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I consider myself a reasonably smart woman
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Avoid!!!
Susan_GrangerOctober 12, 2025
$2,000
I consider myself a reasonably smart woman. I make part of my living doing research, and part of my living making calculated decisions that involve a lot of risk and money. However, the fear of aging and the desperation that sets into a woman's psyche during menopause apparently made a sucker out of me, because I was upsold to Thermage FLX when I went into a plastic surgeon's office for a Sculptra consultation.
This plastic surgery center is filled with doctors that have all kinds of prestigious degrees on their walls (Harvard! Yale! Stanford!). After I booked the appointment and before the Thermage treatment, I confirmed on Thermage FLX's website that this location was an approved provider in that they use real Thermage tips and are trained-up on how to administer. I asked how many years the nurse had under her belt (20 years). I made it clear: use a low setting and do not melt my fat! I told them I wanted to refuse numbing cream because pain would indicate fat-melting; I insisted on biofeedback.
The day of, I met the nurse and she was... young. How could she have 20 years of experience? They insisted on numbing up my face a bit, though after 30 minutes I washed it off and refused oral painkillers. It was not a good start to the procedure.
The treatment was mostly warm and boring at levels 1.5-2 out of 5, but a few times I felt searing pain. In fact, so searing on one side of my face that I yelped. The nurse said I was "more sensitive" on one side of my face--but I had felt her aggressively push the tip of the wand into my cheek! The next day, I woke up with 4 burn marks where she had been aggressive. These marks have, after 2 months, become permanent.
In before/after photos I look more tired 8 weeks after the procedure. Was there mild, all-over global fat loss? Someone told me that if I were going to experience fat loss, it would manifest several months after the treatment. I have been reading horror stories across the internet about peoples faces and lives being ruined. Hopped on Google Scholar and found all kinds of papers documenting radiofrequency fat loss. In other words, it's well-documented in medical literature. UGH! Why didn't I do independent research BEFORE?
No other outcomes to report except that my wallet is lighter and I live in terror that I will wake up tomorrow with the final outcomes of fat loss.
This plastic surgery center is filled with doctors that have all kinds of prestigious degrees on their walls (Harvard! Yale! Stanford!). After I booked the appointment and before the Thermage treatment, I confirmed on Thermage FLX's website that this location was an approved provider in that they use real Thermage tips and are trained-up on how to administer. I asked how many years the nurse had under her belt (20 years). I made it clear: use a low setting and do not melt my fat! I told them I wanted to refuse numbing cream because pain would indicate fat-melting; I insisted on biofeedback.
The day of, I met the nurse and she was... young. How could she have 20 years of experience? They insisted on numbing up my face a bit, though after 30 minutes I washed it off and refused oral painkillers. It was not a good start to the procedure.
The treatment was mostly warm and boring at levels 1.5-2 out of 5, but a few times I felt searing pain. In fact, so searing on one side of my face that I yelped. The nurse said I was "more sensitive" on one side of my face--but I had felt her aggressively push the tip of the wand into my cheek! The next day, I woke up with 4 burn marks where she had been aggressive. These marks have, after 2 months, become permanent.
In before/after photos I look more tired 8 weeks after the procedure. Was there mild, all-over global fat loss? Someone told me that if I were going to experience fat loss, it would manifest several months after the treatment. I have been reading horror stories across the internet about peoples faces and lives being ruined. Hopped on Google Scholar and found all kinds of papers documenting radiofrequency fat loss. In other words, it's well-documented in medical literature. UGH! Why didn't I do independent research BEFORE?
No other outcomes to report except that my wallet is lighter and I live in terror that I will wake up tomorrow with the final outcomes of fat loss.
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