Non surgical skin tightening procedures are gaining increasing popularity these days, which makes use of one or more of the energy technologies like laser light, radio frequency, infra red light energy or ultrasound energy to heat the collage in deep skin layers to stimulate natural collagen production in the skin.
thermage treatment and HIFU are both popular treatments used for eliminating wrinkles on the face, neck or arms, loose skin that occurs after weigh loss on stomach and thighs, and loose skin after pregnancy etc. Both devices can cause collagen formation in the dermis to help tighten the facial features.
Thermage uses radiofrequency energy to stimulate collagen production. Thermage has applicators that are very small for use on eyelid skin and large ones for body sites such as arms, legs and abdomens. Its medium applicator is used for the face. HIFU has smaller and medium applicators but off facial sites are off-label and studies are ongoing.
Thermage can achieve skin tightening results, but it is very difficult to predict whether the result will be substantial enough to produce a good result.
hifu uses focused deep ultrasound energy. HIFU is a very impressive device when it comes to results. HIFU is designed more for tightening of the deeper tissues as opposed to just the skin as with Thermage. Depending on the patients needs HIFU can target up to three layers of skin, 1.5 mm,3mm, and 4.5 mm in depth. Thermage only targets tightening.
Both hurt but the discomfort is over when the energy is stopped from being delivered. These non-invasive techniques can help rejuvenate the skin tone but are not expected to give the same result as a facelift. They also do not improve the skin surface so don't expect wrinkles to be better.
Overall, hifu therapy is better in facial jowl lifting, cheek lifting, forehead lifting and neck lifting than Thermage.
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Friday, September 19, 2014
New Noninvasive Body Sculpting Procedure: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
HIFU, which is short for high intensity focused ultrasound, is a body sculpting technique to eliminate unwanted abdominal fat effectively reduces waist circumference, with only minor pain and side effects. high intensity focused ultrasound provides a nonsurgical alternative to liposuction for removing unwanted fat.
Traditional body sculpting approaches involving invasive surgery while being effective in improving body contours are hampered by the associated morbidity due to the invasive procedure and the risk of deleterious side effects. With advances in technology-assisted modern medicine, the focus in recent years has been on the development of noninvasive body sculpting methods. These appeal to a wider audience than more non invasive body contouring alternatives as they offer the advantages of reduced scarring, shorter procedure time, and markedly reduced recovery time and post-treatment complication.
Several minimally invasive body sculpting techniques involving the use of ultrasound, lasers, infrared light, radio frequency systems, either alone or in combination, and coupled with mechanical manipulation of the skin have demonstrated benefit in studies involving small patient cohorts. However, the majority of these minimally invasive procedures require multiple sessions while providing only short-lived benefits.
The hifu is an attractive alternative to more invasive procedures for body contouring that may appeal to patients resistant to surgical options. HIFU provides an alternative to liposuction for patients seeking treatment for small, localized fat deposits. The high-intensity ultrasound waves achieve localized destruction of fat at precise tissue depths, without damaging the skin or surrounding tissues.
In HIFU, the focussed ultrasound waves are focused to a single point. Because the sound energy is so focused, the point gets very hot. So hot that it melts, or burns, the tissue that it is focused on. Fat is the most vulnerable so it is the fat that will melt first. The reaction that then develops produces inflammation (not infection) which then leads to new collagen formation and tightening. The result therefore is that the area treated will get smaller (fat destroyed) and lifted (tightening of the scar tissue that is formed).
hifu treatment can permanently destroy fat cells in the targeted area at the deep subcutaneous level. It can treat the abdomen, thighs, buttocks and even the dreaded love handles or “muffin tops”.
HIFU does not require general anesthesia and can be performed as an outpatient procedure thus substantially cutting treatment cost, recovery time, and decreasing the risk of side effects, complications, and patient discomfort.
HIFU permanently destroys targeted fat cells without harming the skin, and the body naturally processes and removes the fat tissue over a period of 8 to 12 weeks.
Traditional body sculpting approaches involving invasive surgery while being effective in improving body contours are hampered by the associated morbidity due to the invasive procedure and the risk of deleterious side effects. With advances in technology-assisted modern medicine, the focus in recent years has been on the development of noninvasive body sculpting methods. These appeal to a wider audience than more non invasive body contouring alternatives as they offer the advantages of reduced scarring, shorter procedure time, and markedly reduced recovery time and post-treatment complication.
Several minimally invasive body sculpting techniques involving the use of ultrasound, lasers, infrared light, radio frequency systems, either alone or in combination, and coupled with mechanical manipulation of the skin have demonstrated benefit in studies involving small patient cohorts. However, the majority of these minimally invasive procedures require multiple sessions while providing only short-lived benefits.
