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Cold sores are quite common problems in the general population. Our office allows patients with a cold sore history to undergo Ultherapy, provided pre treatment prophylaxis is prescribed.
The amount of heat generated from Ulthera could cause an outbreak with cold sores. I would pre-medicate with an antibiotic on preventative measure.
You can safely get the Ultherapy procedure if you are not currently having an outbreak and take the Valtrex prophylactically a week before scheduled Ultherapy and never during an outbreak.
We have done many treatments on patients like you. It just requires taking a dose of Valtrex before and a few doses after to prevent the problem. If you sense that there is an outbreak coming on despite this, take a therapeutic dosing for the recommended time by your doctor.
Hi Daisy, Ulthera can be performed in segments such as only your neck, or only the mid face, or even just the upper lip. The best results from Ulthera are seen when the full face and neck are treated. We use all we can to make the procedure as comfortable as possible for our...
Gliding the transducer over the skin to limit how long the nergy is being delivered to the same site may help reduce the pain but may limit the improvement. This has not been studied so far.
I am not aware of any studies investigating antioxidants as having a negative effect on the collagen production after Ultherapy non invasive facial skin tightening. Many of our patients take such antioxidants and we have seen very good results from Ultherapy regardless.
Ultherapy is a noninvasive skin lifting technology that works by stimulating a healing response for new collagen. At 29 it seems unlikely that there is enough skin laxity to see much of a difference. On the other hand, if the laxity is significant then a surgical facelift is best, so that is why...
I have had outstanding results with Ultherapy treatments and advise my patients to boost their protein load and take sufficient amounts of Vitamin C to promote collagen formation after Ultherapy. Raffy Karamanoukian, Los Angeles
Hi Beachywaves, Ultherapy can be used on the upper lip. We are finding that Ulthera helps with "smoker's lines", those troublesome vertical upper lip lines. In addition, we are seeing eversion of the lip (turning upward), and shortening of the distance between the nose and lip...
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