When considering all of the associated costs of traditional tummy tuck downtime, a potential tummy tuck patient may decide to mitigate cosmetic surgery costs with a thermage tummy tuck. With a tummy tuck and/or a liposuction, the cosmetic surgeon will remove excess skin and provide their patients with a tighter, firmer and flatter abdominal region.
Another major benefit of a traditional tummy tuck is the removal of stretch marks and flabby skin as a result of the surgeon pulling down the upper abdominal skin prior to suturing. The main difference between this procedure and a thermage tummy tuck relates to different side effect risks and costs.
For example, a traditional tummy tuck is a major surgery – which can be expensive with an average cost of around $6,000. You need to make sure that your surgeon in extremely qualified in order to avoid additional risks.
A thermage tummy tuck is a non-invasive procedure that uses capacitive radiofrequency technology (RF) in order to stimulate existing collagen build up while promoting the growth of new collagen. This new collagen may take up to 6 months, following a single treatment. The cost is also less than a traditional tummy tuck (average cost is about $3,000).
The thermage tummy tuck procedure will also take only a couple of hours – which is less than a traditional tummy tuck. Most noticeably, the overall discomfort level will be mild and will involve a deep, but brief, heating sensation on the skin.
However, there are a number of reviews that seem to indicate that, for the price, the actual results are not as expected and that a traditional tummy tuck procedure may actually be preferable to the less invasive thermage tummy tuck, in the long run.
