Ultherapy uses gentle ultrasound waves to warm the tissue beneath your skin, calling on the body's own response to build new collagen and tighten the surface of the eyebrows, cheeks, chin, neck, and upper chest. The smooth applicator rests against the skin and sends its impulses past the surface, so the tissue underneath warms more efficiently and more thoroughly.
You may think of it simply as a facial tune-up, one that asks nothing invasive of you. Collagen regeneration is a natural process, and once it begins, the results are lasting and noticeable, familiar in the way your own younger face was familiar.
As Close to Magic as We Get
Some people choose Ultherapy to address concerns before they call for surgery, others simply to maintain what they already have, though Ultherapy does not replace a facelift. "Tune-up" is still the best word for what it can do.
Under the chin, the contour can lift gently; along the neck, the traces of sagging that gravity and age tend to leave behind can soften. Lines and wrinkles ease both from the tightening itself and from the collagen regeneration Ultherapy sets in motion.
Eyebrows can grow heavy with the years, and Ultherapy has shown it can lift them without surgery, by tightening the tissue over and around the orbit of the eye. The outlook that results can look a little more youthful, and the view, quite literally, a little wider.
The FDA recently approved Ultherapy for use on the décolletage as well, for its effectiveness in relieving the lines and wrinkles that appear across the chest. A non-surgical option there can, in turn, open a few new choices in a thoughtful woman's wardrobe.
What the Experience is Like
People describe the sensation of Ultherapy differently, some feeling tingling, others warmth, as the ultrasound energy moves through the layers of tissue beneath the skin. Some effects show themselves right away, though the full results of Ultherapy emerge over two to three months. For some, a series of treatments is what it takes to reach the results they want and hold them for the optimal span of time.
Safe, as Well as Effective
The ultrasound technology behind Ultherapy has been used safely in medicine for more than 50 years. Around the world, more than a half million Ultherapy treatments have been performed to date.
Choosing the right provider matters as much with Ultherapy as with any cosmetic procedure, because the results you see depend largely on the skill and care of the practice performing it. An experienced, board-certified plastic surgeon, one who considers the whole face, the whole person, and the whole range of techniques available, can give you the soundest counsel.
It would be a privilege to have that talk with you.