RF Skin Therapy. What you need to know
Radio frequency (RF) skin tightening is a nonsurgical skin treatment to firm sagging skin. The procedure can give you a more youthful appearance.
How does radio frequency skin tightening work?
Radio frequency devices use safe levels of low-frequency electromagnetic waves to generate heat. This heat penetrates deep into your skin’s layers. There, it stimulates new skin cell production (regeneration). The treatment also stimulates the production of collagen and elastin. These proteins give skin cells more strength and flexibility. As a result, sagging skin regains its firm shape and feel.
How common is radio frequency (RF) skin tightening?
More than 188,000 Americans received some type of skin tightening procedure in 2020. This type of nonsurgical facelift works on all sexes and skin tones. And there’s very little risk of skin discoloration (hyperpigmentation). It’s most effective on younger people who are just starting to show signs of aging. It’s not as effective on severely sagging skin.
Who gets radio frequency (RF) skin tightening?
People who don’t want the extra expense, pain or recovery time of cosmetic surgeries may choose radio frequency skin tightening. The procedure:
- Improves skin tone, texture and firmness.
- Minimizes the appearance of sun damage.
- Provides a more youthful appearance.
- Reduces the effects of aging skin like wrinkles, fine lines and saggy skin.
What does radio frequency (RF) skin tightening treat?
Healthcare providers use radio frequency skin tightening treatments for:
- Body contouring.
- Face, neck, arms and hands.
- Vaginal rejuvenation.
Procedure Details
What happens during radio frequency skin tightening?
Radio frequency skin tightening is an home. The treatment period takes 10 minutes, after which you can resume your normal activities.
During the procedure, :
- Cleans and sterilizes your skin.
- Moves a hand-held radio frequency electrode device over the treatment area.
The treatment area may feel warm. And you may experience tingling vibrations or mild discomfort.
How long does radio frequency skin tightening take to work?
It takes time for your skin to produce new skin cells, collagen and elastin. You should see changes to your skin tone and appearance within two to six Weeks.
How long does radio frequency skin tightening last?
Your skin is always aging. But with proper skin care, the effects of radio frequency skin tightening may last for three to 10 years.
Benefits
What are the benefits of radio frequency skin tightening?
Radio frequency skin tightening can give you the results of a facelift (rhytidectomy) without the need for surgery. Other benefits include:
- Gradual, natural-looking skin changes.
- Fast, relatively painless procedure.
- Less expensive and invasive than cosmetic surgeries.
- No peeling skin or scarring.
- Speedy recovery with no missed work or activities.
How does RF skin tightening work?
While performing lymphatic massage with our specialist machine (which is used by the NHS by the way), the in built vacuum within the handpiece will pull the area up into the handpiece whilst the operator physically moves and manipulates the treatment area. This additional pulling from the vacuum means that they greatly improved the efficacy of the treatment over traditional manual massage.
Besides this, the Multipolar Radiofrequency causes water molecules within the skin to vibrate, causing deep heating. This heating causes minimal thermal damage to the inside of the cells, which then kick starts your body’s fibroblast activity, massively boosting collagen and elastin production, which all aid in the wound healing response, as well as tightening the skin.
The combination of this deep heating and vacuum massage also boosts circulation and blood flow to the area, which brings more oxygenated blood into the area to help improve the wound healing response. We then help this to heal fast with a red light therapy which is administered at the same time.
It all sounds great, but there are a lot of big words there, right?
Let’s delve into what they mean.
*Multipolar radiofrequency
Multipolar radio frequency is a non-invasive thermal energy treatment of the skin (without needles). Heat stimulates collagen deep in the skin and over time causes a contraction and new formation of collagen. This results in firmer, firmer and younger looking skin.
Multipolar RF skin therapy uses high-frequency energy (so no needles), which causes water molecules in its tissues to twist and vibrate. This movement causes friction, which creates heat in very specific places deep in the skin.
This heat subsequently creates a focused wound healing reaction, which begins after the first session and repairs over the next four months.
Heat and red light reorients collagen in your skin and regenerates it to replace aging and sagging skin with more fresh and youthful skin. Multipolar RF usually tightens, softens and contours your skin from the inside out, which also rejuvenates the firmness and texture of your skin.
- Multipolar radiofrequency (RF skin therapy) can reduce wrinkles scar acinar crow’s feet
- Minimise pores for forehead lines, laughter lines, upper and lower lip, neck, sagging double chin.
It is safe. Multipolar radio frequency is also a painless treatment when performed correctly, which is why it is increasingly popular. Slight redness may occur occasionally, but it is very unlikely to cause genuine pain. The treatment is very pleasant and relaxing, with a warm and painless feeling. This treatment is a non-surgical procedure it is non-invasive and there should be no downtime after treatment.