Patients must undergo the standard pre-surgery tests and are put under sedation. Thermage heats up the skin up to 60 degrees. “You don’t put patients to sleep because you need to get their feedback if they can bear the heat or not. Some people find the procedure painful. Each person has a different level of tolerance.
“After the procedure, you can put on make-up. Some say Thermage is a non-surgical lift. That is a wrong connotation. You will not get fast results unlike a facelift. You can see immediate tightening. But if you want the real effects, you will see it after six months when there has been collagen remodeling. Thermage is great because even if you feel deep heat, it has its own cooling system. Some people find the procedure painful.”
Buse observes that the most noticeable result is that the skin appears “full”. “Previously, the skin was thin. Months after the treatment the skin is thicker.” When the cheeks get a lift, her patients feel conscious about their cherubic look. “Actually they were used to seeing sagging cheeks,” she says.
There are different tips for body, the eyes, the skin tightening and contouring for the face with various heating profiles.
Buse observes that the arms, thighs and abdomen become taut. Even the breasts and the butt get a lift. “There is visible improvement for as long as the skin is not redundant,” she notes.
Ref: dailyinquirer
