Hello. This is Urim Plastic Surgery.
These days, when I talk with patients, many people want to improve efficiency by planning multiple procedures together rather than managing with just one procedure. Since it can be difficult to divide time into multiple visits amid a busy daily life, many people look for combinations that can bring about comprehensive changes in a single visit. Today, I’d like to organize the combinations that are often considered together to help enhance the Ulthera effect, focusing on Ulthera lifting, which is frequently chosen in actual consultations and procedures.
Facial aging
Facial aging is not a change that appears only on the skin surface; it progresses simultaneously across multiple layers, including the skin layer, fat layer, and SMAS layer. That is why, rather than stimulating only one layer with a single device, combining procedures that act at different depths can help achieve a more balanced Ulthera effect. For this reason, Ulthera lifting is often planned together with other procedures rather than used on its own.
Ulthera + Oligio
Ulthera lifting and Oligio work on different layers. Ulthera delivers ultrasound energy to the deep SMAS layer to help with lifting, while Oligio delivers radiofrequency energy to the skin layer with the goal of improving skin texture and elasticity.
Because facial aging is not a problem limited to a specific area, managing both the deeper and shallower layers together can help you expect improvements in sagging as well as more refined skin texture. In this process, many people also feel the Ulthera effect in a more three-dimensional way, so this is a combination often recommended during consultations.
Ulthera + thread lifting
It is also relatively common to consider Ulthera lifting together with thread lifting. The approach is to first organize the overall sagging of the face with Ulthera lifting, and then pull up the areas that need it once more with thread lifting.
Ulthera can sometimes create a feeling that facial volume has been tidied up along with lifting, and if thread lifting is combined in that state, you may expect changes that make the contours look more defined. This combination is considered when someone wants the face to look slimmer overall through the Ulthera effect.
Ulthera + Juvelook Volume
Sagging and hollowing may feel like completely different issues, but in reality, they often appear together. When the upper cheek sags downward, the upper area can look hollow, and the lower area can make nasolabial folds stand out more.
In such cases, you can first address sagging with Ulthera lifting and then combine it with Juvelook Volume in hollow areas to approach both line and volume balance together. This combination is sometimes chosen when someone wants to use the Ulthera effect in a complementary way.
Ulthera lifting is a procedure that is meaningful on its own, but depending on the condition of the face, some people feel more satisfied with the Ulthera effect when it is performed together with other procedures. However, the same combination is not necessary for everyone, and the plan should vary depending on the degree of sagging, skin condition, and volume distribution.
What matters most is not which procedure you choose, but the process of accurately understanding what changes are needed for the face right now. It is most important to make a plan in the direction that suits you through sufficient consultation.
