Can Ultherapy Be Safe for Dark or Tan Skin?

Ultherapy can be used safely with all skin types. Unlike lasers, you do not need to take caution with tanned skin. The ultrasound energy bypasses the more superficial layers of skin, leaving them intact and unharmed.

Yes, Ultherapy is safe for all skin types as it delivers the energy in the deeper skin and connective tissue layers bypassing the more superficial layers where the pigment cells are.  

As Ultherapy is not a laser, and its focus is to heat the dermal tissues, there is no injury to the epidermis that normally occurs during the treatment.  The focused ultrasound energy travels through the epidermis and is absorbed a few to several millimeters below the epidermis, in the dermis heating up this collagen.  The body then produces more collagen as a response to this injury.. There can be a risk of a thermal burn, although this would be very rare, and this could induce a temporary, and in unusual circumstances, long term or permanent, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. If this were to happen, treatment is available to lighten such pigment and it is often successful.

Unlike laser-based treatments, Ulthera uses micro-focused ultrasound to penetrate the skin and stimulate collagen in the deeper layers. Ultrasound is not affected by different colors of skin so it is suitable for all skin types. It works best on people in their 40's-50's and is not a replacement for a facelift.

Ultherapy is perfectly safe regardless of the skin type as the cells responsible for pigment is more superficial than tissues targeted by Ultherapy.  This is a pretty safe procedure and really help those with mild-moderate skin laxity.

Ultherapy works by focused ultrasound energy beneath the surface of skin.  Unlike lasers, which may cause hypo pigmentation of the skin, Ultherapy is not affected by skin color and will not change the color of your skin except for some temporary redness that may occur immediately following treatment.  I hope this helps. 

 

The beauty of Ultherapy is that it does not cause problems with hyerpigmentation, which is a concern with treatments using laser energy.Read the Ultherapy ebook provided on the link below. Go to the ebook section. 

Ultherapy is an ideal solution for individuals of any skin type with mild to moderate sagging in the face and neck who are not yet ready to undergo more invasive surgical procedures, such as a full facelift or Mid Face Lift.

 

Yes, Ultherapy is colorblind, meaning it can be safely used in patients with skin of any color without pigmentation changes.

 

 

One major advantages of Ultherapy is that it is safe for darker skin types.  Ultherapy has been extensively used in Asian countries without significant side effects for longer period that in the U.S. In our office which has a sizable patients with ethnic skin, the system as been one of safest treatments.