Unlike laser, which penetrate skin from the outside to get in, Ultherapy uses ultrasound technology, which bypasses the surface layers of skin to target the deep, structural skin tissues where collagen resides. It works from the inside layers out to lift and tighten the skin without making a scratch. In some ways, Ultherapy is just like an ultrasound imaging procedure that expectant mothers may receive. A smooth hand piece is placed on your skin and an image of the tissue beneath is projected on a screen. This allows your practitioner to “see” where they will treat your skin. But here’s the difference: with Ultherapy, that same hand piece is also used to deliver tiny deposits of focused ultrasound energy at just the right depth below the skin, to the same foundational layer typically addressed in a surgical face-lift. Your body’s response to this energy is to recondition tired skin by stimulating the growth of fresh, new collagen. The result is a tightening and gradual lifting—or shifting—of the skin back into a more youthful position and form-fitting shape.