Everything You Wanted to Know About Radio-Frequency Facials
This is a breakthrough in aesthetic treatment - one that replaced the surgeon's knife with a device that works at the cellular level.
The RF device is based on radio-frequency technology: waves of electrical energy at varying frequencies and wavelengths that generate heat through the natural resistance of skin tissue. Because this process is unaffected by pigment, its effect reaches considerably deeper. The warmth penetrates to the collagen and elastin fibres in the skin's deepest layers, creating a microscopic injury that immediately prompts the fibres to produce new ones - tightening the treated area. Since the injuries are microscopic, the skin replenishes its collagen and elastin quickly, and a meaningful difference is visible within just a few sessions - without the painful recovery of a surgical facelift.
How the Technology Works
Most devices launched in recent years are energy-based - they use controlled energy to trigger regulated renewal of the skin. These methods harness the skin's own defence mechanisms: a microscopic injury in the skin's layers encourages the body to activate its natural repair response, resulting in increased production of collagen - the protein essential to fresh, youthful-looking skin.
Modern devices reach several depths within the skin, adjusted by the practitioner, prompting the elastin and collagen - responsible for the skin's elasticity and smoothness - to heal the microscopic injury they create. As the skin works through the healing process, it simultaneously replenishes its protein reserves. The result: visibly firmer, younger-looking skin.
Radio-Frequency Facials - Who Is It For?
It is advisable to begin treatments in the late thirties, to preserve the skin's elasticity and vitality. It is equally possible to start in your seventies, to renew the skin and undergo a deep process of improvement and maintenance.
What Does a Session Involve?
The radio-frequency facial is performed with a device that warms the tissue to 42 degrees Celsius. As water molecules evaporate, controlled cellular renewal begins, and collagen rebuilding starts deep in the dermis. The treatment is very pleasant and gentle; slight redness may appear and fades quickly.
Is Everyone a Candidate?
During your consultation at the clinic, a professional skin assessment will determine the precise details and whether the treatment is right for you.