How Often Can You Do RF Skin Tightening?
If your scars are a representation of your lived experiences, then your skin health is a reflection of how well you took care of yourself in the process.
As you age, your skin shows the health of your lifestyle. Bad habits like smoking, a poor diet, or too many days without sunblock make your skin age faster. Meanwhile, healthy habits like a skincare routine and drinking plenty of water will help keep your skin healthy even as you age.
Skin laxity is a natural part of aging, but the rate at which you lose skin elasticity is entirely in your hands. If you change your lifestyle, you can prevent premature aging naturally. But for those who already see wrinkles and sagging, RF skin tightening is a non-invasive solution to reverse the signs of aging.
Like all skincare routines, regular RF skin tightening is more effective. So, how often can you do RF skin tightening?
Here are Stadia Med Spa’s recommendations for the best results and a few other ways you can support skin health between treatments.
What is RF Skin Tightening?
RF skin tightening at Stadia Med Spa uses Venus Legacy, a device that combines radiofrequency energy with pulsed electromagnetic fields.
The combination of RF energy and pulsed electromagnetic fields creates a matrix of light over the skin. Your cells absorb the light and turn it to heat to stimulate collagen and elastin production. The reach of the device is adjusted based on your goals and can reach deep beneath the skin’s surface.
Collagen and elastin are essential skin proteins that make skin stretchy. As you age, collagen and elastin are produced in lower quantities, which is why most people get wrinkles and sagging as they age!
While you can’t reverse the aging process, you can combat the symptoms by forcing your skin to generate more collagen and elastin. The Venus Legacy is an FDA-approved device that creates more collagen and elastin to reverse the signs of aging.
How is RF Skin Tightening Different from Other Skin Tightening Treatments?
RF Skin Tightening is a non-invasive and non-surgical method to tighten the skin. The RF energy tightens the skin with results that last year or more.
Other non-surgical options for skin tightening, include microneedling, injections, or a combination of non-invasive therapies with long-lasting results.
Of course, most people are familiar with surgical techniques for skin tightening – like facelifts, chin lifts, etc. Surgical skin tightening treatments are ideal for those with deep wrinkles and significant facial sagging. But most surgical techniques use general anesthesia and require weeks of recovery, which may seem like a big commitment and unnecessary hassle.
The RF skin tightening treatment with Venus Legacy is sometimes referred to as a non-surgical facelift because of the dramatic effect of wrinkles and sagging. The treatment requires little to no downtime and has few side effects and risks. People with severe wrinkling and facial sagging usually require several treatments to get similar results to a surgical facelift.
But RF skin tightening is effective even if you are just starting to see signs of sagging or wrinkles. One treatment may be enough to take years off your face.
How Often Can You Do RF Skin Tightening?
The number of RF skin tightening treatments you need will depend on the severity of your skin concerns. For your initial course of treatment, Stadia Med Spa recommends between 5 and 10 treatments spaced about a week apart.
Results will appear gradually three or four months after your final treatment is complete. But one of the best aspects of RF skin tightening is that results can last over a year. If you return for regular maintenance – once every couple of months – your results may even be permanent.
What Can I Do to Slow Down Sagging Skin?
RF skin tightening is one solution to slow down sagging skin. When you stimulate collagen and elastin production, you get natural results that last for several months or years.
However, the results of the treatments aren’t permanent. Without regular maintenance, treatments, wrinkles will reappear, and your skin will start to pull downwards again.
Here are a few simple lifestyle changes you can make to slow down sagging skin and make the results of your RF skin tightening last!
1. Start a Skincare Routine
Skincare isn’t a trend or hobby you can pick up and put down based on your mood. If you want healthy, vibrant skin well into your old age, you need to develop a skincare routine.
For sagging and wrinkles, you might consider a topical cream containing retinoids, Vitamin E, and Vitamin C. Always wear high-quality protective sunblock when you spend time outdoors and wash your face gently (no aggressive scrubbing!)
Find a few ways that fit your life and routine to take care of your skin, and you will prevent a lot of grief down the road!
2. Eat a Colorful Diet
No, a colorful diet doesn’t mean the type of food dye you find in candy bars and processed foods. A colorful diet means LOTS of fruits and vegetables.
The pigments in fruits and vegetables that make them vibrant green, purple, red, and orange indicate a high level of antioxidants. Antioxidants fight off free radicals that lead to faster aging. Sweet potatoes, broccoli, and bell peppers are a few foods that support healthy skin as you age.
3. Drink a LOT of Water
If you choose one healthy skin habit from this list, make it hydration. When you are hydrated, your skin looks fuller, and you will have a more even skin texture. If you are dehydrated, your skin will suffer. You may see more wrinkles, sagging, and a dry and uneven texture.
RF skin tightening is a powerful treatment to support healthy skin as you age, but it isn’t a permanent solution. Combine it with a few healthy habits for visibly brighter, younger-looking skin.
Forehead
If your goal is to improve your profile or overall facial symmetry, your provider may add filler to your forehead. Forehead fillers will also get rid of deep creases between the eyebrows and across the forehead.
Many men might consider Botox instead of fillers if they wish to address dynamic wrinkles. But if your goal is to add volume and change the shape of your forehead, fillers are a better option.
Book at Stadia Med Spa
How often can you do RF skin tightening? Once a week in the beginning, and then every few months to maintain results.
Stadia Med Spa offers a free consultation before you book to answer any questions or concerns about RF skin tightening with Venus Legacy. Contact us today to book!
Call 210-881-6270 today!
