I am 31 yr old female and I had my ulthera yesterday. I have had fillers to cheeks, nasolabial folds, and botox about 6 months ago. I want to do a nose job and try Fraxel and Pulsed dye laser. The nurse told me I should wait for a month. I don't want to jeopardize my healing process for the ulthera. When would be the smartest time to start these procedures?
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January 21, 2014
Answer: Timing of ulthera with nose surgery and laser treatments
Fat atrophy or necrosis is not seen with Ultherapy treatments. The ultrasound energy is focused and delivered in the skin (3 mm depth) and SMAS layer (4.5 mm) and the treatment energy is focused and visualized by ultrasound imaging seen and visualized and confirmed during the treatment. Read the...
Agree that the Ultherapy has helped with the laxity problem with your facial skin. These wrinkles that you show on the photo are rather stubborn to treat in general but a fractional laser may help. Another option is the Obagi Blue peel and you watch 2 videos of this procedure on the link...
I do not know of any cases in which hair loss was associated with Ulthera treatments. Some tingling can occur but hair loss is not a known side effect of Ultherapy.