Some of the Most Important Facts About The HIFU Therapy

HIFU which is also known as a High-intensity focused ultrasound is a cosmetic treatment that is used for skin tightening and is known to be a perfect non-invasive alternative for surgical procedures. This treatment uses the body’s regenerative response to gently lift the skin around the areas like eyebrows, under the chin and neck area.

At Retens, they make use of an extensive technology called Rose V-Line that consists of an intensive 無針埋線 procedure. It can effectively smooth out your wrinkles and make them firm and elastic. Retens is one of the best medical aesthetic treatment centres that use high-end technology and the world’s top advanced medical instruments.

The HIFU treatment

HIFU works by targeting the deepest layers of the skin with the help of ultrasound energy. They heat the tissues under your skin, which reaches a particular temperature where they experience cellular damage. This damage will stimulate the cells to produce more new collagen, which will ultimately make your skin firmer and tighter.

The length of this treatment can vary depending on the area to be targeted and your treatment plan. For a face or a neck it will take approximately 60 to 90 minutes while for the chest treatment, it will take around 30 minutes.

Most of the clients require just one treatment. But this will depend on the degree of your skin laxity, the way your skin responds to the treatment and your skin’s capacity to produce collagen. So many of the clients would require more treatments too.

Downtime

Once you are done with your single HIFU treatment, there is no downtime required. You can get back to your normal daily activities without having to follow any post-treatment measures.

Results

After the treatment, you will see the HIFU 效果 immediately. But the ultimate results will take around 2 to 3 months to be seen as your body will generate the collagen naturally. This can last for up to 2 years.

Cost

The cost of this treatment can vary depending on the area that is being treated. This can range from £995 for just 1 area.

Side-effects

Though this is said to be the safest procedure, there can be some side-effects that can be seen which is rare though.

This includes:

• Blotchy skin: The treated areas can turn red and blotchy, particularly if you have sensitive skin. This might go away within few hours

• Pain: Most people with sensitive skin might feel some pain during the treatment. In such cases, a numbing cream would be applied.

• Swelling: As each person is different, few people may find their skin bloated or swollen after this treatment. This would settle after some days.

• Numbness: This might occur in the areas of the eyes and the lips and can last for up to 2 weeks. But this will too, heal over on its own.

• No effect: Most of the clients do not find any effect after this treatment.

• Hyper-pigmentation: This is very rare, but sometimes the skin may turn darker and change colour.