When my secretary came back to work after having her new baby boy and being off for a couple of months, She tells me she has been fighting her body and the stretch marks left from her pregnancy. She also told me of a new procedure to help her remove those nasty stretch marks. I have to be honest I really didn’t believe there was such a miracle procedure until I seen it with my own eyes.
The treatment is called the ‘Carboxytherapy’ Stretch Mark removal procedure. Up to very recently, stretch marks were pretty much untreatable. This Procedure is showing great promise by softening stretch marks by increasing the blood flow to the stretch mark regions and allowing them to constrict and contract, thus blending them better with the surrounding healthy skin. There is a short treatment down time, its painless with very few follow up sessions required.
Carbonxytherapy can also being used as a treatment for dark under eye circles, cellulite and stretch mark smoothing and removal. This Procedures is FDA approved and must only be performed by certified physicians nationwide.
Since the Thermage Procedures are becoming so popular, people are asking me various questions regarding the different procedures involving everything from the time it takes for a treatment to how it works in general. The following are typical of the questions I receive.
What are the various Thermage procedures?
The Thermage procedure employs a patented radiofrequency (RF) technology called Thermacool. It has been clinically proven to tighten and gently lift skin to smooth out wrinkles and renew facial contours. The procedure is fast and easy, and requires no downtime from normal activities. Unlike lasers, the procedure can be performed on patients of all skin types. The Thermacool device has been cleared by the FDA for the non-invasive treatment of facial wrinkles and lines.
What does it feel like?
With each touch of the thermatip device, you will experience a brief, deep heating sensation as the RF energy is delivered to your skin and underlying tissue.
What will my skin feel like after the procedure?
Immediately following the protocol your skin should feel tighter, smoother and more youthful. Overtime, you will notice additional tightening.
When will I see results?
Recently published studies show that measurable tightening improvements appear gradually over 2 to 6 months after a single treatment session. However, many patients have reported seeing an earlier response.
How long before I can return to my normal activities?
Most people return to their regular activities immediately.
Can this be used on other areas of the body?
Yes, it is gaining increased public awareness in the treatments’ ability to tighten loose body skin – especially loose skin on the tummy area. This process has proven to tighten that area that no amount of exercise will touch. an effective treatment for tightening loose areas on the body
Benefits and Advantages?
There is no patient downtime. A patient may return back to work directly after the procedure.
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If you use your knowledge common sense and actually look at the before and afters with a really keen or discerning eye you’ll understand what I’m saying makes total sense. There are three or four different technologies out there.
Radio frequency started out in 2002 with Thermage to date they’ve
done over 1 million procedures at around 2000 locations. So that is clearly the safest and the longest record five or six years later came Exilis also radiofrequency but no consumables requiring up to six treatments for the body and four for the face.
Thermage requires only one treatment whether it’s the face or the body. Both of these come out very smooth in fact they are used for smoothing and to reduce lumps or for loose skin and they are
even used after liposuction to clean up the lumps.
So look at the before and after’s for cool sculpting or Zeltique ( brand name) and then look at the ones for Thermage. Cool sculpting is great if you have a lot of fat. By nature you’re killing a bunch of fat cells so the results are going to be kind of unknown and if you think about it logically you almost have to be leftover with some loose skin if not in addition to
some lumpiness as well.
Many people report that their girlfriends did Zeltique or cool sculpting and in the conversation about Thermage they said no don’t worry about that forget about that I’m not even considering it because my girlfriend came out lumpy.
There is also Zerona or Cold Laser- Forget about that ours is
collecting dust it’s not worth offering an inferior procedure I’d rather keep paying for it and let it collect dust our particular model is the Illumiwave lipo contour which is 20 times stronger than the Zerona same wavelength 635 nm but even ours doesn’t get any results.
There are thousands more you can find,I can send you hundreds more before and afters and we do study and test these machines all the time we were signed up to be the first ulthera in NY
and of course tested Zeltique and constantly talk to the manufacturers of these machines thats all we do.
What you will find in common or see in retrospect is Exilis is great for a few lumps or for a great amount of fat, whichever your results will be smooth Thermage is more or less for someone who has ” lost the weight already” and has loose skin. Fat freezing has done a great job marketing and can remove a great deal of fat in one session but you are killing the fat cells so logically you should land up with loose skin.
Also radio frequency is completely different you are affecting the collagen layer so there is an immediate tightening of the collagen that holds back the fat with Exilis normally 6 sessions for the body but you can keep going you will not see results till the 4th treatment.
I had a dear friend complaining but sure enough after the 4, 5, 6th session she went on to do 3 more body parts. Thermage is much stronger only requires one treatment but its so strong that
it causes you to grow more collagen beginning at 3 months so from 3 to 6 months there is a secondary affect where the skin firms up and smooths out even more. Although we have seen a few inches right off the table as well.
Thermage is much more expensive and has consumables. Make sure the person is listed on thermage.com with Black Diamond or Pinnacle award, that means they are experienced and are buying $15,000 a month in consumables more important
now than ever.
