The best candidates for Ultherapy are in their 30s or older and notice sagging skin, in particular, on their eyelids, brows, neck, and chin. It's important that patients have some skin elasticity remaining, so that their skin is more likely to respond to Ultherapy treatments.
Although this technique is very easy, it is not right for everyone. In particular, you should not use this treatment if you are pregnant. Further, you may not be a good candidate for this ultherapy treatment if you have extremely lax skin or significant sun damage.
The Right Age for the Treatment
The ideal candidate for this type of therapy is someone who is starting to notice some sagging, wrinkling, or general loss of elasticity in the skin. Typically, these patients are about 30 to 40 years old, but there is no age requirement for the treatment.
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.
Women and men with mild to moderate loose skin or wrinkles around the face or neck and chest are likely to see improvement from this lifting treatment, and Ultherapy is safe for all skin types and tones. Generally, candidates with mild to moderate skin laxity have successful results with Ultherapy.
As long as you are in good health and your skin condition is good, there is really no age limit for Ulthera treatments. It's the quality of the skin and the degree of laxity that counts.
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.
The results of Ultherapy tend to last around two years but they can last longer if you take steps to boost your collagen production and keep your existing collagen healthy. To discover if this non-invasive facelift is right for you, please reach out to the office of Ingrid E.
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.
The heat from this ultrasound energy stimulates your body's production of collagen and elastin. The result is tight, smooth skin that looks five years younger than it did before treatment.
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.
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.
As we age, we begin to experience sagging skin on the neck and face—even Christie Brinkley struggled with laxity of facial tissue. But instead of ignoring her pesky aging skin, she turned to Ultherapy. What's more? Brinkley loved her results so much that she has become a spokesperson for the skin tightening brand.
But Ultherapy is one treatment even A-listers are happy to admit they've tried—and love. Jennifer Aniston, Christie Brinkley, Vanessa Williams, and Paulina Porizkova are just a few of the stars who use Ultherapy as their go-to alternative to old-school facelifts.
Ultherapy results last longer than fillers, and patients only need to come in for treatments every 9 to 12 months. You can see results for yourself by visiting our gallery of before-and-after photos featuring Dr. Jewell's patients. The results of a filler treatment can be seen immediately after the treatment.
After Ultherapy treatment, the skin may appear slightly red for a few hours. Sometimes, redness lingers and, in some patients, minor swelling is also noticed. There are typically no significant side effects after Ultherapy, which is precisely why this skin-tightening treatment is so popular.
The results can be worth it. In fact, Ultherapy is often regarded as a great option for patients with moderate facial sagging, and in fact has won year after year as the best non-invasive lifting treatment.
In essence, if you want more drastic and quicker results- threading is the option. If you want longer lasting results, improvement in skin quality, and non-invasive procedure- go with Ultherapy.
Ultherapy is a completely non-invasive way to lift and tighten the skin on your brow, chin, neck and décolletage. Using the energy of ultrasound, this innovative device reaches deep below the skin to the structural layers. In this way, Ultherapy targets a similar tissue depth as a surgical facelift.
For patients with mild to moderate signs of age, including wrinkles, jowls, and under-eye puffiness, Ultherapy® may be an effective alternative to facelift surgery. The results will not last as long as facelift surgery; however, the effects may last up to one year for many patients.
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.
Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner visit a laser spa to receive Candela GentleMax Pro treatments. Here at Infinity Laser Spa, we use the Soprano by ALMA lasers and V-FROST by Vertex Lasers.
Laser resurfacing This is the most effective procedure for tightening loose skin. Unlike the laser treatment described above, this procedure requires some downtime. You'll need to stay home for 5 to 7 days. Laser resurfacing also gives you the fastest results.
How many treatments does it take? The majority of patients only need one treatment; however, some may benefit from more than one treatment, depending on how much skin laxity they have and their body's own biological response to the ultrasound and the collagen-building process.
While some people can expect their ideal results to last for five years, your results may start to fade after four years if you are targeting sagging neck and jawline skin.