What Treatments Go Well with Ultherapy...? / Radiesse Collagen Booster

Hello, this is Lifton Dermatology.

As March begins and the weather warms up, it feels like spring is on the way.

These days, one thing I’ve noticed during consultations is that many people are preparing for marriage. Since many weddings are held in the pleasant spring season, they come in advance for consultations. Before that, one thing I always ask is when the wedding photoshoot is and when the family introduction meeting is.

Of course, the wedding ceremony is the most important event, but the timing of treatment effects will also matter, and there is downtime as well. So when consulting and performing treatments, I always keep important event dates in mind.

So, what kind of concerns do people usually want to improve before an important event?

In most cases, it is sagging. People preparing for their own wedding are often at an age when aging is just beginning to progress in earnest, so they are very concerned about the jawline. Those preparing for a child’s wedding often mention not only the jawline, but also nasolabial folds and fine wrinkles.

The treatment I always recommend without fail for these patients is Ultherapy, and since the effects take about a month to appear, I actively recommend it for those who have at least a month before their important event.

But with Ultherapy alone,

it won’t solve every skin problem, right?

I believe that only when injectable treatment is combined can Ultherapy’s effects reach their peak, so let’s take a closer look at a paper I briefly mentioned last time.

This paper treated the neck skin, which is one of the thinnest areas of skin on the body. Since it is such a thin area, the effect should also be relatively easy to assess. In the photos above, the upper image shows the Ultherapy treatment design, and the lower image shows the design for injecting the Radiesse collagen booster.

In addition to the neck, a similar approach can be used for the décolletage, which is also thin skin that is easily exposed and often of concern.

Why would two different treatments be performed on the same area like this?

Because they work by different principles, a synergistic effect appears. When Ultherapy is performed, a high temperature of about 65°C is generated inside the skin, and this acts as the starting point for collagen production. The Radiesse collagen booster that is then administered serves as a scaffold within sagging skin, allowing collagen, elastin, and new blood vessels to grow.

Therefore, a synergistic effect like the one above appears.

The same applies to the other paper photos. There is also an effect on the thin skin on the inner arm.

Based on this kind of data, it can of course also be applied to improve the elasticity of facial skin, and in practice the results are very good. The best points are that the maintenance period is long and the downtime is minimal.

It seems that the trend in lifting and tightening procedures is increasingly moving in this direction.

Less often, less noticeably. But with longer-lasting results.