this explains some strange. Strange things and pains concern the whole body. We all can only submit our immune system. I hope my lines will not be deleted.
unregistered guest
11 Mar 2009
Oh my goodness. You have totallay scared me to death on this procedure. I have considered doing this for well over a year, but no way! Thank you so much for sharing your experience! Please write the Oprah show and see if she'll spread the word!
32 posts
27 Mar 2009
Alphacentoree - your proposal is interesting but also risky. The Oprah show helped Thermage a lot and from the red numbers I think. In Germany I contacted the distributor again. We heard that here nobody was damaged in such a way like we. And we are very much surprised that the high settings must not have caused this! The protection of dental work should not be necessary???... So it seems that WE are the problem not Thermage.... And that their homepage in USA serves only as alibi. I will await clarifying these contradictions. In the meantime we can observe the somewhat disappointing difficult repair attempts with fillers. Without undergoing various operations it will not go. - What results of one "non-invasive treatment"!