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ThermiVa
I just got my first ThermiVa treatment. Can I get more than 3 treatments to get better results?
We recommend 3 treatments spaced one month apart followed by one treatment every 6-12 months for maintenance. More treatments beyond this typically have not been shown to be that helpful.
The reason is timing, not effort. ThermiVa uses gentle radiofrequency heat to stimulate collagen remodeling in the tissue, and that process builds gradually over several weeks after each session. Right after your first treatment, your tissue hasn't finished responding yet, so adding extra sessions now won't speed things up or improve the outcome. Finish the full series first, give it time to show its effect, then we can judge together whether the standard maintenance schedule is working for you or needs adjusting. Thanks for your question!
Clinical Context
Whether extra sessions help depends on timing, not enthusiasm. Right after your first treatment, tissue hasn't finished responding yet, since the collagen changes ThermiVa triggers with radiofrequency heat build gradually over the following weeks. Adding sessions before that process completes usually doesn't speed things up or add benefit. The standard series exists because results need that window to show up. Once you've completed it and had time to assess, spaced maintenance sessions later on are reasonable to sustain results as collagen naturally turns over.
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