What is HIFU Treatment for Face

What is HIFU Treatment for Face?  

If you've begun to see slight sagging beneath your jawline or fine lines that weren't present a couple of years ago, chances are you're now searching for non-surgical solutions to treat them. That's what makes HIFU treatment so popular online today, as it relates to aesthetic beauty.

HIFU stands for High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound. HIFU is a new category of cosmetic surgery that uses ultrasound to "lift" and "tighten" tissues deep within the dermis. Think of this procedure as an internal face lift — with no incisions or visible scarring.

How does HIFU work?

Unlike traditional facials or chemical peels — which only address superficial layers of the skin — HIFU penetrates much deeper than other procedures. In a traditional facelift, surgeons target the same structural foundation layer of tissue that HIFU targets.

The way HIFU penetrates through to the deeper tissues is by sending high-frequency ultrasound waves into the dermis, which then causes the temperature of the tissues being targeted to rapidly increase.

Once the temperature of the cells within the area of treatment has reached its desired level, those cells will undergo "cellular disruption" (meaning that they will be damaged). However, the beauty of this is that it's actually beneficial for the body!

This finally allows the body to create additional collagen — the protein which provides strength and support for skin.

HIFU for Your Face – Major Benefits

Even though most patients receive HIFU to improve the appearance of their jawlines, it has many other benefits for facial aesthetics, including:

• Tighten Your Neck: Reduce the appearance of neck skin sagging ("turkey neck").
• Lift Your Eyebrows: Reposition your lip or eyebrow that has drooped.
• Reduce Your Smile Lines: Eliminate your frowning from having too many wrinkles (crow's feet and smile lines).
• Define Your Jawline: Create a sharper "V" shape in your chin and jaw.

Conclusion – Should You Consider Using HIFU?

To have a better understanding of how HIFU works on a person's face, it helps to know that this is one option available for improving facial skin without having to undergo surgical procedures. Ideal candidates are usually men and women over the age of 30 who have mild to moderate skin loose skin (laxity) having the best results with the procedure (compared to surgery). Results from HIFU are not as extreme as surgical procedures, but HIFU results appear very natural and will get better as the new collagen builds in the tissue within three to six months.