Loose skin is one of the signs of aging you don’t always expect until it affects you personally. Skin laxity affects both the face and the body. Not quite ready for a face or neck lift surgery? Fortunately, there are minimally invasive treatments specifically designed to effectively lift and tighten the skin using radiofrequency energy that only your plastic surgeon can offer. At The MedSpa at Burlington Plastic Surgery, we offer FaceTite, AccuTite, and BodyTite by InMode. These three treatments can lift and tighten the skin on the face and body with impressive results that extend beyond what non-invasive options can provide.
FaceTite, Accutite, and BodyTite at a Glance
Basic Description
Wrinkle reduction and skin tightening using minimally invasive subdermal (below the skin) radiofrequency energy
Treatment Length
Approximately 30 – 60 minutes, can be combined with other procedures
Recovery
About 2-3 days for office jobs
1-2 weeks for swelling and to resume exercise/strenuous activities
1-2 weeks for swelling and to resume exercise/strenuous activities
Price
Starting at $3500
Skin Tightening Treatments: FaceTite, AccuTite, and BodyTite
Whether you’re looking to contour and tighten the skin on your face, body, or both, we offer effective and minimally invasive treatments that can help you reach your goals without having to schedule a surgical procedure. FaceTite, AccuTite, and BodyTite, are three treatments designed by InMode that are unlike any other treatment available in the aesthetic industry. The treatment uses radiofrequency energy and a very fine probe inserted just below the surface of the skin to tighten the skin, contour the treatment area, and even target and liquefy stubborn fat cells.Radiofrequency energy radiates into the deeper layers of the skin, which results in several reactions—first, existing collagen in the dermis contracts, which leads to an immediate tightening effect. It also stimulates the body to produce new collagen, which helps treat sagging skin and wrinkles. Radiofrequency energy can also target stubborn fat cells by heating those cells and destroying them to create new and improved facial and body contours.
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The Non-Surgical Facelift – What Are FaceTite and AccuTite?
FaceTite is a treatment that provides a non-surgical alternative to a facelift and necklift, ]It is a minimally invasive anti-aging skin-tightening treatment that can transform the skin by re-contouring existing tissue and stimulating the body to increase collagen production with radiofrequency technology. You will notice immediate results, but the effects of skin tightening will continue for months following the procedure.If you have some smaller, more delicate areas on the face or body that have experienced skin laxity, we can use AccuTite to target those areas safely and effectively. This instrument is smaller than the FaceTite device and smaller than any other radiofrequency device currently available in the cosmetic world. This device allows your surgeon to carefully heat and target collagen and the deeper layers of the skin in the smaller and delicate facial and body areas.
What Can It Treat?
FaceTite is the perfect solution for those who want to lift and tighten their skin on areas such as the face, neck, and submental area without undergoing surgery. If you have some smaller and more delicate areas of the body that you want to improve but have not been able to with other skin tightening treatments or devices, AccuTite can help you reach your goals.AccuTite is specifically designed to tighten loose skin in smaller, more delicate areas of the body like the area around the mouth, the eye area, and even some areas on the body. Some examples of these areas are the lower lids, nasolabial folds, brows, hands and even includes areas related to female rejuvenation. If you’ve experienced loose skin or excess fat in smaller body or facial areas, this is the treatment that can finally help improve those areas.
This treatment tightens the skin and helps improve and even create new contours on the face and neck by heating stubborn fat cells in areas where fat may have been re-distributed due to the aging process.
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What Is BodyTite?
If you want to tighten areas of the body, we can use BodyTite to help you reach your goals. This minimally invasive treatment uses radiofrequency energy to contract collagen and forces the body to create new collagen, which also helps tighten and lift the skin.What Can It Treat?
BodyTite can improve the appearance of different areas of the body. Following weight loss or fat reduction, there is often skin laxity that cannot be effectively reduced through diet, exercise, or other non-invasive treatments such as Coolsculpting. BodyTite tightens loose skin as a stand-alone procedure or to further enhance results to achieve your aesthetic ideal. The most common treatment areas include the arms, abdomen, knees, inner and outer thighs, love handles, and hips. Depending on your goals, you can treat one or multiple areas to target fat, improve the health of the skin, and create new body contours._________
Frequently Asked Questions
What Happens During a Treatment?
These treatments follow a similar process, and the only aspect that differs is the actual treatment device and the treatment area. To begin the treatment, your surgeon will provide freezing to the area treated to ensure your comfort throughout the treatment. Then, a very tiny probe will be inserted into your planned treatment area just below the surface of the skin.The device will activate and deliver radiofrequency heat energy to your target areas to contour, tighten, and reduce fat volume based on your goals. Depending on the location and nature of the treatment, FaceTite, AccuTite and BodyTite may be performed in conjunction with or following another complementary surgical or non-surgical treatment. Total treatment times vary based on the size of the area you choose to treat and whether you want to treat multiple areas during the same session.
Is There Any Downtime?
Most patients spend a couple of days after their treatment resting and recovering and then are free to resume all their normal daily activities. Strenuous activity should be avoided for a week following the procedure. While there is very minimal downtime, it is nothing compared to a surgical recovery You will be provided with comprehensive details about how to care for your treatment sites after your session is complete.When Will I See Results?
The application of radiofrequency energy to the deeper layers of the skin will cause an immediate contraction of existing collagen, resulting in a visible tightening effect after the treatment is over. However, you will continue to see results in the weeks and months following your treatment as your body responds to your treatment with increased collagen production. Your skin will become tighter, firmer, and visibly lifted.Am I a Candidate?
If the aging process has caused loose skin to appear on your face or different areas of your body, but you don’t want to undergo a surgical procedure to address and improve those areas, you may be a perfect candidate for one of these minimally invasive treatments. The best way to find out which one or combination of these treatments is right for you is by scheduling an initial consultation at our office.An in-person consultation will allow us to evaluate your desired treatment areas so we can provide you with personalized treatment recommendations, confirm that you are a treatment candidate, and then move forward with the process by designing your treatment plan and then scheduling your treatment.
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