It's not just wrinkles and uneven tone that makes your skin look older. As years go by your collagen and elastin fibres weaken and deplete leading to slack skin. RADIOFREQUENCY energy alone is primarily used to treat skin laxity by facial tightening, and is best suited to patients with mild to moderate sagging of facial tissues, usually those in their thirties to early sixties, with any skin colour.
Radio Frequency generates heat in the skin and in the subcutaneous tissue beneath it. The heated collagen tissue shrinks slightly, giving an immediate tightening effect which then builds new collagen later. It's collagen that plumps up skin and we lose one per cent of it every year of our lives. So by age of 25 we have lost a quarter of our naturally produced collagen and by 50 we've lost half of our naturally produced collagen. Radio frequency stimulates its production for months after the treatment.
Radio Frequency Before and After on Chin and Neck
What areas can be treated with Radiofrequency
Radio frequency is a skin tightening treatment that is FDA approved to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. Discomfort is minimal, no anaesthesia is required and there is no downtime. Radio frequency is a great solution for facial rejuvenation without surgery. It is ideal for the difficult to treat delicate eye areas and those hard to treat lipstick lines on the top lip. The jowls and neck are also highly responsive to treatment. The result is an improvement in skin quality and firmness you can see and feel.
It is commonly used to treat the forehead (lift brows and tightens forehead skin), under the eyes (thickens skin and tightens and lifts the upper cheek skin), cheeks (lifts slightly and diminishes enlarged pores), mid-face, jaw line (diminishes jowling and sagging along the jaw line), and the neck (tightens skin and diminishes wrinkling of the neck).
How long does the Radio Frequency procedure take?
A full facial treatment typically takes about 30 minutes treatment
Face and neck combined takes between 40minutes to an hour
What should I expect during Radio Frequency procedure?
First, a protective gel is applied to the face. Patients say they feel a deep warming sensation when the hand piece touches the area being treated. No anaesthetic is required, so you will act as a guide to describe the depth of the sensation as the hand piece moves across your face
What about after the procedure?
Most patients can return straight back to work as there is no downtime with radio frequency .In some patient's very mild swelling and redness may occur, but this usually goes away within a few hours to a day.
How long does it take to see the results?
Many patients see a result immediately after just one treatment, but most patients will need a course of 4 treatments to achieve optimum results that will last for up to 12 months after. All this will be discussed and become clearer at the time of your initial consultation.
Radio Frequency EYES Before and After
Radio Frequency FULL FACE Before and after 4 treatments
Radio Frequency NECK Before and after 4 treatments
I had 4 treatments last year on my face as I felt I was aging all of a sudden and although I wasnt sure initially - I have to say that it really has made a differnce. The before and afters say it all. I have top ups every months now now to maintain the results as I do notice that it makes a difference if I leave it too long
Yvette
I had my neck done as I felt it had started to sag a bit. What a differnce in just 3 treatments. I will definately be buying more.
Martha
I had my face done aftera friend from London told me about it. She was started to look great and then I saw this treatment advertised in th local paper and asked if it was the same and she said yes. I love it- its relaxing and gets results. My friend now has it done here too as she was paying £150 a treatment for it in London. We combine it with a lunch and a catch up and she feels good because she is saving money.
Paula
I read about radiofrequency in a magazine and so when I saw this in an advert in the paper I decided to go ahead as it was on offer. I have to say I have given up having facials and do this intead every other month. The results are great.
Lasaderm Patient
