lusciouslady6065

ULTHERAPY: Extreme Pain - Washington, DC

Hi. The tightening and lifting in my face and neck stopped sometime in late July but I am still very happy with my results. The results are holding-up and that's a very good sign. I am considering doing another session of ultherapy in Jan 2013 (with a different doctor) to tighten up my neck and face area a bit more. I will post here if I decide to do it. It's unfortunate that the doctors are not always as considerate as they should be. The doctor I used for my ulterapy treatment lost my business completely when she didn't bother to provide me with after care information and instructions and didn't bother to even say 'good bye'. Thanks for writing and take care of yourself.

P13: Maybe you didn't receive the "full monty". I've noticed that not all doctors do the treatment the same. Some make only one pass with the very lightest strength on the transducer, while others make 3-4 passes with different transducers at different strengths - what I call the "full monty" (this is what my doctor did and it hurt like hell but the results are fabulous).

Nadiahoney: The procedure worked for me. I think the key is to choose your doctor wisely, be prepared for the pain during the procedure and the immediate after effects of the swelling and bruising (which lasted several days on my face and neck). I'm in month two of the full face and neck procedure and am very pleased with the lifting and tightening effects - so much so that I will definitely have it done again in a year or so and I'm looking forward to it being approved for use on other areas of the body. Good luck with everything!

I absolutely agree that general anesthesia needs to be given! I had the procedure done about 6 days ago and I almost passed out from the pain...I was in tears during the procedure. The pain was so horrible that I considered not completing the procedure at all.

I also was not prepared for the after effects of the procedure (swelling of entire face and neck, tenderness entire face and neck, welts, purple bumps from the injections of lidocaine). I looked horrible for about 5 days following the procedure.

The good news though is that now at day 6 I can see a dramatic lifting and tightening taking place!

Hi. I had full face and neck done. The doctor informed me that she would be using the highest concentration (whatever that means). She used the large transducer first on all areas and then switched to another transducer (she said that transducer wouldn't hurt as much but I couldn't tell the difference between the two...pain is pain and I was in pain).

Perhaps my procedure was done a little differently than others since you're the 4th person that has informed me that they would have to go back for a 2nd once over; it seems I had everything done in one visit. Maybe that explains the pain I had to endure?

Good luck with your procedure!