[NEWS] Jennifer's Ultherapy Facial Treatment Puts Her at Risk of Aging Quicker

article by: Joani Walsh

DAILYMAIL.com
"We're teaming up with DailyMail.com reporter Joani Walsh who recently reported on Jennifer's beauty regimens, which includes the use of Ultheray. For those who are unaware of what this is - Ultherapy is a non-invasive procedure administered by a device that emits 'microfocused ultrasound', similar to that used in scans on pregnant women - has the effect of lifting and tightening skin and is offered by cosmetic doctors in the United Kingdom. With that being said - it's not hard to see the appeal: a taut, firmer jawline, younger-looking eyes and lifted, youthful cheeks - and all without the need for a single injection, let alone going under the surgeon's scalpel. However, DailyMail's investigation has uncovered concerns among doctors about complications that may arise afterwards, and a number of cases in which patients who receive Ultherapy treatments have claimed the process has left them looking older. A leading cosmetic doctor claimed in a recent statement, "The treatment may speed up the aging process." Makers Ulthera, who are owned by German pharmaceutical giant Merz, are now facing a number of lawsuits from unhappy patients. [It is currently unknown if Jennifer is associated with any of these "aging claims" or involved in the lawsuits taking place.] It is alleged that patients have been left with hollowed cheeks and eyes, the loss of facial volume, and slackening and thinning skin - a result of undergoing the Ultherapy treatment. In legal papers, lawyers claimed in a statement, "When used [Ultherapy] on the face, the treatment resulted in 'severe and permanent physical injuries' and there is a risk of 'fat loss, deformity, eye damage' and 'nerve damage'." 

Ultherapy treatment lifting and tightening of skin

However, all allegations have recently been denied by Merz. Florida-based surgeon Dr. Thomas Tzikas [who doesn't not treat Jennifer] told DailyMail, "I have seen eight patients who allege complications after having used Ultherapy treatment, and some required surgery to fix the problems. These women, who are in their 40's, tell me their skin is much looser and more pliable than before treatment. They can stretch and pull their skin, whereas the year before undergoing Ultherapy treatment their skin was taut and seemed to have a lot more resistance, and there is loss of volume. It's devastating, because it's like a speeding up of the ageing process. And it appears to be irreversible." When Dr. Tzikas was asked to comment on some women's satisfactory while others suffer from complications he said, "These women are all similar in age, usually in their late 40's and early 50's." Jennifer is in her late 40s - (she's 48), and apparently been receiving these Ultherapy treatments for 8-years since the launch in 2009, and more than 80,000 Ultherapy treatments have been performed worldwide, with 40,000 of them in Britan, according to Merz. It has been prove effective and safe in numerous studies. According to data, patients may suffer from 'brief discomfort' during the procedure, and adverse side effects are listed as: 'transient erythema [redness], edema [swelling], and occasional bruising'. Uncommon side effects include: 'muscle weakness, transient numbness and weals - areas of raised, red skin - which, a review, 'appear to be due to poor treatment technique.' Ultherapy has been cleared by the US medical watchdog FDA (also know as the Food and Drug Administration) for use in specific areas of the face including: brow, under the chin, the neck and decolletage (which is where Aniston receives treatments). But many of the patients Dr. Tzikas has seen - some of those taking legal action - claim, "We were given treatment on the cheeks and around the checkbone area." So, is the Ultherapy treatment being wrongly administrated? If so, is that the reason for the devastating effects?"