Many providers perform radio frequency skin tightening procedures. These include dermatologists, plastic surgeons and cosmetic surgeons. You can also get the treatment at a medical spa (medspa or medispa) from a licensed aesthetician (skin care specialist).
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During your consultation, your provider examines your skin and learns more about your treatment goals. They may take pictures so you can see before-and-after results. You should let your provider know if you have an active skin disease, are getting any skin treatments or are pregnant.
Radio frequency skin tightening is an outpatient procedure. It takes about one hour, depending on the treatment area. You go home soon after the procedure.
During the procedure, your provider:
The treatment area may feel warm. And you may experience tingling vibrations or mild discomfort. You should alert your provider if you feel an uncomfortable burning sensation.
It takes time for your skin to produce new skin cells, collagen and elastin. You should see changes to your skin tone and appearance within two to six months. If you don’t get the desired results, your provider may recommend another treatment. Some people need two to six treatments.
Your skin is always aging. But with proper skin care, the effects of radio frequency skin tightening may last for one to three years.
Body contouring, also known as body sculpting, refers to changing the shape of an area on your body and is used to describe a variety of effects such as:
There are no FDA cleared or approved non-invasive body contouring devices for treating the breasts in males or females.
Body contouring procedures may not always result in your desired effect, or your result may only be temporary. Non-invasive body contouring describes non-surgical procedures that do not remove any tissue (fat or skin) from the body. It is different from a surgical body contouring procedure, like tummy-tuck surgery, which cuts out excess skin, or liposuction, which uses a narrow vacuum-type device to pull fat out through a small incision. Non-invasive body contouring does not treat obesity or improve your health. It will not result in weight loss or contribute to the health benefits associated with weight loss.
Some non-invasive body contouring devices are designed to achieve your desired effect by decreasing small amounts of excess fat in the treated body area. This can help reduce visible bulges by reducing the amount of fat that is in the bulge. Some non-invasive body contouring procedures that are meant to only improve the appearance of cellulite, even if they do not change the shape of your body, are grouped with body contouring. Cellulite appears as large dimples, such as on the thighs and buttocks, between small mounds of soft fat. It is thought that the soft, fatty mounds are caused by extra fluid between the fat cells, while the dimples are caused by short strands of connective tissue (fibrous septae) that pull the skin down into and through the fat to connect the skin to the underlying bands or sheets of connective tissue (fascia) between the skin and muscle.
Many of the procedures result in temporary improvement in the appearance of the bulge or cellulite. Ask your health care provider how many treatments will be needed, how long the effects are expected to last, and whether additional procedures will be needed to maintain the effect.
This web page does not discuss technologies which involve putting volume into the body for body contouring. Certain dermal fillers have been approved by the FDA for certain indications such as correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles, and for augmenting (increasing) volume of lips, cheeks, chin, and back of the hand. The FDA has not cleared any dermal filler, including silicone, for injection in body contouring procedures. Silicone injections can lead to long-term pain, infections, and serious injuries, such as scarring and permanent disfigurement, embolism (blockage of a blood vessel), stroke, or death.
For more information about body contouring devices that have marketing authorization from the FDA, see the Medical Device Databases section below.
As with any medical procedure, there are risks and complications associated with using body contouring devices. Each technology described below has its own set of risks and may have certain limitations on who can be treated safely.
Minor complications may occur shortly after a procedure and last only a short time. However, some complications may last a long time, become permanent, or require surgery to correct. If you are considering body contouring, do your research. Talk with your health care provider and read the device manufacturer information to understand your personal risk factors and whether the effect you are seeking is reasonable. Be sure to understand all your options and consider each device’s benefits, limits, and the risks involved.
Complications reported for all body contouring devices may include:
Additional complications have been reported for certain body contouring devices. See the following section on non-invasive body contouring technologies for more information.
Non-invasive body contouring devices and procedures are performed on the skin surface. They do not involve incisions (cutting the skin). Before a non-invasive body contouring device is legally authorized for the market, the FDA reviews the safety and effectiveness of the device for the intended uses and body sites on which the device is intended for use. The technologies used in these devices are described here. The descriptions are organized by whether the technology is thermal (cools or heats tissue) or non-thermal (does not cool or heat tissue).
Cryolipolysis, also referred to as fat freezing, uses cold temperatures that are intended to kill fat cells and reduce visible fat bulges without surgery. A targeted area of pinchable fat is drawn by a vacuum into an applicator, where it is cooled for up to an hour. Because fat cells are uniquely sensitive to cold, the controlled cooling is intended to kill the fat cells and not freeze the skin. The fat released from the damaged fat cells is slowly cleared by the body’s immune system, usually within two to three months. This causes the fat bulge to become smaller over time. Devices that use this technology are for prescription use only. The safety and effectiveness of over-the-counter or home use fat freezing has not been established.
