Does Anyone Forsee Any Long Term Possible Side Effects from Ulthera? Since It is So New.

After thousands of procedures, the safety profile of Ulthera is promising.  If there is no hyperpigmentation at three to six months and no hypopigmentation at one year and no bumps that have been noted at one year, there would be very very little chance of developing such events thereafter and there haven't been reports of such. Nerve irritation has been noted to cause temporary numbness, sensitivity and functional motor weakness but these have reversed themselves without treatment as per the company. There shouldn't be a risk in developing latent nerve injury years later.

Thanks for your question.  Ultherapy is very safe.  I have done over 80 cases and I have not seen any complications.  Ultrasound has been used for many, many years for diagnostic purposes and there are no short term or long term issues.  In fact, ultrasound is used on babies in the womb every day of the week and no problems are found.  Ultherapy uses the same ultrasound waves, but focuses the waves at the deeper layer of the skin (dermis) and the connective tissue layer that connects the facial muscles (SMAS).  This focused ultrasound energy creates tiny injuries in the above layers which causes tissue contraction and collagen deposition.  

Ultherapy uses ultrasound energy which is safe for human use. This energy source is used in diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound and safety studies and statements have been made by AIUM, the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine - using in vitro studies, human studies and epedemiologic studies. Ultrasound also uses the ALARA principles which you can look up yourself. Read the Ultherapy ebook provided on the link below.