FotoFacial RF Treatments

What are FotoFacial RF Treatments?

Fotofacial RF Pro Treatments are full face, neck, hands or body treatments using Intense Pulsed Light and Radiofrequency energy combined in the same pulse. These gentle, no-downtime treatments are used to improve the cosmetic appearance of the face, neck or body. The original FotoFacial procedure was co-developed by Dr. Partick Bitter, Jr. a dermatologist and Dr. R. Stephen Mulholland, a plastic surgeon, bringing together the best of aesthetic dermatologic skin care and cosmetic plastic surgery into one non-invasive procedure. The FotoFacial procedure has increased in popularity and recongnition to the point where it is now one of the most commonly performed cosmetic procedures in North America. Dr. Bitter and Dr. Mulholland have trained over 2,000 physician practices in the art of the FotoFacial and the procedure has been featured in Allure, Cosmopolitan, In Style, Vogue, USA today and numerous national and regional Television shows. Many Hollywood stars and TV personalities rave about the FotoFacial and credit this procedure for the renewed health and vitality in their skin. The FotoFacial RF PRo is the next generation in high-tech skin enhancement.

Are you a good candidate?

FotoFacial RF treatments are beneficial in the treatment of the following cosmetic skin concerns for the face and body (also known as FotoBody RF treatments):

  • Rosacea, flushing, redness, ruddy complexion, broken capillaries and spider veins of the face. All these "Pink" vascular based conditions of the skin improve on average between 50-75% percent with FotoFacial RF treatments.
  • Sun spot, age spots, hyperpigmentation, melasma, cholasma, mask of Pregnancy, multiple freckles. All these "Brown", melanin based conditions of the skin improve, on average, 50-75% with FotoFacial RF treatments.
  • Chronic sundamage and photoaging improves by 50-75% with FotoFacial RF treatments.
  • SunDamage and aging signs of the hands, neck (Poikiloderma) and Chest skin can be improved by 50-75% percent with FotoBody RF treatments (FotoFacials for the skin of the body)
  • Wrinkles and skin laxity. Unlike other more basic forms of Photorejuvenation, the FotoFacial RF, with its synergy of simultaneous Intense Pulsed Light and powerful RadioFrequency energy produces industry leading non-ablative wrinkle and skin laxity improvements of up to 70% without downtime; a claim that no other device or procedure has been able to boast.

How are the treatments performed?

The FotoFacial RF treatments are simple, office based treatments. The area to be treated is first covered with a very thin layer of non-gel, aqueous RF conductive medium. This thin layer of non-gel aqueous medium is very important to conduct the RF current into the skin efficiently and serves no cooling function, as the hand piece of the FotoFacial RF device is dynamically cooled to help protect the skin. Once the RF conductive medium has been applied, then the entire face, chest, hands, arms or affected body part is treated with a gentle pulse of light and Radiofrequency energy.

Each treatment takes about 30 minutes and involves pulses of bright visible light and RadioFrequency energy that are passed into the skin. Because each FotoFacial RF treatment is gentle, most patients require 5 or 6 FotoFacial treatments to see the desired results and they are performed every 3 weeks. In certain skin types, a microdermabrasion is performed between FotoFacial treatments to enhance the penetration of the light and RadioFrequency energy.

How long will it last?

At the completion of the FotoFacial RF program the skin will have achieved a noticeable and consistent degree of improvement that over 90% of patients are very happy with. Occasionally, some patients desire an even greater degree of improvement and these patients will sign up for additional procedures Most FotoFacial RF patients will just desire to maintain the nice skin enhancements they achieved from the program and, for these satisfied patients, a single maintenance FotoFacial RF treatment is recommended every 2-4 months to keep the skin looking vital, even, smooth and youthful.

What technology is used?

The FotoFacial RF procedure is delivered by the Aurora device. The Aurora device uses proprietary ELOS technology. ELOS (Electrocal Optical Synergy), marries all benefits of intense pulsed light and optical energy for the treatment of vascular and pigmented discolorations with the wrinkle and tightening benefits of radio frequency (RF) energy. The FotoFacial RF Galaxy, has all the IPL-RF benefits of the basic FotoFacial RF treatment and the fist pass is with the Aurora IPL-RF FotoFacial head, but subsequent passes performed at each visit adds some additional treatments over wrinkled and lax areas with a special head that combines a laser diode and very energy RadioFrequency energy in the same pulse. This ELOS combination of diode laser and RF in the same pulse greatly enhances the wrinkle smoothening and skin tightening effects of IPL-RF alone. The Galaxy FotoFacial RF can also employ a specialize treatment head for large, stubborn facial vessels and lower lid dark circles that are due to venous engorgement. The FotoFacial RF Galaxy is performed on a Galaxy device with also contains the Aurora FotoFaical RF Head.