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Let me start by saying that whenever I have the...
Let me start by saying that whenever I have the impulse to document my experiences it always seems to end up pretty detailed and lengthy. Apologies if you were after short and ambiguous; that’s some other girl. Anyway, here is my (possibly overly detailed) adventure in to the world of Ultherapy:
I had Ulthera 3 weeks ago so whilst I am a long way off from the final results (should see these at the 6 month mark) I did want to capture the experience while it is still relatively fresh in my mind. I am 37, although those who don’t know my age assume that I am in my mid - late 20’s. I decided to have Ulthera after some weight loss had left me with some loose skin under my jaw (I’m a little sensitive to the term ‘neck wattle’) and a less than firm jawline. I was told that I was a good candidate for Ulthera and decided to give it a go as surgery seemed too big a step at this point.
The clinic I used was very friendly and informative. They explained the procedure in advance and were happy to answer any questions. I was advised to take a non-prescription pain killer before arriving at the clinic and at the clinic I was given a Xanax to relax during the procedure. Two passes were done over the face and neck at a deeper dermal level and then two passes at a shallower level. All up the whole procedure lasted about an hour and a half. Now medication tends to be pretty slow working on me so about an hour after we’d finished the Xanax kicked in and I had a lovely sleep. As for feeling relaxed during the procedure, not so much.
Let’s talk about the pain. I had read a lot of reviews before the procedure that either said it was excruciating or that it was merely uncomfortable but no one explained the sensations any further. So here is my experience of what the pain actually felt like:
Firstly I’ll start by saying that deeper treatments were more intense that the shallower ones and the treatments over the jawline where most painful. Over the jawline felt like having a tooth drilled at the dentist with some weird nerve spasm thrown in. Up higher on the face ranged from what I would describe as being stung by an electric bee (???!) to almost nothing at all. Now I realise that a description of tooth drilling sounds horrific but it only lasts a second or two before they move on to the next area so it was entirely bearable, if not particularly pleasant. The people treating me (there were 2) kept asking if I needed a break but the truth was that I didn’t feel, for the most part, that I really needed to stop up. I say for the most part because towards the end there was a small patch under my jaw that felt like it was being set on fire each time. That one took some deep breathing but the rest was entirely survivable.
The aftermath: Within the first 24 hours I had some awesome swelling on my jawline (I looked like the lost Hemsworth brother for a while there). The swelling subsided by the third day but my jawline was quite tender to touch for about 9 days. After day 9 the tenderness started to decrease a little each day but there is still one small area of my jaw that still feels slightly bruised. This is probably the most unexpected thing for me, as I was told to expect tenderness for around 7 days. I never expected the soreness to hang around for three weeks. I never experienced the numb sensation that some comment on nor did I have any visible bruising. At this point I would say that my jawline is slightly tighter and my neck ‘thingy’ is a little smaller but it’s still definitely there.
I think that the hardest part of the whole experience was committing to the cost and pain knowing that, while some people get great results, there are people don’t get any result at all. It felt like a big gamble and it took a while to pull the trigger and get it done. Now I’m just going to sit back, relax and forget about it for a while in the hopes that several months from now I am going to look in a mirror and realise it was all worthwhile.
I had Ulthera 3 weeks ago so whilst I am a long way off from the final results (should see these at the 6 month mark) I did want to capture the experience while it is still relatively fresh in my mind. I am 37, although those who don’t know my age assume that I am in my mid - late 20’s. I decided to have Ulthera after some weight loss had left me with some loose skin under my jaw (I’m a little sensitive to the term ‘neck wattle’) and a less than firm jawline. I was told that I was a good candidate for Ulthera and decided to give it a go as surgery seemed too big a step at this point.
The clinic I used was very friendly and informative. They explained the procedure in advance and were happy to answer any questions. I was advised to take a non-prescription pain killer before arriving at the clinic and at the clinic I was given a Xanax to relax during the procedure. Two passes were done over the face and neck at a deeper dermal level and then two passes at a shallower level. All up the whole procedure lasted about an hour and a half. Now medication tends to be pretty slow working on me so about an hour after we’d finished the Xanax kicked in and I had a lovely sleep. As for feeling relaxed during the procedure, not so much.
Let’s talk about the pain. I had read a lot of reviews before the procedure that either said it was excruciating or that it was merely uncomfortable but no one explained the sensations any further. So here is my experience of what the pain actually felt like:
Firstly I’ll start by saying that deeper treatments were more intense that the shallower ones and the treatments over the jawline where most painful. Over the jawline felt like having a tooth drilled at the dentist with some weird nerve spasm thrown in. Up higher on the face ranged from what I would describe as being stung by an electric bee (???!) to almost nothing at all. Now I realise that a description of tooth drilling sounds horrific but it only lasts a second or two before they move on to the next area so it was entirely bearable, if not particularly pleasant. The people treating me (there were 2) kept asking if I needed a break but the truth was that I didn’t feel, for the most part, that I really needed to stop up. I say for the most part because towards the end there was a small patch under my jaw that felt like it was being set on fire each time. That one took some deep breathing but the rest was entirely survivable.
The aftermath: Within the first 24 hours I had some awesome swelling on my jawline (I looked like the lost Hemsworth brother for a while there). The swelling subsided by the third day but my jawline was quite tender to touch for about 9 days. After day 9 the tenderness started to decrease a little each day but there is still one small area of my jaw that still feels slightly bruised. This is probably the most unexpected thing for me, as I was told to expect tenderness for around 7 days. I never expected the soreness to hang around for three weeks. I never experienced the numb sensation that some comment on nor did I have any visible bruising. At this point I would say that my jawline is slightly tighter and my neck ‘thingy’ is a little smaller but it’s still definitely there.
I think that the hardest part of the whole experience was committing to the cost and pain knowing that, while some people get great results, there are people don’t get any result at all. It felt like a big gamble and it took a while to pull the trigger and get it done. Now I’m just going to sit back, relax and forget about it for a while in the hopes that several months from now I am going to look in a mirror and realise it was all worthwhile.