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How to Prepare for Profound

 

Pre-Procedure

  • Hydrate sufficiently for the week prior to procedure
  • Consider prepping your skin beforehand, as in moisturizing it
  • Eat a substantial meal before coming in
  • Avoid alcohol and NSAIDS to decrease risk of bruising 
  • Discontinue retinoids and similar active ingredients for at least 3-5 days prior
  • Avoid sun exposure and use spf 30+ 

What to expect after treatment

Immediately after the treatment, we cleanse the face with sterile normal saline. Then we typically apply Alastin Nectar + Balm.

 
  • Wash face gently with a gentle cleanser 2x/day. Pat face dry (no rubbing or exfoliation, absolutely no picking as this can cause PIH!). Let the skin heal on its own
  • Apply Alastin Nectar & Balm at least twice a day to have a consistently glazed appearance. Liberally do this for 1-2 weeks
  • Sleep with head elevated for the first 2-3 nights can help with swelling. Also try not to sleep on side of the face while making sure pillowcases are clean each time
  • Redness can be reduced with our recommended post-care skincare
  • Bruising can be mitigated quickly with a laser in office
  • There is also the post-injection serum by Alastin that can help with bruise reduction and swelling as well
*Remember, the first 1-3 days may be the worst of the swelling
 
Areas that can be treated

Face, neck, chin, jawline, abdomen, inner & outer thighs, arms, skin above knees!

Please Profound me everywhere right? hahah

 
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How does Profound work

Radiofrequency + Microneedling

There are microneedle electrodes that deploy into the dermis or subcutaneous tissue to precisely deliver fractionated zones of thermal injury without thermal impact to the epidermis. The thermal injury is the radiofrequency aspect – it stimulates a strong wound healing which naturally creates new elastin, collagen, and hyaluronic acid formation: *cue in dermal remodeling! 

With the real-time temperature feedback, the system allows the microneedles to reach optimal temperature, of a specific time duration, in the depth of treatment.

 

Temperature (RF), Time, Depth – What do all these factors do? With the right combination, we are controlling the thermal injury to partially denature collagen, which is effective in triggering a strong wound healing response that addresses the full dermal structure, generating all three vital components of youthful skin: COLLAGEN, ELASTIN, HYALURONIC ACID. 

* Partially denatured collagen can heal 38% faster than fully denatured collagen. It is crucial to reach optimal temperature and time, which the Profound system is precisely designed for.

There are 2 different tips (Dermal & Subcutaneous)

1) For DERMAL tip, the deep dermis is targeted, as this is where concentration of collagen is the highest. This treatment addresses facial wrinkles and skin tightening. Here we see one of the needles penetrating the deep dermis at depth of 1.0-2.0mm. The tip is where the bipolar RF energy is delivered into our deep reticular dermis. Meanwhile the green part of the needle is insulated as to protect the epidermis from thermal damage. The blue part is also the cooling plate at the surface of the skin for protection. 

 

There are a total of 5 pairs of these 32 gauge microneedles (thinner than a hair), to allow for precise fractionated treatment within the dermal tissue = Induce neoelastogenesis and neocollagenesis, renewing skin to look younger, smoother, and tighter! 

 


2) For SUBCUTANEOUS tip, the subcutaneous tissue is targeted to address cellulite. The fractionated injuries increase dermal thickness, remodel septae, and decrease adipose volume. There are a total of 7 pairs of the 32 gauge microneedles, which are oriented at a more perpendicular insertion angle to ensure deeper penetration into the adipose tissue.

The RF energy targets the adipose tissue to coagulate and remodel cellulite. This tip can even be used to debulk pockets of fat (such as in the renowned “double chin”).

 

As you can imagine, there is a lot of purposeful injury to the areas of treatment

Expect a social downtime of at least 1 week.

  • At least 3-7 days of swelling & redness, as well as bruising (I honestly tell patients they will look like a chipmunk – remember when you got your wisdom teeth taken out?)

  • Appearance of tiny dotted insertions on treatment area

As the body replaces the skin with new collagen and elastic tissue, you will see an improvement over several months. Dermal remodeling can continue for 6-12 months, with improvements seen at 3-6 months post treatment. But, may start noticing a difference even around week 2!

