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Will Ultherapy get rid of wrinkles on the upper lip?


I don't know if it's better to use a filler or if this therapy will actually be effective in decreasing the wrinkles on the area between upper lip and base of nose. Thank you for your help!

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jhonnys


Plastic surgeon
Coral Gables, FL
United States
View My Professional Profile 		  Will Ultherapy get rid of wrinkles on the upper lip?
August 13, 2013 1:18 AM

Ultherapy will not help with wrinkles, it will help with skin tightening

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docblinski


Plastic surgeon
Miami, FL
United States
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January 7, 2013 5:24 AM

Betsy325: You do not understand the use of I.V. sedation requires special office licensing and expenses. I prefer it but I'm a PS and have an office operation room. (more)
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drclevens


Plastic surgeon
Melbourne, FL
United States
View My Professional Profile 		  Ultherapy vs. Fillers
May 31, 2012 6:13 AM

I can't give it a resounding thumbs up for Ultherapy and as noted by other surgeons, it can be very painful. I suggest talking to your local Facial Plastic Surgeon about fillers for your (more)
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docblinski


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Miami, FL
United States
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May 31, 2012 3:25 AM

Agree with both previous experts. Ultherapy is VERY painful with VERY limited results. (more)
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drgrossman


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New York, NY
United States
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May 30, 2012 8:11 PM

No it will not, but it will cause more damage in the future.
Good luck from NYC.
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samir


Plastic surgeon
Baltimore, MD
United States
View My Professional Profile 		  Upper lip wrinkles
May 30, 2012 12:16 PM

The gold standard for improving upper lip wrinkles is Carbon Dioxide laser resurfacing. If you are a candidate,like skin color, surrounding skin color and sun damage. (more)
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MissJ521@aol.com
Camb, MA
United States 		  Pain
August 18, 2013 6:15 PM

Pain is used as feedback for the ultherapy. If they put you out so you don't feel anything, you could get over treated.

To the original poster. Ultherapy is for larger areas and not used for upper lip. You DON'T want to tighten the upper lip area. That would look weird. You can do a CO2 laser to ablate the wrinkles though.


betsy325
   Ultherapy pain
January 6, 2013 2:50 PM

I don't know why in 2013, Dr.'s are not using a twilight sleep or something more aggressive for pain for this procedure. I plan on having this done , but wonder why the pain when it seems to be unanimous that it hurts too much!



 



 

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