Thermage
The "Non-Surgical Face Lift"
Thermage is an exciting new non-surgical procedure that
offers an innovative way to rejuvenate your face...without
surgery. It involves the application of radio frequency
energy to your face. This energy strategically heats collagen,
which composes your skin. In response to heat, your loose,
weakened, and disorganized collagen will strengthen, tighten,
and become organized. This translates into tighter, younger-appearing
skin...all without surgery! (Caution: Continue reading
before you decide that Thermage is the best thing since
sliced bread).
The
Benefits of Thermage
Thermage will provide the following benefits in many
people:
Tighter
skin
Improved jowling
Tightened Jawline
Tighter skin under your chin
Higher eyebrows
Softer forehead lines
Softer scowl lines
Softer crow's feet
Softer nasolabial creases (around nose and mouth)
Reduced active acne
Softening of acne scars
Unlike
laser treatments, Thermage works just as well on people
with darker skin types as those with light skin types.
The
Bad News
Although thermage is called a "non-surgical face
lift," it is not a substitute for a face lift.
It will give a portion of the improvement that a facelift
will give in many people. There are, however, some people
who will see no improvement following Thermage (especially
those who have very loose skin and are really ready
for a facelift, or those with very heavy faces). For
these people, a second treatment may be performed six
months after the first. This second treatment may or
may not yield improvement. Thermage seems to work best
in people with thin faces who are just on the verge
of needing a facelift and want to put it off for a few
years. In other words, if you have looses skin, sagging
jowls, and a turkey gobbler, you can try thermage, but
you may not see much improvement.
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