Plastic Surgery, or Non-Invasive Treatment? Understanding Your Ideal Treatment Option
When it comes to aesthetic treatments and procedures, every option can be broken down into two categories – non-invasive and invasive. So how is one to know when you should go the surgical route versus opting for a nonsurgical treatment to correct issues that make you less than confident in your own skin?
Test Driving Treatments
If you’ve been considering your treatment options, feel relieved to know that many patients who are nervous about getting surgery to turn back the hands of time often feel more comfortable with a non-invasive option, like Ultherapy, so they’re able to “test-drive” what your surgery results would end up looking like. Using non-invasive treatment options such as Ultherapy helps to stimulate cell turnover and creates new collagen and elastin, which may be able to give you the desired results you’re after, without having to go under the knife.
Who is a good candidate for a non-invasive treatment such as Ultherapy?
- Someone with mild to moderate skin laxity
- Less-firm skin in areas such as the eyebrow line, neck, under chin, and chest
- Needing to take no downtime after a procedure
In a matter of minutes, injectable fillers can add contours to a facial feature, immediately defining a chin or minimizing a bump on the nose. Instantly adding volume and lifting the face allows patients to don’t want a surgical treatment and require less downtime.
Some patients also look to non-invasive treatments following a surgery such as a facelift, to maintain their results.
Non-Invasive Treatment Options
As the years pass, none of us are immune to the effects of time. Loose skin is one of the most discouraging side effects of aging, causing us to look older than we really are, or how we feel. Radiance Medspa offers both Thermage and Ultherapy to patients hoping to tighten their skin. Both are FDA-approved and comprehensively researched, providing patients with lasting results and a safe procedure.
With a consultation, we can discuss your goals to determine which treatment is a comfortable fit for you:
How Your Health Plays a Roll
Not everyone who wants plastic surgery is a candidate for it. There are some cases where your current health status instantly rules you out for surgery. If you find yourself unable to have a full facelift, or another surgical procedure due to a health issue, multiple modalities like Ultherapy, and other non-surgical treatments can be used in combination to help in correcting different issues.
How To Determine If You Need Surgery
Determining whether your specific needs will require surgery can generally be determined by a simple test. Do a pinch test to determine how much loose skin you actually have – generally, when there is significant loose skin, it will likely have to be removed to achieve improved results.
Making The Leap To Surgery
While non-invasive treatments, such as fillers may help a portion of patients who seek a younger looking complexion, having too much facial deflation and skin laxity will prevent fillers from giving you the desired results. At a certain point, fillers are difficult to solve the issues of aging, and making sure that you’re being consulted by an experienced medical professional whose work you trust will help you avoid leaving an office with so-so results, or worse yet, a case of buyer’s remorse.
All In One For All Your Needs
Radiance Medspa offers a unique “All in One” practice for all of your individual needs, to help you feel and look your very best with comprehensive services to enhance the whole you. We work to present you at your very best, and will work with you to determine which treatment option is the very best fit for you and your skin needs. Schedule a consultation today and be one step closer to a better, younger you.