Thermage Skin Tightening treatments from Solta Medical have ushered in a new type of anti-aging and skin laxity treatments for cosmetic dermatologists, plastic surgeons and medical spas that adds another nonsurgical treatment to a cosmetic medical practice Radio Frequency Skin Tightening.
Thermage has also implemented a new pricing strategies that charge the physician for each Thermage treatment by 'deactivating' the Thermage treatment tip after a predetermined number of pulses or specific length of time, even if the Thermage tip could still be used. This leaves the cosmetic dermatologist or plastic surgeon in the position of paying for Thermage treatment tips that would still work, except that they've been artificially turned off by the company.
With Thermage tips costing up to $800 for a single treatment and since plastic surgeons or cosmetic dermatologists under increasing pressure to maintain profitability, many cosmetic dermatologists and plastic surgeons are turning to third parties on the gray market to 'reactivate' these Thermage tips for additional use by bypassing the counter inside the chip and effectively resetting the Thermage tip to allow for additional use.
According to a statement from Thermage, Thermage tips are only disabled to ensure patient safety.
Thermage's position on reactivating Thermage tips:
"The largest study we know of involving Thermage is a four year study conducted by Weiss,1 and it only involved 600 patients. In addition, the claims in the Stevens publication are also wildly inconsistent with immense quantities of Thermage quality and reliability data we have compiled on our own products over the years. We know for a fact the dielectric membrane on our treatment tip will break down when subjected to a tiny fraction of the repeated use this publication alleges can be done. Dielectric breakdown can result in patient harm."
Complications are certainly possible from treating cosmetic medical patients with damaged or broken Thermage tips; including burns or the destruction of underlying fat deposits that can leave permanent depressions in the skin. But with an increasing number of plastic surgeons and cosmetic dermatologists looking to squeeze out a profit wherever they can and grey-market suppliers willing to sell a reactivated Thermage tips for hundreds of dollars below the retail price that Thermage charges, refurbishing or reusing Thermage tips may be used by an increasing number of cosmetic practices and medical spas.
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