Ultherapy damage - melted fat in my face & aged me 10 years overnight

The nurse used the deepest setting. My derm recommend it as a preventative/ maint. Treatment. I didn’t have any sagging as demonstrated in the before photo. Ultherapy melted the fat in my face and aged me 10 years overnight. It’s been a year and it seems to be getting worse. I’ve had two corrective filler treatments but it has not done much to restore the volume and my face shape since I lost so much. I am scheduled for surgery in March 2024. The plastic surgeon recommended fat grafting and a lift. He has had other Ultherapy patients and all have had a good outcome from the surgery. However, he explained that it is a difficult surgery. This has been devastating physically, mentally and emotionally. I have put my life on hold and cancelled all events and work. I live in a small town and we own a business so people know me and I am very self conscious. For those of you considering Ultherapy, run! Don’t walk! This is happening to a large number of people but it’s being hidden by the manufacturer. They are settling claims as long as the person never speaks about it. The damage is irreversible and not worth taking the risk. I asked my derm if it caused fat loss and she said no, absolutely not and never I’m their office. I trusted her. She was my derm for over 20 years. I should also mention the scar tissue and nerve damage to the masseter muscle, confirmed by another doctor.
Ultherapy is user dependent. It’s is ultrasound and it is being administered by nurses and aestheticians who know nothing about Ultrasound or extensive knowledge of facial anatomy. If I can help one person and prevent them from this torture, then it is worth writing this review. Please know there is a risk of fat loss, even in the hands of a doctor.

I would like to note that the Dermatologist Dr Kathleen Welsh refunded 3,100 the full cost of the Ultherapy treatment. She did this despite admitting to the Ultherapy treatment as the cause of the fat loss. She said it was something else and when I asked her what then??? She would not respond. I asked her this question multiple times then finally she asked if we could agree to disagree. I said no way!! Then she dropped me as a patient. A patient for over twenty years! I spent countless amounts of money in her clinic and this is what I get?? Dropped. This doctor has zero integrity. Please if anyone is considering this doctor of this office- Bay Area Cosmetic Dermatology, stay away!

Hello everyone,
I hope you are doing well and making progress with the Ultherapy damage. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you as I know it’s such a long, painful journey.

I am now 4 months post surgery. Here is a photo. My surgeon said this is pretty much how I will look though it takes a full year to heal. I have fat grafts to my cheeks, under eyes and lips. Also a lower lift. I am very happy with the result! As scary as it was having to undergo the surgery, I am so glad I did because I knew I couldn’t live with the disfigurement.

My surgeon is Dr. Timothy Marten. He is the most kind, understanding doctor and he and his staff treated me like family. I can’t say enough about him and how comfortable he made me feel throughout the process.
He has experience fixing Ultherapy damage. I was not his first. He let me know that he is taking new patients and to provide his name here on this thread.

Blessings,

Ann