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Thermage, Inc. Appoints Clint Carnell as Chief Operating Officer

Friday, January 25, 2008 General News
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HAYWARD, Calif., Jan. 24 Thermage, Inc.(Nasdaq: THRM), a leader in non-invasive tissue tightening in the aestheticindustry, today announced the appointment of Clint Carnell, 38, to ChiefOperating Officer, a newly-created position at the Company. Mr. Carnell waspreviously the Vice President of U.S. Sales, a position he assumed when hejoined Thermage in September 2005. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Carnellwill be responsible for worldwide sales, marketing, research and development,clinical affairs and operations. The Company also announced that WilliamBrodie, 44, has been promoted to Vice President of U.S. Sales.
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"With more than 15 years experience in medical device sales, salesmanagement and operations, and business development, Clint is an excellentchoice for Chief Operating Officer of Thermage," said Stephen J. Fanning,Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Over the past two years,Clint has been instrumental in our achieving over 50% growth in revenue. Hehas also led the recent expansion and restructuring of our sales force. Wehave increased our U.S. salesforce by 50% and changed the structure to moreeffectively address the high demand for our new systems while improving theservice to our growing U.S. installed base. Clint has the experience,in-depth knowledge of our Company's operations and markets, and strongrelationships both internally and externally to successfully manage theCompany's growth."
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Mr. Carnell joined Thermage in 2005 from Bausch and Lomb, where he wasmost recently the Vice President of U.S. Surgical Sales. In that role, heorchestrated the turnaround of a $215 million division of B&L, and wasresponsible for the cataract, refractive and vitreoretinal sales and supportteams. Prior to joining B&L in 2000, Mr. Carnell served as Director ofCorporate Development at Gambro Healthcare, where he was responsible for thedevelopment of dialysis clinics and physician partnerships with nephrologists.Prior to joining Gambro, he held various sales and sales management positionswith companies including Johnson & Johnson and Versyss Medical and in thefinancial software industry. Mr. Carnell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree fromDuke University.

Mr. Brodie joined Thermage in February 2006 as Director of Sales,Southeast area. He previously spent more than seven years at Benco DentalCompany, where he was most recently the Vice President of Sales and FieldOperations, a position he assumed in 2002. Mr. Brodie was responsible for 20sales regions with annual revenue of $300 million. Prior to joining Benco asa Regional Manager in 1998, Mr. Brodie spent eight years as the President andOwner of Quality Central Dental, a start-up dental supply company in Orlando,Florida. Mr. Brodie holds a Master of Science degree from the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science degree from RollinsCollege.

About Thermage

Thermage's innovative technology provides a unique non-invasive proceduredesigned to tighten and contour skin, significantly expanding the non-invasiveaesthetic applications physicians can offer to the rapidly growing"anti-aging" market. For more information about Thermage, call 1-510-259-7117or log on to http://www.thermage.com.

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