{"id":2696,"date":"2026-08-18T03:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/the-ultrasound-treatment-taking-on-body-skin-laxity\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T03:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:05:14","slug":"the-ultrasound-treatment-taking-on-body-skin-laxity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/the-ultrasound-treatment-taking-on-body-skin-laxity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultrasound Treatment Taking on Body Skin Laxity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">With age comes changes to the skin\u2014most noticeably in the form of laxity. Skin starts to sag, and it doesn\u2019t quite bounce back the way it used to, both on the face and body. It can be incredibly difficult to treat skin laxity without going under the knife, but energy-based devices such as Ultherapy can do a great job tightening the skin on the face and parts of the body that are starting to sag. With Ultherapy\u2019s latest indication for the knees, there\u2019s hope that FDA clearance will extend to other parts of the body as well. Ahead, dermatologists break down the best uses for Ultherapy below the neck.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"featured-experts\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">Featured experts<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"my-6 ml-6 list-disc space-y-2 text-gray-800\">\n<li class=\"pl-2 leading-relaxed\">Jody A. Levine, MD is a board-certified dermatologist in New York<\/li>\n<li class=\"pl-2 leading-relaxed\">Dr. Payvand Kamrani is a board-certified dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-ultherapy\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">What is Ultherapy?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">\u201cUltherapy is a non-invasive skin tightening treatment that uses ultrasound energy to stimulate the body&#8217;s natural collagen and elastin production,\u201d explains New York dermatologist Jody A. Levine, MD. Unlike lasers or radiofrequency devices that target the skin\u2019s surface or superficial layers, Ultherapy delivers focused ultrasound energy beneath the skin. \u201cThis controlled thermal energy triggers the body&#8217;s natural wound-healing response, stimulating collagen production,\u201d adds Dr. Levine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">What\u2019s unique about Ultherapy is that the device itself has a component that helps the provider visualize the tissue with ultrasound, allowing them to place the energy at very specific depths. Though the skin can appear tighter immediately after treatment due to swelling, collagen remodeling over the following months produces true, gradual tightening and lifting.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-areas-of-the-body-is-it-fda-cleared-to-treat\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">What areas of the body is it FDA-cleared to treat?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Ultherapy is FDA-cleared to treat the brows, neck and under the chin, as well as to improve the appearance of lines and wrinkles on the d\u00e9colletage. More recently, FDA clearance expanded to include improving skin laxity on the knees, abdomen and the front and back of the upper arms with the next-generation device\u2014Ultherapy PRIME.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-other-parts-of-the-body-respond-well-to-ultherapy\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">What other parts of the body respond well to Ultherapy?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Ultherapy has been used off-label for some time to improve skin laxity in areas of the body, like the buttocks and thighs. \u201cHowever, it&#8217;s important to understand that results on the body are generally more subtle and less predictable than on the face and neck, because body skin is thicker and has the potential for greater laxity than Ultherapy is designed to correct,\u201d says Dr. Levine. \u201cPlus, gravity plays a major role in some hanging skin on the body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Ultherapy is generally recommended for patients with mild skin laxity, as they tend to see the best outcomes, while those who have more significant excess skin may ultimately require surgical solutions for meaningful improvement. \u201cFor the right patient though, I think the ability to stimulate collagen without incisions or significant downtime makes it a really interesting option for areas like the arms and abdomen,\u201d says Chapel Hill, NC dermatologist Dr. Payvand Kamrani.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With age comes changes to the skin\u2014most noticeably in t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}