• Skin Tightening
  • Ulthera
  • Titan
• Body Contouring
  • Coolsculpting
  • Ultrashape
  • Radiofrequency
• Liposuction
  • Vaser
  • High Def Vaser
  • Smartlipo
• Botox
  • The Botox Lift
  • Square Jaw Reduction
  • Intradermal Botox
• Hyaluronic Acid Fillers
  • Juvederm
  • Voluma
  • Macrolane
• Laser Treatments
  • Fractional CO2
  • Subdermal-Laser
  • Cooltouch
  • Super Hair Removal
  • IPL
  • Laser Genesis

Skin-Tightening Procedures

Increasing collagen and tightening SMAS

Improving Skin ELASTICITY

Skin Tightening is about increasing collagen production within the skin such that skin becomes more elastic and therefore drapes better over the face. In-elastic skin hangs loosely as folds and droops as jowls.

Titan and Ulthera can both an increase collagen within the skin which in turn gives rise to Skin-Tightening. But Ulthera is far more powerful than Titan in increasing collagen. The VOLUMA Liquid Facelift complements these procedures.

Tightening SMAS

Skin tightening is also about contracting the fibro-muscular layer of the skin in the face such that face gets lifted. The fibro-muscular layer is also called the SMAS.

This is the layer which surgeons tighten during an open-surgical-facelift. It is also the layer which many thread lifts target. Thread lifts like the Silhouette Threads or the Endotine Threadlift pull on the SMAS to create the lift. But these are invasive procedure where the surgeon looks for the SMAS and deliberately anchors the threads to this layer for the lifting effect. And as such, one can expect considerable recovery time, bruises and discomfort.

However with Ulthera, we can target the SMAS non-invasively. Because it is non-surgical and there are no threads inserted, there is no recovery-time. But the Ulthera is by no means any less accurate or precise as compared with surgical methods. With a built-in ultrasound scan, the Ulthera can accurately locate the SMAS and deliver a very precise dose of energy to it. This results in the immediate contraction of the fibro-muscular layer and a lifting of the face. Collagen regeneration then goes on for another 3-6 months.

Comfort wise, Ulthera is significantly more tolerable than Titan or Thermage. This is because it only targets the SMAS layer instead of dumping heat into the entire thickness of skin as with Thermage.

Read more about Ulthera and other Non-surgical Facelifts that we offer.
Read more on Facial Contouring

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