What is the difference between Ultherapy Prime and regular Ultherapy?
The imaging and the console. Prime visualises to 8 mm where the earlier platform visualised to 4.5 mm, its ultrasound field is twice the size, and the display is 35% larger with noise reduction applied to the image. The treatment depths, the target layer and the candidate profile are the same on both, which is why the fair summary is that Prime improves the operator's view of the field and leaves the treatment where it was.
Is Ultherapy Prime worth the extra cost over standard Ultherapy?
We cannot price that comparison, because classic Ultherapy is not carried here and has no row on our list. What we can say is what the difference buys: visual certainty while the map is being executed. Whether ultrasound belongs on your chart at all is the larger question, and it is settled by the reading and never by which generation of console sits in the room.
Does Prime treat deeper than the classic system?
No. The transducers are 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 mm on both platforms, and a 4.5 mm line places energy at 4.5 mm on either. What reaches 8 mm on Prime is the imaging, so the operator can see below the plane being treated. Seeing deeper and treating deeper are different things, and the marketing around this point is frequently sloppy.
Which platform does Dear Clinic use?
Ultherapy Prime. It is the system in our treatment room and the one every session here is delivered on, and it is photographed on this page. Classic Ultherapy is the predecessor and we do not carry it, so there is no choice between the two to make when you book with us.
I had classic Ultherapy before. Will Prime feel or work differently for me?
The treatment being delivered is the same one, so the useful input is your own history. Tell your director which zones were treated, what you noticed afterwards and over what period, because that is the most specific information available about how your tissue answers focused ultrasound. Every individual responds differently, and your previous course is read as evidence and never as a promise that the same thing repeats.
Does the larger ultrasound field mean fewer shots are needed?
That is not a claim we make. The field size affects how much of a region the operator sees in one image; how many lines a plan calls for follows from the zones being treated and what the reading found. Your plan is counted in increments and the count is set after the diagnosis and approved by you before treatment begins.
Is it safe? What can go wrong on either platform?
Redness, tenderness, swelling and bruising are the ordinary findings, and tingling or patchy numbness across a treated zone can follow and is expected to resolve. Temporary weakness or asymmetry can occur where energy lands near a motor nerve, and a surface mark or burn is the uncommon risk that live imaging exists to reduce. A newer console does not remove any of them.
Who holds the certification for this treatment at Dear Clinic?
Dr. Jemin Kim and Dr. Seonhaeng Lee both hold Merz certification as Ultherapy providers, and the certificate is photographed on this page. Sessions are performed by your director and never delegated, because the map only becomes a result through how each line is placed.
When would you tell me not to have this treatment at all?
When the reading says the problem is not the one focused ultrasound addresses. Surface crepe over tissue that has not descended is better served by radiofrequency, and descent beyond what non-surgical energy reaches is a conversation about surgery instead. In either case we do not recommend a shot plan and we show you what the capture found.
How soon would I see anything, and how long does it hold?
Change comes from collagen remodelling and accrues over weeks, so the review is deliberately booked far enough ahead to assess something real. This clinic publishes no duration figure; how long an individual holds a change varies with skin, age and what else is happening on the plan, and your director sets the expectation and the maintenance interval from your own examination.
Can I have a session on the day I come in, and is the rate the same for visitors?
Often yes, once the reading is done, the zones agreed and the count approved by you, and Dear Clinic is open 365 days a year including Sundays and public holidays. The listed increment rate is the same figure a Korean patient is quoted from, payment is made in Korean won, and consultation is available in English every day we are open.
