Accutite & Facetite Skin Tightening Edmonton

Accutite and Facetite procedures are effective, minimally invasive, radiofrequency procedures where heat is delivered to the fat and fibroseptal network, and to a lesser extent, the skin via a tiny metal rod or cannula that is inserted under the skin. The tip of this metal rod passes energy to the surface of the skin. Most of the energy is delivered to the skin in the fat and fibroseptal network. A lesser extent of the energy is delivered to the skin surface. When this energy is transferred to these tissues, it generates heating of the adipose tissue with associated lipolysis. tightening of the fibroseptal network, and stimulation of fibroblasts, which in turn stimulates the production of collagen and elastin.

You may have heard of other RF procedures such as Profound, Secret RF, and Morpheus8. While these treatments are useful for tightening skin and stimulating collagen, none of them are as effective as Accutite and Facetite for the eyelid bags, nasolabial folds, and jowls. None of them can deliver the RF energy to the same depth and with the same power as with cannula RF. However, we will often combine these RF microneedling treatments with Accutite and Facetite to get the best results so we can treat the target areas with the largest variety of depths. This is sometimes referred to as EmbraceRF.

Cannula RF can be used to treat many areas. The areas where it has proven most useful are some areas that we have typically found difficult to treat with our other modalities. these include: lower eyelid bags, nasolabial folds, jowls, and the area under the chin. It can also be used to raise the brows.

Definitely. In fact, combination therapy is really the best approach to many problems, including skin laxity. We will often combine this treatment with Morpheus8 RF microneedling. In this way, we can deliver RF energy at higher powers to the deeper fibroseptal network and fat, in combination with RF energy at depths of 1-4 mm. We can essentially layer the energy at several different depths in one treatment. Occasionally, we will resurface the skin with Opus plasma or with the Morpheus8 resurfacing tip, but this will increase the downtime of the treatment.

On the simplest level, there are three levels of RF devices for skin tightening and rejuvenation: ones that treat the surface, ones that treat deeper into the skin and subdermal level, and ones that treat the dermal and subcutaneous level.

((1) Devices that sit on the surface of the skin deliver the least energy. They are limited by how much heat they can generate because we do not want to cause a burn at the skin surface and/or stimulate pigment cells that are located near the skin surface. They do give some benefit but are limited. Some devices that use this technique include ThermiSmooth and Thermage. We do not offer this type of treatment.

(2) Devices that insert pins into the skin are able to deliver heat at a greater depth and thus can deliver more energy deeper into the skin with less risk of endangering the skin surface. This is known as RF microneedling and Morpheus8 falls into this category.

(3) Devices that require a tiny rod to be inserted into the skin can deliver the most energy because the heat source is further away from the more fragile skin surface and can also treat tissue that is way deeper than the other devices. Accutite and Facteite fall into this category.

Patients can expect 30-40% improvement with one treatment. We will sometimes recommend additional treatments with Morpheus8 to provide additional tightening.

Results can be seen about 6 weeks post-treatment with further improvement over 2 to 3 months.