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NON-SURGERY PROCEDURES

What is Thermage? (Non-surgical skin tightening and contouring )

Thermage is a safe, clinically proven way to tighten and contour skin, with improvements in tone, contour, and texture occurring naturally through the stimulation of your own collagen. Thermage is completely non-invasive no surgery, no injections. A single treatment tightens your existing collagen and stimulates new collagen growth. Improvements are both immediately visible and continue up to six months. Results can last for years depending on your skin condition and aging process.

Unlike lasers, Thermage works on all skin types and tones. And unlike injections or fillers, Thermage works on your entire face forehead, eyes, nasolabial folds, jaw line, jowls and the area under your chin, neck, arms, tummy, hands, thighs.

Ideal candidate

In general, the best candidates for Thermage are:

  • Physically healthy
  • Psychologically stable
  • Wanting to look younger and more refreshed
  • Wanting to enhance their facial appearance and of other parts of the body
  • Well informed in regard to the procedure and its final outcome
  • Realistic in their expectations and intended result

Called the Non-Surgical Facelift by Vogue Magazine...Thermage, also called Thermacool, is a new technologically advanced approach to treating aging skin. It works by heating the underlying deep layers of the skin with a unique delivery of radio frequency (RF) energy while protecting the skin's top layer with a cooling spray. This is accomplished with advanced safety features that monitor skin temperature and regulate treatments. The result is a procedure that is designed to:

  • Cause immediate collagen contraction followed by new collagen production over a period of time resulting in a more youthful appearance
  • Reduce the occurrence of adverse effects by protecting the skin epidermis
  • Provide a "no downtime" procedure so you can resume normal activities immediately

Now available in Sabah, our certified Thermage physician offers the same procedure famous in the US and many other developed countries around the world at lower cost-effective prices with quality medical care and facilities . Why pay more?

Face by Thermage ..for a natural, younger looking appearance

The facial skin and support structure is made up of three distinct layers:

  1. a visible outer layer on the surface called the epidermis,
  2. a collagen-rich underlayer beneath the surface called the dermis, and
  3. a deeper layer beneath the dermis called the subcutaneous layer, also known as the fat layer that has a web or septae of collagen fibers running from the dermis through it.

When the collagen in these three layers breaks down due to sun exposure or the normal aging process, your face begins to sag and wrinkle. Naturally, treatments that work on just the surface can't do anything to restore the collagen in the underlayer or the innerlayer of your skin.

What is CRF?

Thermage is a safe, clinically proven way to tighten and contour skin, with improvements in tone, contour, and texture occurring naturally through the stimulation of your own collagen.

Thermage is completely non-invasive --no surgery, no injections. A single treatment tightens your existing collagen and stimulates new collagen growth in all three layers. Improvements are both immediately visible and continue up to six months. Results can last for years depending on your skin condition and aging process. Best of all, you only need ONE Thermage treatment to obtain the full benefits -- not three to five as you would with some laser therapies.

Unlike lasers, Thermage's unique Capacitive Radiofrequency (CRF) technology safely SELECTIVELY heats your skin's underlayer or dermis and the web or septae of collagen in the deeper subcutaneous layer, causing an immediate tightening as well as improved tone and texture. And the improvements will continue and become even more noticeable for four to six months following treatment due to new collagen growth and remoselling.

Thermage works on ALL skin types and tones. And unlike injections or fillers, Thermage works on your entire face - forehead, eyes, nasolabial folds, jaw line, jowls and the area under your chin. Off-face areas have now been approved for Thermage tightening eg arms, tummy, eyes and buttocks.

Eyes by Thermage ..Eye Rejuvenation Therapy for the Eyelid Area

    Downtime None - A new application of Thermage radio-frequency (RF) technology is "Eyes by Thermage" which is indicated for the rejuvenation of the eyelid region. This procedure uses radio-frequency technology to stimulate and tighten existing collagen as well as activate new collagen growth. New heads have been developed specifically for the treatment of the upper and lower eyelids.

    Eyes by Thermage smoothes and tightens skin and decreases wrinkles and hooding in the eye area without surgery, injections or downtime. This results in a younger looking, more lifted eyes that look less tired. Plus, the smoother skin of your eyelids will make it easier to apply eye shadow and eyeliner.

    This is non-invasive, non-surgical procedure done under topical anaesthesia at Lee Plastic Surgery and Thermage Clinic. It takes about 45-60 minutes to complete and there is no associated downtime.

    Tighter, smoother skin all around - Skin is smoother and younger looking with reduced crepiness.

    Reduces hooding - The brow area is tightened to reveal more eyelid for brighter, more refreshed eyes.

    Tauter contours around the eye - Reduces under-eye bags.

    Softens fine lines and crow's feet - Delivers excellent results other treatments can't offer.

* Results may vary depending on age and skin condition and degree of hooding.

Tummy by Thermage ..for a natural, younger looking tummy

Tummy by Thermage, is a single treatment, non-invasive procedure that helps smooth, tighten and contour the tummy without surgery or injections, and little to no downtime. Thermage® works by tightening collagen deep in the skin and stimulates new collagen growth. Generally, some improvement is immediately visible and continues up to six months. Results can last for years depending on skin condition and the aging process.

For women who've just had a baby, lost weight or simply want younger looking skin, Tummy by Thermage delivers the results. The results however may vary depending on age and skin condition.

Side effects are generally rare.

Hands by Thermage ..for hands that look natural and feel younger

Hands by Thermage is a single-treatment, non invasive procedure that helps smooth and tighten the skin on your hands without surgery or injections, and little to no downtime.

With Hands by Thermage:

  • Treated skin looks brighter and more radiant
  • Fine lines and wrinkles are smoother and less prominent
  • Skin is tighter and less creepy

Thermage treatments tightenf existing collagen and stimulate new collagen growth for hands that look noticeably younger and more luminous. Results vary from subtle to dramatic. Generally improvements are immediately visible and continue for up to six months. Results are long lasting depending on your skin condition and the aging process.

Your hands don't have to give away your age. Let Hands by Thermage take years off your appearance.

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