Considering a facelift but dreading the downtime required after surgery? If you’re putting off the procedure because you don’t want to be down for weeks while you heal, it’s time to think about Thermage. Thermage is a revolutionary, minimally invasive, skin tightening treatment designed to tight the skin on your face and neck. Dr. Davis offers patients Thermage as an alternative to facelift surgery.
Thermage delivers radiofrequency energy to the skin through a handheld device. This RF energy heats the water found in your skin cells to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. This heating causes the collagen in your skin to contract, which tightens the skin and smooths out wrinkles. Thermage also prompts the body to produce new collagen, which is more elastic than old collagen cells. This new collagen leads to even more tightening, giving a more youthful appearance and a significant reduction in sagging.
Thermage beneficial to patients with sagging along the jawline and cheeks, and in reducing wrinkles near the nasolabial folds around the nose and mouth. It is also beneficial for patients with sagging around the chin and has shown to be successful when used on the forehead to lift sagging eyebrows.
Thermage is done in just one office visit and the procedure takes about an hour. The procedure is not painful, but many patients report feeling a moderate heating feeling as a result of the application of the RF energy. The skin is cooled before, during, and after that delivery of the RF energy to the skin, but patients should report what they’re feeling throughout treatment so the heat can be adjusted if necessary.
Results of the procedure are seen immediately- unlike many other skin rejuvenating therapies available that either have a healing period after the procedure or have a waiting period in which full results are slowly realized. The results of Thermage last between three to five years. This is also unique to any skin rejuvenating treatments which may require maintenance visits for reapplication.
In just one hour you can have the results of a facelift procedure- without the swelling, scarring, and downtime of surgery. If you would like to talk more about Thermage, call Dr. Davis today at 817.778.4444.
