The differences between HIFU and Thermage

To be precise, the different principles of action cause the HIFU and Thermage to focus on different functions - the HIFU focuses on lifting and the Thermage focuses on tightening.

HIFU and Thermage have the same goal of improving aging skin, but there are still differences between them.

First of all, although HIFU is used to lift and improve sagging, unlike surgery, it does not lift the skin, so it does not have the effect of smoothing out wrinkles, but actually changes the internal shape more than the surface.

In the case of the cheeks, for example, the sagging apple muscle is moved upward, and the contour of the face is changed into an inverted triangle.

While Thermage itself cannot lift, it can target the lowered position of the cheeks, sagging corners of the mouth, and laxity in the facial contours to tighten the face and make it look lifted.

In addition, Thermage can also reduce the swelling of fat and tighten the surface of the skin is also considered to be quite obvious.

Simply speaking, the HIFU lifts up sagging tissues within the skin, while the Thermage tightens the skin and reduces the swelling within the muscle, with a different function and mechanism.

Then here comes to the questions, when to choose the HIFU? And when to choose the Thermage?

If only lifting/sagging improvement is needed ----- HIFU

The root cause of facial sagging is in the deeper layers of the skin. Thermage works only on the surface portion of the skin, and the improvement of sagging is subtle.

The HIFU delivers energy directly to the deep SMAS layer of the skin to promote collagen regeneration. Therefore, HIFU should be perfect for sagging improvements.

If only skin tightening is required -------- Thermage

Although the improvement of skin sagging is not as good as HIFU, but is helpful for skin laxity caused by photoaging, can stimulate the new collagen fibers, play a very good skin tightening and shaping effect. In addition, Thermage can also improve fat laxity.

For people with unstretchable skin or facial contours who want to improve shallow lines, Thermage would be more recommended.