Thanks to gravity, pollution exposure, stress, and the hundreds of movements that your facial muscles make every day, your skin might start to appear stretched or saggy. Other factors, such as pregnancy and weight loss, can also contribute to stretch marks and sagging skin. Nonsurgical skin tightening treatments target areas of your skin that have become loose and stimulate collagen production underneath that skin. The two main types of treatment are:.
Thermalift uses a device to apply controlled radio waves to the area of your skin that you would like to tighten. The procedure is done with topical or no anesthesia, and no recovery time is required. Thermage requires one treatment session, but some people benefit from multiple sessions. Other types of radiofrequency treatment usually require multiple sessions to see results. Whether you get one treatment or several, results are only slightly noticeable right away, and typically take 4 months to take full effect.
Velashape is a device that claims to target and shrink fat cells. It uses a handheld device to send infrared waves into your skin layers to break apart fat deposits. Radiofrequency waves are also used. Several appointments are usually recommended to get the most visible results.
Ultrasound skin tightening uses ultrasound waves sent deep into your skin to stimulate collagen production. Handheld devices that use this technology can be purchased online and at some beauty supply retailers. All of the treatments mentioned in this article are approved for the face, neck, and stomach. Thermage, Thermalift, and Exilis are popular treatments for the face. Velashape works on the face, but is more frequently recommended for larger areas of the body.
The stomach has a larger surface area than the face. While Thermage, Thermalift, and Exilis work on the face, Velashape is usually recommended for the abdomen area. The limited amount of research that we have on noninvasive skin tightening treatments would suggest that these treatments do work. While the results are not as dramatic as microdermabrasion, laser therapy, or surgical methods, these studies indicate that people do experience tighter skin. A review of the medical literature on radiofrequency techniques found that 96 percent of studies concluded radiofrequency achieved significant results.
However, the same survey concluded that much of the research had serious problems that could possibly bias the results. An older study published in concluded that radiofrequency is an effective way to reduce facial wrinkles. This study was significantly limited by its sample size only 6 participants , but the results were promising. Another study concluded that a consumer device that used radiofrequency waves to tighten skin was safe and effective. This study, too, was limited in size, which weakens the conclusion.
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