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I am ignorant to the curl lift but after reading about it, I believe that there is no excision done of excess skin. Under local anesthesia there is a pulling up of sagging skin and suturing this in place. I believe there may be an issue of excess skin pleating or bunching up in one area. The question of longevity needs to be addressed. This is not a no down time procedure. It is minimally invasive but should not be very painful at all as local anesthetic is injected. Ultherapy is a no down time, non invasive procedure. it is painful as typically there is no local anesthetic injected, although there are exceptions The amount of lift from a non surgical procedure is rarely the same amount of lifting that can be obtained from surgical manipulation including suturing. Thread lifts, where barbed sutures were placed to pull up the skin were often found not to last long and those sutures were left permanently in the face. This of course does not take place with Ultherapy and the results can last more than a year or two.
Ultherapy is FDA cleared for noninvasive treatment for skin laxity of the face and neck and is time tested and works very well. The Curl Lift is not something that has gained popularity in the U.S. for obvious reasons.
Ultherapy can induce some immediate tightening but this, for some patients, is only related to the temporary swelling microscopically that pulls on the tissues. Other patients get real immediate improvement as the SMAS connective tissue layer gets tightened during the treatment. However,...
I would not trust or use a product that is not cleared by the FDA.Remember, companies like Ulthera have spent tens of millions of dollars to get FDA approval for EVERY indication that uses their product - meaning that they got FDA approval for individual and distinct studies that showed...
Weight loss will definitely affect your face. When you lose a significant amount of weight, you typically lose volume in your face which leaves sagging loose skin. This is not to say that your result from Ulthera has been ruined. The Ulthera still helped tighten and stimulate collagen, however...