Laser Skin Tightening in Toronto: Our Answers to Your Most Frequent Questions

Get answers to all your questions about laser skin tightening therapy in Toronto so you can decide whether it's right for you.

What is Ultherapy?

Ultherapy is a non-invasive skin tightening treatment. It’s the only Health Canada and FDA-approved method for lifting the skin on the neck, brow, and chin and improving wrinkles and lines on the decolletage. Ultherapy is a procedure that lifts and tightens your loose skin gradually. There is no downtime using micro-focused ultrasound. Be Youthful is happy to offer Ultherapy treatment along with professional Botox treatments, filler treatments, and more.

Is Ultherapy Safe?

Ultherapy is a proven non-surgical facelift that’s an established safety treatment currently marketed around the globe in over 75 countries with more than 1.5 million treatments performed to date. For over 50 years, ultrasound energy has been used in the medical field.

How Ultherapy Differs From Other Laser Skin Tightening Procedures

Ultherapy uses sound energy, which is tried-and-true ultrasound. It has unique properties allowing it to bypass your skin’s surface to treat the depths not matched by other cosmetic devices that are non-invasive.

Ultherapy ultrasound stimulates the production of collagen on your skin’s foundation. This results in a significant lift of the tissue over the next two to three months. Some laser skin tightening in Toronto uses light energy, but this method can’t reach the deeper skin layers. Also, laser treatments are not FDA-cleared for lifting skin and they only treat superficial skin.

How Long Does Ultherapy Take?

Ultherapy is a non-invasive aesthetic procedure that uses ultrasound technology to stimulate the formation of new collagen below the skin’s surface. It takes time to produce new collagen, so results become more apparent over the following two to three months, but for some people, it can take up to six months.

Depending on the area being treated, this procedure can take around 30 to 90 minutes to complete, and there isn’t any downtime afterward.

Also, it is the only non-invasive treatment that uses ultrasound imaging. This allows practitioners to view the tissue layers targeted during the procedure. It also ensures energy is deposited specifically where it is most beneficial.

How Many Treatments Will I Need?

The majority of people only require one treatment; however, some may need more than one to get the full benefits, depending on the amount of skin laxity they have as well as the collagen-building process, and their body’s biological response to ultrasound.

To maintain their results, follow-up treatments are recommended each year.

Am I a Good Candidate for Ultherapy?

To be a good candidate for Ultherapy, you will need to have some degree of laxity, in which your skin looks and feels less firm. Loose skin under the chin and neck, or wrinkles and lines on the chest, usually are signs you might be a candidate.

Most people in their 30s with mild-to-moderate laxity of the skin are candidates. Ultherapy is not meant to replace a surgical facelift. Many people want facial lifting but don’t want to undergo surgery for different reasons, whether physical, mental, or financial.

Younger people who want to maintain their skin's laxity and those who want an aesthetic maintenance option may also be good candidates for this procedure.