With age, there may be certain changes in the physical appearance of a person.
A person may notice sagging skin, fine lines and wrinkles, lines around the corners of the mouth and loose neck skin.
People want to look as young as they feel inside and hence resort to a facelift.
You can have a facelift which will remove all the fine lines, tighten your skin and remove excess fat and skin in the lower face and neck region.
Of course, the procedure will lead to some swollen and bruised skin and you will have to take some days off from work.
However, face lifts without surgery are now easily carried out.
Thermage and Titan, two popular nonsurgical facelift treatments are sought by those who wish to take some years off from their face.
They are less expensive and have little downtime.
These methods perform tissue tightening without any invasive procedure.
The difference between Titan and Thermage lies in the mechanism, by which they heat the dermis.
How does Thermage work? Thermage uses radiofrequency technology to heat the deep layers of collagen.
The heating procedure tightens existing collagen.
It also promotes production of new collagen, hence reducing sagging skin.
Skin contours are renewed and your face has new and improved texture.
Collagen immediately contracts after treatment hence leading to skin tissue tightening.
Thermage treatment works best on the face, eyelids, neck, chest and back of hands.
How does Titan work? Titan uses infrared technology to heat deep layers of skin, hence tightening collagen.
A titan session, like Thermage, may take an hour.
There might be some swelling and redness.
Titan uniformly heats underlying fat.
There is no injury of fat and no risk of dimpling of skin when using titan.
Titan can be used on many regions of body such as upper arms, stomach, hands and legs.
Effects of Titan and Thermage Both these treatments are successful for a facelift and other parts of the body.
Treatments can be safely used by those with dark skin tone as there is no risk of change in skin pigmentation.
With Thermage, some patients might immediately see noticeable results.
For most patients however, there is a gradual improvement over a period of 1 to 6 months.
All the patients however show enhanced collage formation.
Similarly, some of the patients getting a Titan session might notice immediate changes while many will see gradual improvement in 3 to 6 months.
Both these treatments create natural results.
Cost The price range for Titan and Thermage is $500-5000.
Thermage is more costly than Titan but it requires one session while Titan requires three.