 

Next I’ll talk about how to prepare for your treatment (Pre and Post care) 🙂

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Snap back to Younger & Tighter skin again

As we age along with the effects of gravity, we notice our skin being more lax and sagging slowly. Hmph, a normal progression of physics & physicality that we try to embrace with grace. BUT, there’s a treatment that can really improve our baselines if we are not ready nor considering  surgery (such as facelift and necklift) and want something minimally invasive. 

It’s PROFOUND, which is a “single treatment radiofrequency microneedling for facial wrinkles and cellulite.” 

How does AGING show in our skin?

Skin loses elasticity and becomes more fragile. As a result facial wrinkles and appearance of cellulite increases

  1. COLLAGEN levels decrease every year

  2. ELASTIN production stops (starting in our 20s)

  3. HYALURONIC ACID diminishes


WHY choose Profound?

  • Clinically proven to stimulate 2x Collagen, 5x Elastin, and increase Hyaluronic acid – turning back the clock and forcing our skin to be efficiently young again.

  • First and only Radiofrequency (RF) microneedling device FDA cleared for both face and body

  • 1 standalone nonsurgical treatment that can last 2 years (depending on skin maintenance)

  • 100% response rate for facial wrinkles

  • Real-time temperature controlled device that delivers long pulses of RF energy. This is critical in controlling collagen denaturation


WHO is the ideal candidate for Profound, and WHAT can it do for you?

If the desired result is a more lifted appearance. As well as achieving revitalized new, healthy skin to look more youthful

  • Firmer, smoother skin

  • Wrinkle reduction (works best in conjunction with botox/neuromodulators)

  • Improvement of the jowls

  • Improvement of sagging skin on upper neck

Remember to have realistic expectations and realize this treatment will not 100% replace the results of a facelift, necklift, or tummy-tuck. Profound is a great alternative, if you are not ready for surgery or would like to avoid one (be it you are not old enough or looking for more preventative measures or want a shorter commitment to recovery) 🙂

On the next post, I’ll talk about how Profound works!

 
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To Dew & Go, or Not to Dew

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Dew & Go at home

What kind of question is that? Of course I will say To DEW & GO.

 It only took  being quarantined for me to finally bring out the Dew & Go, don’t ask me why I took so long!

What is it. It’s a microdroplet microneedling-stamper that infuses the skin with serum. The do it at home Ritual Kit comes with a set of 4 skin hydration ampoules (Skin Brew – snail mucin + moringa leaf). Snail mucin has HA + glycolic acid and the moringa leaf is a superantioxidant common in Filipino beauty treatments as well as remedies, a nod to the founder’s heritage. You can find it at TheThingsWeDo.

The Founder, world-renowned medical aesthetic provider is Vanessa Lee, RN who I am a HUGE fan of not only for her medical aesthetic talents, but for her genuine dedication and contribution to the specialty as well as her super funny and cool sense of humor on her Instagram. Before I started in my career trajectory, I read her blogs and followed her to be constantly inspired, motivated, and enlightened. It’s truly been insightful to see someone that leads with so much vitality and genuineness.

Directions to help you get started:

⭐ Make sure to thoroughly cleanse your face and hands prior

⭐ Twist open the chamber, fill it up with 1 ampoule of Skin Brew. Leave upside down for 2 minutes

⭐ March along and stamp across your face with a 50% overlap

⭐ After the 1st pass, I dispersed the skin brew on my face and went off to do 2-3 passes total on each area. You can focus more on areas you want to plump and have collagen production such as under eyes, perioral region, nasolabial folds, and even neck & chest!

⭐ Let the skin brew absorb into skin and do not rinse off until the next morning

 

The treatment was a bit spicy, but definitely manageable. I had slight “sunburn glow” afterwards which cooled down quickly. Very minimal downtime, but of course you absolutely do NOT want to be outdoors with your skin unprotected.

After-glow: I love it! I looked glowy, hydrated, and DEWY right away. My skin was feeling tighter as well.

 

Definitely, Project Inner & Outer Beauty obsessed

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