The cost of Ultherapy can range from $1,800 – $4,000 but there are several factors that can impact how much you pay for Ultherapy.
How much does Ultherapy cost? The cost of an Ultherapy treatment ranges depending on the area being treated from $440 for lower eye area to $3,125 for full face, neck and eyelids (package pricing from $308-$2,188).
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.
Ulthera is also incredibly effective. Studies have shown that about 68% of people who have undergone the procedure have had visible improvements within the first 6 months of treatment. About 67% have been found to be satisfied with their appearance within 90 days of receiving treatment.
Con: Not Effective on Significant Sagging
One last Ultherapy disadvantage: It might not help people with a significant amount of skin sagging. The non-surgical skin tightening treatment is usually recommended for people with mild to moderate amounts of skin laxity or early signs of aging.
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.
The best age for Ultherapy is left to the discretion of anyone seeking to improve mid - moderate skin laxity. However, most candidates begin in their mid 30s to 40s.
The heat from the ultrasound energy targets your muscle tissue, deep skin tissue, and superficial skin tissue. 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 acknowledges that scarring can occur, but maintains that it is caused by incorrect technique of the physician performing the procedure. Ultherapy has also been found to cause fat atrophy, resulting in a sagging, sunken, “skeletal” appearance.
Ultherapy Side Effects
Eye herniation. Muscle deterioration. Scarring. Fat atrophy that can result in a sunken facial appearance.
In general, Ultherapy doesn't cause pain. Because this treatment uses ultrasound energy to trigger skin tightening, patients will feel a heating sensation and tingling below the dermis.
Never Too Old for Ulthera
In fact, a person with healthy skin in her 60s may respond better to Ulthera than a smoker or sun bather in her 40s or 50s. Smoking and sun damage both weaken skin elasticity, compromising Ulthera results.
One of the biggest differences between a facelift and an treatment is that a facelift is a surgical procedure and Ultherapy® does not require surgical intervention. Ultherapy®, sometimes called “Ulthera®,” utilizes ultrasonic energy waves to rejuvenate facial skin.
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 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. Follow-up Ultherapy treatments each year may help maintain results.
Not only is Ultherapy incredibly effective for lifting and tightening your skin, which, in turn, greatly reduces wrinkles, the treatment is noninvasive, which means there's no downtime afterward.
Ultherapy is a leading non-surgical skin tightening treatment that stimulates collagen production deep within the skin. In less than an hour, patients can benefit from tighter and firmer skin across their face, neck and chest without any need for surgery or downtime.
What is Ultherapy? Ultherapy is the only FDA-cleared, non-invasive procedure that lifts the neck, chin and brow, and improves lines and wrinkles on the upper chest. As we age, collagen breaks down, resulting in loss of skin strength and elasticity.
Many of our patients choose Ultherapy to help lift the skin on the lower part of the face, followed by a Botox® injection a week or two later to smooth forehead wrinkles.
An Ultherapy treatment usually takes between 30 and 90 minutes, depending on how many regions of your face you're trying to target and whether you're also targeting your neck in the same session. Typically, if you are only targeting your chest, your session will only take half of an hour.
Treatment with Ultherapy at regular intervals can slow aging in the face and potentially delay the need for facelift, neck lift, or brow lift surgery later on. The results from your initial treatment may last a year or more; we recommend periodic treatments with Ultherapy to help maintain your results.
In most cases, you want to use injectables after you have Ultherapy done. This will result in the best look for your skin. However, injectables are safe to use before the Ultherapy procedure is performed if you want. Again, Ultherapy results might not be seen for three months, and even upwards of six months.
RF microneedling can penetrate the skin at a much deeper level than Ultherapy treatments. The more impressive depth of penetration makes it a much more effective treatment for things like deeper wrinkles, acne scars and other types of common skin imperfections.
Both of these non-invasive procedures can be done on the same day with minimal discomfort and downtime.