Everyone does wrinkle, whether it is from laughing, crying too much, too much fun in the sun. Sagging skin and discoloration tend to increase with the years. Have you thought of having what is now called a body thermage.
Thermage is a nonsurgical skin tightening procedure that is performed in the doctor’s office. Thermage uses radio frequency energy (radio waves) to lift and tighten the skin. Here is how it works.Our skin is comprised of several layers, the surface or 1st layer of the skin is called the epidermis. This is the skin layer that burns or freckles when we are in the sun. Below the epidermis is the dermal layer, which consists of many proteins that give our skin structural support.The two main proteins are collagen which provides tensile strength, and elastin which lets the skin bounce back by giving it elastic pull, hence the name.Below the dermal layer is the layer that contains fat, blood vessels, and sensory nerves. When we are younger, the collagen in our skin is abundant and is in a tight rope-like meshwork. As we age, sun exposure, genetics, smoking, and gravity makes the collagen less abundant and it loses its organized network, and the rope begins to fray. This is the cause of the skin and the supporting soft tissues in the face to sag.Thermage works like a shrink wrap. The Thermage machine has pre-programmed computer chips with a pre-set number of heat pulses.
Now that you understand how it works it is easy for you to understand how we determine who will be a good candidate for the Thermage procedure. The results that one can expect from Thermage depend entirely upon how much collagen exists in the skin at the time that the candidate is being considered.The more collagen a person has, the better your initial result will be, and within two or three months you can expect more profound results once the collagen remodeling begins.
The procedure itself is not painful.Some people report that they is pain with the Thermage procedure. Believe me, 99% of my patients have the procedure performed with no pain medication.The only time medication is suggested is when the neck is being treated, which can be a bit uncomfortable, but nothing that one little pain pill fifteen minutes prior to the procedure can’t cure.