Anti Aging Skin Care Mag

Recent advances in skin technologies bring good news for those with sagging skin. These new technologies allow treatments for both young and old patients with equal degrees of success. Also there are no risks and downtime associated with the surgery. As long as the area being treated involves only superficial loose skin – not loose fat or muscle – no area of the body should be off limits for a skin-tightening procedure.

The monopolar radiofrequency (RF) technology, credited as the first non-surgical skin-tightening device. Monopolar RF was found to be effective in skin firming with its unique approach of cooling the outer layer of skin while heating the deeper layers to cause tightening. This is the basic principle of the latest skin-tightening technologies.

In some patients, skin tightening is visible following the initial treatment, while others will notice the improvement gradually over time. While results vary, studies show that skin tightening with the broad-spectrum light sources typically last at least 12 months.

A recent study was designed to determine the results of a new unipolar, volumetric radiofrequency (RF) device. Unipolar RF does not use laser treatment for cellulite, instead it uses non-laser technology to produce high-frequency electromagnetic radiation. In the study, it was evaluated whether deep unipolar RF-induced heating could tighten the skin irregularities of cellulite when administered in six treatment sessions every two weeks.

Of the 30 patients treated, 27 showed evidence of clinical improvement in their cellulite as measured by an independent evaluator.

The mean decrease in leg circumference was 2.45 cm and the graded improvement on a 1 to 4 scale (4 is the highest) was noted to be 2.9. Biopsies taken of skin samples showed tightening of the dermis, and blood tests as well as magnetic resonance imaging of the areas treated showed no abnormalities.

The improvement with the unipolar radiofrequency device in tightening cellulite was greater than the results previously reported with bipolar and laser skin firming. In fact, fewer treatments were needed and better results were noted with this new approach.

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