HIFU

HIFU technology at the Pavillon Esthetic de Beausoleil with Dr LAVILLENIE is a new face and neck lifting technique without scalpels or injections. To date, it is the only technique in aesthetic medicine to have obtained approval in the United States from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the indication of medical face, neck and décolleté lifts.

HIFU technology allows re-tensioning of the skin and subcutaneous tissues of the face, neck and décolleté using high-intensity focused ultrasound.

Contraindications: pregnant or breastfeeding women; patient with a pacemaker; acute skin diseases.

These ultrasounds make it possible to occasionally deliver energy in the form of heat (75-80°) to the skin and subcutaneous tissue and thus significantly stimulate the production of collagen. HIFU technology therefore considerably improves the appearance of the skin and fights against ptosis (sagging) as a result of skin aging. It is therefore a real facelift.

Ultrasound (US) is used routinely in diagnostic medicine. For example, ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound are ultrasonic medical techniques but without therapeutic effect.

These ultrasounds are focused and deliver intense energy to different depths of the tissues (1.5, 3, 4.5 or 13mm) depending on the indications and the areas to be treated.

HIFU technology uses several transducers depending on the depth of the tissues to be treated:

• The 4.5 mm transducer specifically targets the SMAS, acronym for Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic Structure, “It is a dense and solid structure located under the skin of the face”. SMAS is used in surgical facelifts to “lift” tissue and fat. HIFU reproduces the same effect in order to obtain a natural and lasting result comparable to surgical facelift.
• The 3mm transducer targets the dermis and its action intensely stimulates the production of neo-collagen.
• The 1.5mm transducer has a very superficial action (superficial dermis and epidermis) which is interesting for the treatment of mini fine lines and enlarged pores.
• Finally there is a deeper transducer (13mm) whose action is the destruction of localized superficial fats (arms, double chin, etc.).

It is the combined action of 2 or 3 successive and superimposed passages of transducers which allows a lifting action WITHOUT SURGERY with an improvement in the skin texture.

This technique allows treatment on all skin types (light skin as well as black skin), in all seasons, including tanned skin.

The risk of complications is extremely low. Erythema (redness) and edema are sometimes visible at the end of the session, but they disappear quickly. Neurological and/or thyroid lesions are exceptional and linked to an inappropriate technical procedure.

The resumption of a social and/or professional life is immediate.

AREAS TO BE TREATED

• full face + neck lift
• facial oval
• dark circles and crow's feet
• upper lip
• eyebrows and upper eyelids
• low-cut
• medical arm lift
• patients who cannot benefit from hyaluronic acid and/or botulinum toxin injections
• patients not wishing to undergo a surgical facelift

HOW MANY SESSIONS?

The treatment is carried out in one or two sessions spaced 3 or 4 months apart.

The effects are visible from the second month and continue to progress up to 6 months.

The effects vary depending on the patient and generally last 18 to 24 months.