Venus Legacy vs Ultherapy for Lady in Early 60s? Which is Better?

Hi Lilly,

Thanks for your question! Ultherapy and Venus Legacy are great options for enhancing your collagen production and restore some volume loss in your face. Both treatments are beneficial, the determining factor would be your time and how often you are able to visit each clinician. Ulthera is typically only one treatment every two to three years whereas Venus Legacy is performed once a week for 8-10 weeks. I hope this helps, good luck on your journey!

Lilly I appreciate your desires for aesthetic improvements of your face utilizing noninvasive techniques. Photos would help, because the real truth is non-invasive techniques like radio frequency claim “up  to”  30% improvement. However in most cases, minimal if any improvement is realized. 10 one weeks sessions later, after significant out-of-pocket expense, most patients in my experience have been extremely unhappy with the results. These machines were designed for much younger patients with need for minimal improvement! Most patients in their 60s require  some sort of a facelift(mini or full) to achieve the results they desire. Yes, this invasive procedure does require about a two week recovery, however the results are far superlative and last much longer, usually at least 10 years! Consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon in your area to explore of the best options for you. Good luck.

A combination approach would give the most improvement with Ultherapy for neck skin tightening. I recommend Ultherapy with radiofrequency treatments, lasers, microneedling/PRP, and/or Sculptra to get increased collagen, tightening and improved skin tone. I recommend getting a formal evaluation with an expert. Best, Dr. Emer

Both options will be helpful.  The differences are mainly how the energy is delivered.  
Venus Legacy is bulk heating the tissue using mutlipolar radiofrequency.  The internal temperature globally is around 45C to the entire region.
Ultherapy is using micro focus ultrasound to tightening the skin.  Ultherapy results can very dramatically based on settings.  Higher settings have more results but more risk of burns/hot spots.  Turns the settings down and results will be reduced. Ultherapy can get the temperature in the micro focused zones up to 60-70C.   
The venus legacy is bulk heating the entire region to stimulate collagen and carries less risk of thermal burn injury.  It is stimulating the collagen in the entire region but global heating is around 45C as opposed to 60-70C.
Historically, venus legacy doesn't require anaesthetic.  If pushing the settings of ultherapy, anesthetic would be necessary to help with patient comfort but adding to downtime.
The aggressiveness of therapy is greater per session with Ultherapy but both offer different pros and cons.  Aggressiveness of the Ultherapy session plays a key role in outcome as this can very per patient so differences in treatment per patient do exist with Ultherapy.  Turn settings or passes down and less impact.