Heat RF Facial aka Radiofrequency Facial Tightening £55 for 30 minutes or 3 for £125
“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” —Coco Chanel
Radiofrequency facial is a non-invasive cosmetic procedure that uses low energy radiation to heat the deep layer of your skin known as your dermis. This heat stimulates the production of collagen, which is the most common protein in your body. It creates the framework of your skin and gives your skin its firmness. As you age, your cells produce less collagen, which leads to sagging skin and wrinkles. RF therapy has been used since 2001 to fight against sagging skin and signs of aging. The procedure is ideal for people who do not want to have cosmetic surgery. The treatment can help fight sagging skin, wrinkles, sun damage, and body contouring
Potential benefits
The primary benefits of RF therapy are tightening your skin and getting rid of wrinkles.
However, RF therapy may also help fight sun damage due to its ability stimulate the production of collagen.
Fighting sun damage
Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays can cause the collagen fibers in your skin to break down and become disorganized.
A 2011 studyTrusted Source found that 3 months of RF treatment led to clinically significant improvements in a small group of people with mild to moderate signs of sun damage.
Body contouring
RF therapy may help tighten loose skin on your body by stimulating the production of collagen.
A 2017 studyTrusted Source found that 24 of the 25 people who underwent 5 to 8 sessions of RF therapy sessions saw an improvement in their body shape. Twenty-three people were happy with their results.
Face contouring
One small studyTrusted Source looked at the effect of RF combined with pulsed electromagnetic treatment for 8 weeks.
The researchers found significant improvement in facial skin laxity in all 11 participants, and 73 percent of them had improvements in facial contour.
Wrinkles and fine lines
A 2018 studyTrusted Source looked at the effect of RF therapy on wrinkles around the eyes of 70 middle-aged women.
The researchers found that three treatments over 6 weeks significantly reduced their wrinkles.
RF for face slimming
RF treatment has the potential to be used as a nonsurgical method of slimming your face.
A 2017 study looked at the effect of using RF therapy to break down fat in the lower face of 14 middle-aged Asian women.
After 5 weeks, more than 90 percent of the women had a reduction in fat, and 60 percent were satisfied or very satisfied with their results.
RF waves heat the deep layer of your skin to between 122 and 167°F (50–75°C).
StudiesTrusted Source have found that maintaining a temperature over 115°F (46°C) for over 3 minutes causes your body to release heat-shock proteins. These proteins stimulate your body to create new collagen fibers.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian credits these treatments with keeping her skin “lifted”, because radiofrequency facials do just that: they boost collagen and elastin in your skin, the two proteins responsible for firming and tightening. The effects on your skin can be seen both in the short and long term: heat from the NEWA device contracts the dermal collagen, giving a temporary tightening effect which you can sometimes notice right away after using it. It also helps the skincare products you apply after better penetrate your epidermis. These are temporary effects that can come in handy for Kim pre-Met gala!
Kate Boshworth
Other fans of Endymed’s RF technology include actress Kate Bosworth, who posted a video of herself getting a treatment by skin expert Laura Hackney at the exclusive New York Dermatology Group. In her words, it feels “like a hot stone massage”.
Jenna Dewan
It’s been reported that Jenna Dewan-Tatum also uses radio frequency technology for skin tightening with the famous New York facialist Joanna Vargas. Rumor has it Karlie Kloss and Julianne Moore also get their RF facials there. Their treatment ends with vitamin C which gives a great glow since RF therapy has the effect of increasing and improving the penetration of topical skincare products into the skin after treatment.
How does RF skin treatment work?
Unlike microcurrent, which focuses primarily on working the muscles underneath the skin, RF works to stimulate our skin cells. When in contact with the epidermis, these waves generate gentle heat, which penetrates into your skin’s deeper layer known as the Dermis. There, it stimulates the production of collagen and elastin, which results in skin firming and wrinkle reduction.
It also continues to promote collagen production over the four to six weeks following a treatment. Which explains why supermodels like Devon Windsor and Josephine Skriver pop in for a treatment right before marching down the Victoria’s Secret catwalk. They’ve even posted photos while getting ENDYMED RF facials. The average price per treatment is between $800 and $1,400.
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