If Ultherapy is done incorrectly, and too much energy is delivered in one area, it can result in a burn or soft tissue damage. However a yearly treatment or treatments months apart, should only enhance the affect, not ultimately cause tissue damage.
We strongly recommend that our clients receive Ultherapy once a year as part of their regular skincare routine to keep results consistent. That's because this revolutionary non-surgical facelift encourages your body to produce new, healthy collagen, and this takes between several weeks and several months.
Following Ultherapy, many patients are reporting nerve damage. Ulthera warns that the procedure may cause muscle weakness, numbness, pain, paresthesia, and tingling that “typically” resolves within 6 weeks. Many patients, however, have reported permanent pain, numbness, tingling, and disfigurement.
The ultrasound waves send focused energy into the skin's foundational layers, triggering the body to create more collagen protein. Ultherapy results stem from regenerating a surplus of collagen beyond the amount damaged in the procedure.
Ultherapy stimulates an extended regeneration process that will last anywhere from 3-6 months. Within 2-3 months, you can expect a significant lift of tissue, giving you a fuller face with tightened skin! Because the results are long-lasting, you'll only need to repeat Ultherapy every 18 months or so.
So, fillers are the perfect complementary option for Ultherapy. With fillers and Ultherapy you will see maximum enhancements and increase the longevity of your procedure. Botox can also be used to treat dynamic wrinkles by relaxing facial muscles, though this is not as commonly used with Ultherapy for enhancement.
Although temporary redness, swelling, and other side effects may occur, the skin itself should not become damaged as a result of Ultherapy. Keep in mind, Ultherapy works by delivering ultrasound waves to the tissue well below the superficial surface of the skin.
Answer: Sagging After Ulthera
This can be caused from the initial swelling. After the swelling goes down the skin takes more time to bounce back. It should go back after 2-3 weeks and get get better.
Answer: You can but your fillers will break down
You can have fillers prior to Ultherapy andthere are no safety issues to having this, however, it will dissolve or break down your fillers so you would need them redone.
Side effects reportedly linked to Ultherapy damage are: Nerve damage. Scarring. Fat loss or fat atrophy resulting in a sunken facial appearance.
Thermage is better for patients who care more about addressing the texture and quality of sagging skin. It has the power to tackle problematic issues like cellulite or drooping fat thanks to its emphasis on contouring. However, Ultherapy is generally more effective when it comes to stimulating deeper skin layers.
You can repeat Ultherapy, it is advised to wait for up to 6 months as you can continue to get more lift and tightening during that time. Your practitioner will advise if a second treatment is required.
Answer: Facelift after Ulthera treatments
Ulthera doesn't "artificially tighten" skin like you mentioned above. It does actually tighten and tone the skin, its just that over time with aging the skin becomes lax again. This is an unavoidable part of the aging process.
Does Ultherapy melt fat? No. Sometimes people with thin faces feel that they have lost volume from their Ultherapy treatment. In actuality, the lifting and tightening of their skin may make a thin face appear a little more narrow.
Ultherapy treatments stimulate the skin from the inside out to smooth and tighten many areas, including the face, jowls, eyes, and brow. Ultherapy is also effective for lifting the skin on specific areas of the body, including the neck, chest, knees, and stomach.
Unlike many other skin tightening treatments, Ultherapy can be successfully used to treat the skin around and under the eyes and eyelids. Ultherapy is one of the few treatments that the FDA has cleared for treating sensitive areas around the eyes.
Ultherapy treatments can penetrate deep to the skin to damage our fatty layer, resulting in loss of fat and facial volume.
Ultherapy offers a non-surgical way to tighten, firm and slightly lift the upper cheeks and midface. The treatments take less than an hour and results can be noticeable in about 2-3 months. What our patients love about Ultherapy is the natural, discreet results.
The number of treatment lines depends on the surface area of the lower face and mid-face, neck, and jowls. This number is typically around 400 to 750 lines of treatment, which will complete the neck and the whole face.
Answer: Why Ultherapy May Not Work
The two most common reasons are that either you were a poor candidate for treatment to begin with, or you received inadequate treatment. You are correct that younger people get better results because they have more of a foundation of collagen to work with.
Ultherapy uses a unique micro-focused ultrasound technology to stimulate and remodel collagen and elastin at the same depth targeted by surgeons. When stimulated, these important structural proteins will lift hooded eyelids to give the eyebrow a refreshed and youthful look.
Ultherapy is recommended when improving the appearance of the chin and neck area. The treatment can help tighten and tone the skin and reduce wrinkles and sagging skin. However, Ultherapy works best for the chin and neck when used with laser resurfacing.
Ulthera slows down the aging process by stimulating collagen production. This helps the skin to maintain a youthful appearance for at least 2 more years. Ultherapy is a natural procedure with very few side effects.