Thermage is a skin tightening treatment that can lift and tighten the skin without surgery or downtime.

Lasting SkinSolutions in Middleton and Delafield is among the first to offer the Thermage skin tightening treatment in Wisconsin. 

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Thermage uses radio frequency (not laser) to heat beneath the skin's layer's causing the skin's natural collagen fibers to shrink; this stimulates the growth of new collagen, and the result is a tightening and firming of the surface layer that quite simply smooths away wrinkles.

The Thermage hand held device used to deliver the energy contains a cryogen spray, which cools the skin's surface before, during and after each radio-frequency pulse. The cryogen prevents the Thermage from burning the skin. There is a slight redness after the treatment, but no blistering and no recovery time. You can resume normal activities the same day. The full results can take 4 to 6 months for the maximum tightening and smoothing to take effect.

Thermage is safe and effective for tightening and contouring the cheek and jaw line; softening smile lines and lifting the brow to open the eye area. Just weeks after a treatment you can see visible tightening and toning of the skin. Thermage is FDA approved for the non-invasive treatment of wrinkles around the eyes in November. The new cosmetic use clearance is based on clinical data showing that a single treatment can safely improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes (such as crow's feet).

 

Another new treatment to tighten sagging skin on the face and body is called SkinTyte by Sciton.