Mid-face Done - New Haven

I had the Ulthera done on my mid face because I was unhappy with the laxness of the skin on the lower half of my face, specifically on either side of my mouth in the cheek hollows towards the chin. It had been getting increasingly more noticeable to me when I looked in the mirror and leaned in to put on make-up. I had previously had the nasolabial folds done with Restylne and am very happy with the results and the duration. However, I am not ready for a mini-face lift and needed some pulling up of the skin in these areas. I will write again as times goes on. There is indeed an instant visually noticeable pull up of the skin which may or may not be purely a result of the process. Time will tell. The process is not that bad or at least not on the face (as opposed perhaps to the brow which I would imagine would be painful). I took a percocet and a lorazepan - It was not bad at all - the first deeper level tracks feels more needlely but not really painful and to me the second set of tracks at the less deep level feels more tingly. The only time that was annoying for a few passing second for me where at the cheek bone. I would say try not to think about it while it is going on. All said and done - it hurts a whole lot less than a tattoo. Much much less because the sensation is passing and not constant. For me with the meds in I would say it is a 3 out of 10 - no worse. I am looking forward to seeing how it progesses over the next few months. Also, I wonder if somew of the earlier negative posts were with the older protocol which was not as aggressive.