The hifu is an attractive alternative to more invasive procedures for body contouring that may appeal to patients resistant to surgical options. HIFU provides an alternative to liposuction for patients seeking treatment for small, localized fat deposits. The high-intensity ultrasound waves achieve localized destruction of fat at precise tissue depths, without damaging the skin or surrounding tissues.
In HIFU, the focussed ultrasound waves are focused to a single point. Because the sound energy is so focused, the point gets very hot. So hot that it melts, or burns, the tissue that it is focused on. Fat is the most vulnerable so it is the fat that will melt first. The reaction that then develops produces inflammation (not infection) which then leads to new collagen formation and tightening. The result therefore is that the area treated will get smaller (fat destroyed) and lifted (tightening of the scar tissue that is formed).
hifu treatment can permanently destroy fat cells in the targeted area at the deep subcutaneous level. It can treat the abdomen, thighs, buttocks and even the dreaded love handles or “muffin tops”.
HIFU does not require general anesthesia and can be performed as an outpatient procedure thus substantially cutting treatment cost, recovery time, and decreasing the risk of side effects, complications, and patient discomfort.
HIFU permanently destroys targeted fat cells without harming the skin, and the body naturally processes and removes the fat tissue over a period of 8 to 12 weeks.
Monday, September 15, 2014
New Body Sculpting Technology: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
Non invasive body sculpting is shaping up to be the next frontier in body contouring. high intensity focused ultrasound(HIFU) provide a new safe and effective non invasive body sculpting method. HIFU machines aim to achieve targeted reduction of fat tissue by focusing ultrasound energy that causes permanent disruption of fat cells without damage to the epidermis, dermis or underlying tissues and organs.
The HIFU treatment uses non-invasive, high intensity focused ultrasound focusing the treatment position to get rid of fat around the waistline (abdomen and love handles) without surgery, so that the skin tissue create the thermal, and make high-speed friction cells to stimulate collagen. Such heat effect will not hurt the epidermis, because the treatment fast and direct access to the treatment site within 0-0.5 seconds, without touching the surrounding tissue and can be passed directly to the superficial tendon membrane system (SMAS), so it can be done firm skin while pulling the muscle layer, thin face up to the progressive effect.
The high intensity ultrasound energy is focused on the targeted fat. Skin is not damaged as targeted fat beneath the skin is permanently destroyed by the ultrasound energy. The body naturally removes the destroyed fat from the treatment area, which will leave you with a thinner, more contoured waistline.
With many other non-invasive fat reduction technologies, such as radiofrequency and lipo laser, energy is highly absorbed or scattered near the skin surface, thereby limiting penetration into subcutaneous fat tissue and delivering only temporary results. Ultrasound energy, on the other hand, can be used to penetrate through the skin layers and into the targeted fat tissue without harming skin or surrounding tissues. Other ultrasound body contouring technologies often use low-intensity, low-frequency, or unfocused energy which can require multiple treatments and lead to unpredictable results.
Patients come in all shapes and sizes, and so does their fat. Other non-invasive body slimming machines can be limited in their ability to treat certain areas of fat and may require several hours and/or multiple treatment sessions to adequately address problem areas. The High Intensity Focused Ultrasound system is highly versatile, allowing control over precisely how and where energy is delivered, for a truly customized treatment in a single one-hour session.
The HIFU treatment uses non-invasive, high intensity focused ultrasound focusing the treatment position to get rid of fat around the waistline (abdomen and love handles) without surgery, so that the skin tissue create the thermal, and make high-speed friction cells to stimulate collagen. Such heat effect will not hurt the epidermis, because the treatment fast and direct access to the treatment site within 0-0.5 seconds, without touching the surrounding tissue and can be passed directly to the superficial tendon membrane system (SMAS), so it can be done firm skin while pulling the muscle layer, thin face up to the progressive effect.
The high intensity ultrasound energy is focused on the targeted fat. Skin is not damaged as targeted fat beneath the skin is permanently destroyed by the ultrasound energy. The body naturally removes the destroyed fat from the treatment area, which will leave you with a thinner, more contoured waistline.
With many other non-invasive fat reduction technologies, such as radiofrequency and lipo laser, energy is highly absorbed or scattered near the skin surface, thereby limiting penetration into subcutaneous fat tissue and delivering only temporary results. Ultrasound energy, on the other hand, can be used to penetrate through the skin layers and into the targeted fat tissue without harming skin or surrounding tissues. Other ultrasound body contouring technologies often use low-intensity, low-frequency, or unfocused energy which can require multiple treatments and lead to unpredictable results.
Patients come in all shapes and sizes, and so does their fat. Other non-invasive body slimming machines can be limited in their ability to treat certain areas of fat and may require several hours and/or multiple treatment sessions to adequately address problem areas. The High Intensity Focused Ultrasound system is highly versatile, allowing control over precisely how and where energy is delivered, for a truly customized treatment in a single one-hour session.
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