Thermage

What is Thermage?

Thermage: skin tightening and contourThermage is the only non-invasive procedure that helps tighten and contour your skin in a single treatment—with no surgery, no injections, and little to no downtime. Instead, Thermage stimulates your body’s natural renewal of collagen, which creates subtle, natural looking results on and off the face, including

  • Tighter, smoother skin
  • Softened wrinkles and lines
  • An overall younger looking appearance.

 

 What are the benefits of Thermage?

It helps improve skin tone, texture and tightness for a younger looking appearance—and it does so in one easy treatment. So easy that you can get the procedure on your lunch hour and quickly return to work, family or other activities—looking and feeling great.

Thermage provides natural looking results:

  • Smoother, tighter skin with less sagging
  • Redefined contours along the jaw line and under the chin
  • Softening of wrinkles and fine lines
  • Reduction of excess skin under the chin
  • Fuller lips with improved definition

 

How soon will I see results with Thermage?

Results may start to appear immediately after treatment, and they may appear gradually up to six months following treatment. Here’s what to expect:

  • Results soon after treatment. You may see and feel your skin becoming smoother, firmer and tighter. You may also notice some contouring effects that start to enhance the shape of your face or other body areas.
  • Continued improvement over time. As your body forms new collagen, you should see continued tightening and contouring for up to six months. Results can last years.
  • Slowing down the aging process. While the onset of visible results can vary from one person to the next, one thing is the same across all patients: Everyone gets new collagen. That new collagen formation slows down your skin’s aging process, improves the overall health of your skin and helps you maintain a younger-looking appearance.

 

 How does Thermage works?

Thermage: skin tightening and contourThermage uses unique radiofrequency (RF) technology to safely heat the deep layers of your skin, while cooling the surface of your skin to keep it intact during the procedure.

This deep heating stimulates your body’s natural skin renewal process, which helps tighten existing collagen and form new collagen. Over time, sagging or wrinkled skin is replaced with smoother, tighter skin; improved tone and texture; and an overall younger looking appearance.

 

 What is a Thermage treatment like?

Thermage treatments are performed only in a doctor’s office by Thermage-certified personnel. A Thermage Face procedure averages about 45 minutes and you can reapply make-up and return to routine activities right after treatment. A Thermage procedure for other parts of the body can last up to an hour and a half, depending on the size, location and condition of the area to be treated.

Here’s what happens during a Thermage treatment:

  • During the procedure, a handheld device is pressed against your skin to safely deliver heat to the inner layers, at the same time cooling the surface of the skin.
  • Each time the device touches your skin, you’ll feel a brief cooling sensation, followed by a deep but brief heating sensation, followed by another cooling sensation. The heating sensation is a sign that the deep layers of your skin are reaching effective temperatures for tightening.
  • Throughout the procedure, your physician will ask for feedback on the level of heat sensation to help balance your comfort with maximum results.
  • After treatment, your skin may be slightly red, but most people resume regular activities immediately after treatment. There’s no recovery time or special follow-up care.

 

What areas can be treated with Thermage?

Face

Thermage helps smooth and tighten your facial skin, while redefining the natural contours of your face—all in a single treatment with little to no downtime. So before long, you’ll love what you see in the mirror.

What the face procedure treats:

  • Sagging skin
  • Loose jowls or lack of definition in jaw line
  • Sagging skin under the chin (“turkey neck”;)
  • Wrinkles and fine lines around the mouth, eyes or forehead
  • Lack of definition in lips

Natural looking results:

  • Smoother, tighter skin with less sagging
  • Redefined contours along the jaw line and under the chin
  • Softening of wrinkles and fine lines
  • Reduction of excess skin under the chin
  • Fuller lips with improved definition

The Thermage Face Procedure averages about 45 minutes, and you can reapply make-up and return to routine activities right after treatment.

 

Eyes

Thermage is an ideal treatment for tired looking eyes. The non-invasive Thermage procedure helps smooth and tighten skin around the eyes and eyelids—for eyes that look younger, lifted and more awake. All with no surgery, no injections, and little to no downtime. In fact, Thermage has the industry’s first and only FDA clearance for non-invasive eyelid treatments.

What the eye procedure treats:

  • Tired looking eyes
  • Excess skin on the upper eyelid (also known as “hooding”;)
  • Crepey texture of eyelids, which can make it hard to apply eye shadow or eye liner
  • Wrinkles and fine lines around the eyes (“crow’s feet”;)

Natural looking results:

  • Brighter looking eyes that appear more lifted and less tired
  • Smoother, tighter skin around the eyes
  • Reduced under eye sagging and tauter contours around the eyes
  • Reduced hooding to reveal more of the eyelid
  • Softening of wrinkles and fine lines
  • Smoother skin on the eyelids, enabling easier application of make-up

The Thermage Eye Procedure takes under an hour, and you can reapply make-up and return to routine activities right after treatment.

 

Body

As your skin ages, your collagen breaks down faster than your body can rebuild it—which often results in unwanted sags, bulges and wrinkles. But Thermage can help renew your body’s collagen to firm, lift and contour your skin. With no surgery, no injections, and little to no downtime.

Thermage can help you get back to your pre-pregnancy jeans, get a handle on the love handles, address that thin layer of skin you just can’t seem to shake, and tighten and lift all over.

What the body procedure treats:

  • Wrinkled, crepey or sagging skin on the tummy, knees, arms, legs, hands or buttocks
  • Sagging skin or unwanted bulges after pregnancy or weight loss
  • Love handles
  • Thin, loose, crepey skin on hands
  • Appearance of cellulite

Natural looking results:

  • Flatter, smoother skin on the tummy, knees, legs, arms, hands or buttocks
  • Tightening, firming and lifting of love handles and unwanted bulges
  • Softened wrinkles above the knees and elsewhere
  • Reduction of crepey skin on the arms and other areas
  • Thicker, smoother skin on the hands
  • Smoothed dimples for temporary improvement in the appearance of cellulite

The Thermage body procedure takes anywhere from an hour to 90 minutes, and you can return to routine activities right after treatment.

 

Before and after photos of Thermage