I get calls every day from Chinese companies offering
bootleg tips for $25 vs $900 ( one time use) these are calibrated to the micron to get the right amount of energy to the area, and of course you want someone who knows how many pulses to apply at what temperature.
Another clue is Exilis feels like a warm stone massage. Thermage has to be hot enough to give you an effective treatment. We give everyone a percocet in order to allow us to give them an effective treatment. If they say they dont do that, They have never turned the machine up high enough to give a person an effective treatment.
We get people all the times who were getting ok, or so so treatments elsewhere. On the other hand if they say anesthesia,
run out the door fast! You can easily get a 3rd degree
burn if you are not getting feedback. I have only see that anecdotally.
In a recently launched series of Video “Consultations”, Dr Lisa Zdinak, a classically trained
surgeon, shares video tutorials on some the most effective non-surgical technologies Dr. Lisa Zdinak recently opened up a series of videos tutorials on the techniques she uses to help New York’s
elite look their best for a night out on the town or a week at the beach.
In a series of short video- Curbside Consults Dr. Lisa shares her all non-surgical, non-invasive techniques. Although classically trained as an ophthalmic plastic surgeon, Dr Zdinak discovered that most of her patients were more interested in non-surgical options. Her patients feared surgery because of the “overdone” look, the downtime and the risk of scars. She began ten years of training and researching the best non-surgical options in the world. Her research and training took her from Brazil to France, Germany, Czech Republic, Australia, Monaco and Spain. The result brought together some of the best technologies and products available anywhere in the world under one roof.
“My passion was to offer the best non surgical options available anywhere in the world,” commented Dr Lisa. “I also wanted to educate patients so they could appreciate and understand that there is an option to the risk and pain of cosmetic surgery. As a result I created my video series known as curbside consults, and a website, dr212renew.com, both currently available to the public without any fees or registration.”
Patients love Carboxytherapy for stretch marks and Thermage and Exilis for body shaping and non-surgical face lifting to name just a few.
“Watching my clients happiness at their transformation is what I love about what I do”
Precision Aesthetics is located in the Upper West Side just steps from Central Park in a very private boutique. Consultations are available by appointment only.
Dr Lisa is an Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeon and has been mentioned in many articles in popular magazines like VOGUE, ELLE, People, Us, In Touch as well as peer journals like Med Esthetics and TV interviews on CBS and WPIX in NY. She has also spoken at many conferences around the world and formulated her own skin beauty vitamin line, Genetiskin.
Thermage was the first non surgical device to offer significant improvement for the face and the body for loose saggy skin. Almost 12 years and a million treatments later it still is the safest choice with the longest track record. The fact that it has been out there so long and has over 2500 establishments offering treatment actually poses a new kind of problem. It is apparent reading the reviews on any popular cosmetic website that the treatment costs and satisfaction range is wider now than ever. Reviews state people treating faces anywhere from $1500 up to $5000. Not too surprisingly those that seemed to be the most dissatisfied were the ones paying the least. Thermage performed correctly is actually expensive for the Doctor. The real consumables supplied by Thermage cost up to a thousand dollars for just one area. In fact it is not unusual for one of the top clinics to use a number of tips on more than one body part and the tips alone would cost quite a few thousand dollars. Given that fact there are numerous companies selling bootleg tips and offering to reenergize tips that should be tossed in the garbage. I am sure if you have tried this with your printer you know its a hit or miss proposition and you could land up throwing your printer in the garbage or having that inexpensive cartridge not deliver the quality or quantity promised. THATS A DISASTER when it comes to your face. More and more often patients are actually experiencing worse treatments. This is from two facts, way too many clinics with improperly trained technicians with very little experience and to make matters worse using bootleg supplies. Experience is everything the wrong technique in the wrong area would give you the opposite results than what you are seeking. A typical properly administered face thermage would tighten the skin and create more collagen in the cheeks over the long term and eliminate fat under the chin. Yet reviews show that some people are losing volume in their cheeks and others are getting no results at all. Thankfully the problem is easily avoided, simply go to thermage.com and use the provider with the most years of experience, preferably more than 7. PS if they are not listed with Pinnacle and or Black Diamond awards either they are buying bootleg tips, or not enough tips to receive that designation. One other secret. If they offer only Thermage than they would have even more experience, Now that Solta owns Fraxel and Liposonix the awards are given for the combination of all of the consumables, so it is possible that an office that delivers a large number of Fraxel treatments and or Liposonix and hardly any Themage treatments might still be listed as Pinnacle because of their Liposonix and Fraxel purchases. I know it all sounds very complicated, But its actually simple find a provider that has the most years of experience is focused on Thermage and has proven that they have a large amount of experience and that their consumables were purchased from Thermage not from someone’s garage, basement or from the far east. PS Check this out http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/01/prweb12420024.htm
