RF Microneedling machine

How Are RF Microneedling And Traditional Microneedling Different?

Traditional microneedling uses a hand-held mechanical device with sterile ultra-fine disposable needle tips to create micro-injuries to the skin. This stimulates the body’s own healing response and initiates collagen and elastin production. Applying serums or platelet rich plasma (PRP), a.k.a Vampire Facial, during the treatment allows for deeper and more effective penetration of nutrients and growth factors through the microchannels created in the skin.

RF Microneedling adds the element of radiofrequency energy to the traditional microneedling procedure. RF Microneedling gives you the benefits of traditional microneedling, plus skin tightening and additional collagen and elastin production. The RF energy delivered deep into the skin produces a faster, more dramatic results over traditional micro needling devices.

What Is Radiofrequency (RF) Technology?

RF is essentially electrical energy. In aesthetic medicine, RF technology is used to gently and safely heat the skin. Heating the dermis to approximately 60 degrees Celsius initiates new collagen and elastin formation to visibly tighten the skin.

Most radiofrequency technologies use monopolar or bipolar polarity. In monopolar devices, a grounding pad must be applied to the patient. RF is bipolar, meaning the electrical energy is conducted between the electrodes and does not require a grounding pad.

RF devices are also classified as nonablative, sublative and ablative, depending on whether the RF technology injures the top layers of the skin. Secret RF device is fractional.

What Are The Benefits Of Fractional RF Technology?

RF uses a fractional RF technology to help minimize downtime and maximize results. The percentage of skin treated is adjusted according to each patient’s condition. Treating the entire area at once would lead to a very long recovery with high risk for post treatment infection and complications. Treating a fractional portion of the skin enables the skin to recover much quicker and keeps risks and complications at a minimum. Using a series of treatments, fractional RF treats each cell at least once during the series. This way you can achieve the same effectiveness as an invasive treatment, with fewer risks and a shorter downtime.

What Are The Advantages Of RF Microneedling Over Other Skin Resurfacing Treatments?

The main advantages of RF microneedling is that it can offer similar results to ablative laser procedures, but with significantly less discomfort, downtime and risk for hyperpigmentation, especially in darker skin types.

RF microneedling stimulates new collagen and elastin in the deep layers of the skin, while bypassing the epidermis, the most superficial layer, which is most prone to side effects and prolonged downtime.

Before RF Microneedling, when people wanted significant results, they needed to undergo aggressive skin resurfacing lasers or deep chemical peels. But lengthy recovery times made it difficult to fit these treatments in to their busy lifestyle. These treatments were also not safe for people with darker skin due to significant risk for post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

Unlike laser skin resurfacing or deep chemical peels, fractional RF can deliver the energy where it’s needed most, in the lower dermis, while minimizing the damage to the skin’s surface. This means minimal visible downtime, without sacrificing results.