Ultherapy™ - Related FAQ's

Q: I hate my large pores on the face. Can I get improvement by tightening the skin with Ulthera?

A: No. Ulthera can provide some lifting of the face without surgery, but it does not affect the surface of the skin. You might get improvement with Fraxel laser.

Q: For ten years I have had Botox in my glabella and upper forehead. Now it seems that, at the age of 44, I can't get Botox of the forehead without my upper eyelids sagging. It bothers me when I put on mascara but I hate the forehead lines. The doctor suggested I get a brow lift but I don't want surgery. Are there any other alternatives?

A: Filler can be injected into the upper outer eyebrow to give the periorbital area support. Usually I use Restylane in this area. This however, is often not enough and if surgery is not done, then non-invasive tightening could be done, if the skin is photodamaged enough and warrants ablative therapy, with Fraxel Repair or Plasma resurfacing. Lifting might be accomplished more effectively with either Thermage or Ulthera. Ultherapy has become an additional tool that physicians have in their armamentarium to fight the aging process. The FDA cleared Ulthera for skin lifting without surgery. There is virtually no down time but the effect can take between three and six months, or more, to be realized. The amount of lift will not be the same as surgery and no patient should consider having the treatment if they think they will get such a great response.

Q: I heard about a treatment that does not involve surgery that can lift the jowls of my face and allow me to go out socially the next day. How can this be?

A: Ultherapy is a treatment that involves focused, concentrated, intense, ultrasound energy in a fractional delivery. It penetrates the outer layer of skin, the epidermis, without injuring it and affects the deep dermal tissues. The SMAS layer, a connective tissue layer that plastic surgeons mechanically tighten with stitches during facelift surgery to lift the skin, tightens by itself after it absorbs the Ulthera energy. Dermal collagen also is stimulated to grow and contract. The FDA cleared Ulthera for skin lifting. It won't give a result as high a lift as surgery, nor can anyone be guaranteed a result, but without surgery to see such a good improvement in many individuals is rewarding.

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