Thermage® PLUS

Effective PLUS Treatments Used to Complete Your Thermage® Skin Rejuvenation

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Why Thermage® PLUS?

Thermage® is an excellent skin tightening and wrinkle reducing procedure on it's own. Combined with individualized "partner" treatments, the cumulative benefits add up to uniquely Comprehensive Facial Rejuvenation. If you think of Thermage® as the core of achieving a younger appearance and the added treatments as being the completion, you'll fully understand why we recommend PLUS procedures either immediately or soon after your Thermage® procedure.

Thermage® PLUS Botox


Why?
Thermage® remodels the facial contours with the production of new tightly layered collagen. The most important reason to follow your Thermage treatment with selective Botox injections is to provide a smooth "base" for the new collagen to build upon.

By relaxing the muscles that are responsible for causing dynamic wrinkle, this new smooth base gives the collagen a better opportunity to build uniformly. If a muscle isn't capable of making a wrinkle, then the ability of collagen to form smoothly is simply better. Forehead wrinkles, brow furrows and crows feet are the targeted areas following your Thermage® treatment.
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Thermage® PLUS Restylane, Juvederm, Radiesse, Cosmoderm or other Dermal Fillers

Why?
Dermal Fillers immediately fill in the lines and wrinkles so you get the immediate effect of smoother, less wrinkled skin while you are waiting for Thermage to produce the new collagen.

Since the full effect of the collagen reproduction is complete at 6 months, that's about the same time your Restylane will begin to subside. Juvederm and Cosmoderm each have similar benefits and will subside over a period of months. The biggest PLUS here is that you get the "right now" effects and don't have to wait.

Other fillers can be used if you and Dr. Pilest decide they are appropriate for the results you desire. Restylane  Sculptra  Cosmoderm  Juvederm  Radiance/Radiesse

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Thermage® PLUS Fraxel


Why?
The skin's surface shows age with wrinkling, mottling, pigmentation. The only way to truly modify the outer surface before Fraxel was by painfully removing the old skin and allowing new skin to take it's place.

FRAXEL is a new method which gently resurfaces the skin in small increments of tiny dots. You get smooth, soft skin with serious fine wrinkle and deep textural improvement that only resurfacing can accomplish. A series of treatments step-by-step gradually replaces the entire skin surface, whether face, neck, hands, or chest. No raw areas, no sloughing, no healing pain and no downtime outside of what you would normally experience from the flaking from sunburn.
Fraxel Gentle Laser

Thermage® PLUS IPL (Photo Facial or FotoFacial)


Why?
Most people, by the time they begin to notice sagging skin and jowls, have skin that has suffered sun damage.

Mottling, uneven texture, roughness, pigmentation and unwanted freckles and brown spots are some of the more common results of California outdoor living and repeated sun exposure.
Photo Facial, which is actually Intense Pulsed Light, will smooth and even the skin both in texture and tone. While Thermage tightens and rebuilds the skins inner structure and helps with wrinkling, it is not a cure-all and skin surface problems need additional methods of resolution.
ILP (PhotoFacial or Foto Facial)


Thermage® PLUS Cosmelan


Why?
Hyper-pigmentation, whether caused by hormonal issues such as pregnancy or birth control pills, or caused by sun exposure, is one problem many women find particularly bothersome and difficult to conceal.

Cosmelan is a ultra-strength de-pigmentation program designed to manage difficult pigmentation problems. Initial steps are performed in the office and then maintained by an ongoing program at home.We like it not only because it is so effective as a long term maintenance, but because initial response is fast and it is a "sun-friendly" program that does not require avoidance of the sun. Cosmelan De-Pigmentation

Thermage® PLUS Vbeam

Why?
Facial spider veins and the redness of Rosacea are just as bothersome as brownspots.

Removing or reducing the small broken veins and redness is Vbeam's purpose. Typically not used directly after Thermage®, but about 2 weeks after, Vbeam targets the red spider veins commonly seen around the nose and on the cheeks. Rosacea benefits greatly from Vbeam application and results are seen very quickly. Vbeam Vascular Laser

Thermage® PLUS MicroLaserPeel
(Light to Full Resurfacing Erbium Peel)

(Full resurface results-not Weekend Peel)

Why?
MicroLaserPeel is an actual skin "resurfacing" using an ablative laser.  The uppermost epidermal layer of the skin becomes rough, uneven, dull and tired-looking. A true resurfacing laser removes this layer and allows fresh new skin to take it's place. MicroLaserPeel is a fast-recovery procedure that produces a high-satisfaction result.

Ablative lasers ARE associated with downtime and there is some minimal after-care required. Dr. Pilest has recently introduced the Sciton MicroLaserPeel with excellent results. Because the peel depth can be finely selected to epidermal depths measured in microns, you can choose from light to aggressive. Recovery time depends on the depth of the peel, but many patients choose a series of "light" laser peels that take only a few days to completely recover from. It is frequently referred to as the "Weekend Peel".
MicroLaserPeel

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