You should not have a fat freezing procedure if you have one of the following cold sensitivity disorders that can affect the blood or skin:
After a fat freezing procedure, some patients may develop complications at the treatment site.
Common complications that may resolve without intervention:
Less common complications that may require intervention and may have long-term effects:
Least common but more serious complications that may require surgery to be addressed. Surgery may or may not resolve these complications:
Fat bulges are also affected by gentle heating when heat is applied to an area without burning the skin.
Heating for non-invasive body contouring is thought to:
Electrical energy, in the form of radiofrequency (RF) energy, causes heating. When RF energy is carefully applied to the skin, it can cause heating in the layer of fat under the skin and in the strands that connect the skin to the fat layer. Some devices use tiny needles to place the RF energy into the skin. Procedures that apply RF energy can temporarily improve the appearance of cellulite or reduce the circumference of your body in the treated area. They may also cause the skin to feel or look tighter because of some skin shrinking or increases in collagen. Not all RF devices that may be on the market are intended for cosmetic use. Only devices intended for cosmetic use and authorized for marketing by the FDA for such use should be used to achieve these body contouring effects.
Do not use RF energy devices if you have:
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If you have an intrauterine device (IUD) for birth control, ask your obstetrician-gynecologist or primary care provider if the procedure may pose additional risks for you.
Complications may include:
Some body contouring devices use powerful light, such as lasers or intense pulsed light (IPL), to heat tissue. Most often the device will use infra-red (IR) light, which is not visible to the human eye. Carefully controlled application of IR light can cause heating under the skin without burning the skin surface. The heating is thought to damage fat cells and to cause some shrinking of the short strands of connective tissue that connect the skin to fat and deeper tissues beneath. Because of these heating effects, IR light procedures may temporarily improve the appearance of cellulite or reduce the circumference of the body in the treated area.
Light-based energy procedures can injure the eyes. Your health care provider should give you protective goggles to wear during the procedure.
Light-based energy procedures may not be appropriate for you if you:
Complications may include:
Ultrasound uses sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing. Ultrasound may be used therapeutically to treat tissue. During a therapeutic ultrasound procedure, a sound wave (energy) is applied to the skin surface. When the energy enters the fat layer beneath the skin, it can cause fat cells to rupture, which may reduce the circumference of the body in the treated area.
Therapeutic ultrasound can cause burns in tissue. Ultrasound requires complete contact with the skin. Your health care provider will put ultrasound gel on the skin to make sure there is good contact and to reduce the risk of burns.
Do not have an ultrasound procedure if you have:
Complications may include:
Low-level light therapy (LLLT) procedures, which are different from the laser and IPL devices, use extremely low doses of visible light that do not heat the skin or fat. Usually, these devices have several lamps or LED panels which are placed near the body and may not even touch the body. LLLT devices are thought to work by photobiomodulation, which means they may change the way a cell works with just a small amount of light, without any change in temperature. LLLT may temporarily reduce circumference of the body in the treated area.
Light-based procedures can injure the eyes. Your health care provider should give you protective goggles to wear during the procedure.
Photobiomodulation therapy is not recommended if you:
There are few risks of complications because the energy level is extremely low. Some procedures are performed while you are dressed, so the dose to the skin is even lower.
While rare, some complications may include:
Pulsed magnetic fields work by triggering a small electric current in the muscles. This short, low energy current causes muscles to contract. Repeated muscle contraction during the procedure may improve muscle tone and firmness of the abdominal muscles and muscles of the arms, or strengthen, tone, and firm the buttocks, thighs, and calves. These effects may be temporary and may require you to have ongoing procedures to maintain the effects.
Do not use magnetic field devices if you have:
Complications may include:
Massaging the skin and fat, using a rolling or vibrating handpiece, may temporarily improve the appearance of cellulite on the body in the treated area. Sometimes a handheld “shock wave” device may be used to cause vibration like a small jackhammer. Pressure and vibration are thought to work like a lymphatic massage, by removing the extra fluid between the fat cells and improving the bumpy appearance of cellulite. Stretching the skin may also trigger collagen formation and may give the skin a more youthful appearance.
Do not undergo this procedure if you have conditions such asvibrational or pressure urticaria (itching or burning) that cause allergic symptoms or hives to develop with vibration or pressure.
Complications may include:
Tell your health care provider if you:
The FDA posts summary documents describing the clearance of certain medical devices in the 510(k) Premarket Notification database and the marketing authorization of certain novel medical devices in the De Novo database. These summary documents include the date the device received marketing authorization by the FDA, the indication for which the device was authorized by the FDA, and a summary of the information submitted to the FDA.
If you have a problem with or after the use of any medical device, we encourage you to report the problem through the FDA’s MedWatch Voluntary Reporting Form.
Health care personnel employed by facilities that are subject to the FDA's user facility reporting requirements should follow the reporting procedures established by their facilities.
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