I answer the phones on nights and weekends just to be helpful to the poor confused consumer, who is obviously working hard all day to have the money to afford these treatments. Sadly every doctor looking to make a buck and every manufacturer looking to make a buck are overstating and overselling. The average doctor that has never spent any time in formally educating him or herself in cosmetic procedures let alone doing fellowships and attending conferences and studying full time, goes out there buys one machine and claims it does it all. Its simply not true. This time of the year when everyone is getting “beach ready” we are busy doing the right thing. Some people simply have a little cellulite which acoustic wave is excellent at reducing. Patients love it ! Does thermage help a little with cellulite ? Yes, but if you have an acoustic wave machine that is what is going to do a better job. What about fat ? Sure once again Thermage is good and many international patients come in just to do or redo their Thermage with us. They love the fact that its a single treatment and they can get a nice result assuming they are going to someone who knows what they are doing and is actually using the right number of pulses and even multiple tips. I laugh when I hear the prices they are quoted. We sometimes use more than $2000 in consumables for an extensive body treatment. So whoever quoted them a price of $2000 is either using bootleg tips from China, not using the right number of pulses or the right number of tips and they will not get a good treatment or worse yet they could get burned with bootleg tips. Actually I will write another blog post on this. Back to today’s comment, The right machine for your treatment. So back to fat. Exilis, http://www.precisionaestheticsmd.com/services-exilis-nonsurgical-fat-reduction.html which we, Precision Aesthetics, were the first to introduce to New York, is actually the best machine for fat loss, or body shaping. Stretch marks ? Carboxytherapy. The point is dont even think of going to someone who just bought one machine, barely knows how it works, has not been doing it for more than 7 years, doesn’t have at least 4 different machines that excel in each area. If you are going to get your body in shape. Most of our patients get treated with at least 2 or 3 machines. We even are using Illumiwave Lipocontour 635. Its a cold laser that literally allows the fat to leak out of the cells into the interstitial space in between the cells. The point is the right machine or combination of machines for your treatment. Its all individualized treatments. It took me 8 years of constant studying and attending conferences to get to the point where I know all the machines in the market place and which ones are safe and effective for different problems. Dont allow some fast talking salesman or seminar convince you that one machine is going to solve all of your problems. Its simply not true. Different types of energy reach different depths, where the fat lies, where the collage network is. We are talking about one machine using radio frequency another ultrasound. Carboxytherapy is injecting Co2 gas. That actually helps circulation which fades the stretch marks. Are you starting to understand ? These are completely different technologies that are perfectly suited to and excel at one particular problem. That is why we use three or more different machines to treat one person. Get a real consultation, free by the way, and get a custom treatment to get you in your best “bikini” shape now before the summer starts and enjoy it. We can have you looking your best by 4th of July while looking better and better every week thereafter. But dont wait any longer. At least get your consult now.
I never cease to be amazed at how much we are benefiting from all of the new technology that keeps feeding our imaginations and our practical everyday needs.
An example of this is The Thermage Procedures, which offers new and highly advanced hi-tech solutions for some of our everyday cosmetic improvement needs. In recent years, these various procedures have shot to the forefront in treating under eye bags, sagging chins, stretch marks, lip augmentation, tummy tightening, thighs and buttocks tightening, eliminating the need for surgery, implants, etc. Thermage can also temporarily reduce the appearance of cellulite. Hi-tech radiofrequency technology is used to heat the deep, collagen rich layers of your skin which helps tighten existing collagen and stimulate formation of new collagen, resulting in reduced sagging, renewed contours and improves the texture and smoothness of the skins surface.
After being asked by one of my highly prized part time employee for some time off to have some cosmetic procedures, I assumed that she meant she would be away from work for at least a few days, or maybe a week. Because I knew how bad she wanted the facial work done, I reluctantly gave the old ‘okay’ and wished her well. The next day a little after noon, there was Sarah sitting at her desk, working away like normal. I asked about the cosmetic procedure she was supposed to get, and she said she went in a 9AM and it’s all completed. I have to say that knowing what she wanted done and seeing her now, was a miracle. She had work done on her chin area, and on the area around her eyes.
She explained to me that she was referred to the Thermage Procedures and did not have to have any anesthesia, no knives or fillers are used, no pre procedure prep, and there is no post procedure follow ups required. This works on the face area and the other areas of the body, are FDA approved, and the improvements continue for about 6 months or so. There is hardly any downtime, and most people return to their daily routine almost immediately.
This is a phenomenal new European skin product. It took us several years to develop the base formula we called RMI5. The concept of RMI5 is 99,9% functionality: all of the ingredients provide benefit to the skin, combined within clean and stylized bases.
The treatment is called the ‘Carboxytherapy’ Stretch Mark removal procedure. Up to very recently, stretch marks were pretty much untreatable. This Procedure is showing great promise by softening stretch marks by increasing the blood flow to the stretch mark regions and allowing them to constrict and contract, thus blending them better with the surrounding healthy skin. There is a short treatment down time, its painless with very few follow up sessions required.
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