{"id":1424,"date":"2011-05-05T10:04:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T10:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2011-05-05T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T10:04:29","slug":"new-alternative-to-going-under-the-knife-4262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/new-alternative-to-going-under-the-knife-4262\/","title":{"rendered":"New Alternative To Going Under The Knife-4262"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have been thinking of getting cosmetic surgery<\/a> carried out, but don\u2019t fancy going under the knife, there is now an alternative available. It\u2019s called Ultherapy, although it\u2019s only available in the USA at the moment.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more it\u2019s so brand new, there are only one or two cosmetic surgeons using the new procedure. One of these is Dr. Goldman who has a practice in Ohio, but he isn\u2019t pushing the new system yet until he has had sufficient time to ensure it does what it\u2019s supposed to do.<\/p>\n

He told local reporters: \u201cUntil I use it on my patients in my office, I don\u2019t really know how well it works.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to ensure that Ultherapy is safe and produces consistent results for his patients, Dr. Goldman has come to an agreement with the company that provides the equipment. If he isn\u2019t completely satisfied, he can return the equipment.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, Dr. Goldman has been road testing the new procedure on just 5 of his patients; up to now the results seem promising. One patient said: \u201cI feel young on the inside and I want the outside to reflect how I feel on the inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lady in question was diagnosed with skin cancer<\/a> in 2000, and while she beat it the disease did leave its mark \u2013 literally. So Ultherapy would be beneficial to her as she doesn\u2019t want to be treated with injections and other medical procedures.<\/p>\n

Another patient who has agreed to try out Ultherapy said: \u201cI was right on board immediately,\u201d after being offered knife-free surgery, as did another older patient, who had never had any previous surgery, but was willing to give the non invasive Ultherapy a chance.<\/p>\n

What is different between Ultherapy and traditional plastic surgery? The former uses ultrasound to lift and tighten skin that has sagged. So it is useful for facelifts and other similar operations, which traditionally required cutting.<\/p>\n

The ultrasound heats the fat under the skin, which over the following weeks produces collagen naturally. Collagen is needed to firm up the skin.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s like shrink wrap, everything becomes more firm and may actually contract a little bit,\u201d Dr. Goldman said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIn general, we give about six weeks for most patients to really see their result.\u201d<\/p>\n

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If you have been thinking of getting cosmetic surgery carried out, but don\u2019t fancy going under the knife, there is now an alternative available. It\u2019s called Ultherapy, although it\u2019s only available in the USA at the moment. What\u2019s more it\u2019s so brand new, there are only one or two cosmetic surgeons using the new procedure. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,75,107],"tags":[71,908,907,906],"class_list":["post-1424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmetic-surgery","category-general-health","category-skin-health","tag-facelift","tag-medical-procedures","tag-skin-cancer","tag-ultrasound-surgery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888008809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}