Radio-frequency micro-needling (RFMN)

For over 150 years dermatologists have sought to do things to the *surface* of the skin in order to treat the *depth* of the skin.

1) Deep chemical peels: involve strong acids that eat through the *surface* of the skin in order to treat the *deep* skin

2) Full wire brush dermabrasion scrubs away the *surface* of the skin in order to treat the *deep* skin.

3) CO2 laser resurfacing blasts away the *surface* of the skin in order to prompt tightening of the *deep* skin.

See the pattern?

Radiofrequency microneedling represents a breakthrough.

Yes, the surface of the skin is traversed with an array of 25 needles with each "shot", but the needles just pass in and out.

for it is at the *tips* of the needles that the treatment occurs.

through the *tips* of the needles bipolar radio-frequency energy is deposited into the *depth* of the skin ... to achieve tightening, scar remodelling, rejuvenation. 

Using insulated needles, all the treatment energy gets deposited in the deep dermis, leaving the superficial skin/epidermis barely affected beyond a few needle-pricks.

Of course, if skin is really seriously loose then it's likely nothing short of surgery can be expected to reduce the slack.

But short of that, when we want to leave surgery as a last resort (and if *surgery* is not a last resort, what is?) then no other device allows us to put so much therapeutic energy into the deep dermis while leaving the superficial epidermis so relatively untouched.

When some scarring event, commonly cystic acne or a stretched surgical scar, leaves a patch of scarred skin thin and tissue-like ...

Or when weight gain or hormonal issues have left stretch marks ...

RFMN is a treatment that can stimulate skin repair and thickening with minimal effect on the fragile skin surface.

You might need a series of treatments, and there may be some downtime, depending on the energy levels chosen and the particular way your skin responds. but other alternatives will cause more downtime for the same level of improvement.

Makes sense.

Lots of treatments offer skin "rejuvenation".

Indeed, we too describe "rejuvenation" as an effect of other treatments.

In consultation we will discuss all our options, and sort out cost versus risk versus downtime versus speed and degree of expected effect.

RFMN has been demonstrated in clinical studies to produce tightening, thickening, and improved elastin content, and given the implicit epidermal protection it *must* be near the top of any list of rejuvenative options.