Thermage or Exilis ?

Exilis is also a radio frequency device, for body shaping.  The difference to you between Exilis and Thermage is that Thermage is a one time treatment and Exilis treatments consist of 4-6 sessions.  So the good news is Exilis is a lot cheaper per treatment approximately $500 vs $4000 for a body area. However after a 5 or 6 treatments, the price differential is not as great. Another advantage with Exilis is that you get to see how your body responds to a radio frequency treatment without risking many thousands of dollars. Perhaps your particular nature of loose skin, wrinkles or excess skin or extra inches of fat is a “good responder” or maybe not.  Some people actually use both devices on different parts of their bodies, plus due to the slightly different shape of the hand pieces of the different devices, one might be more suitable then the other.  Finally Exilis is often used for “spot” reduction. My best advice is find a provider that has both.  New York has at least one Precision Aesthetics.  Precision Aesthetics also has the advantage of being the only New York Thermage Pinnacle and Black Diamond provider, and has the distinction of that award for 4 years running, as well as the first site to offer Exilis.  So if you are in that neck of the woods it makes the decision of finding the best provider pretty easy. Obviously the best isnt the cheapest, but as I said in a previous post, if you were getting surgery would you go to the cheapest surgeon ? Any technician with 4 years experience on Thermage and over a year with Exilis ( thats about as long as its been around) will be your opportunity to get the best results that your body is capable of achieving. Lastly if you are considering one of these treatments for your face, misapplied it could be a disaster. These are powerful devices, certain areas are treated lightly to lift and tighten, other areas are gone over with multiple passes to reduce fat, like a double chin. If not done properly you could literally land up losing critical fat and collagen in areas where you most need it.  It is an art and it takes a lot of experience. Its your face you are better off not doing it at all then risking a bad treatment.