HIFU – Frequently Asked Questions
HIFU in a non-surgical treatment with no downtime, used to remove wrinkles, lift and strengthen the loose skin of the forehead, eyelids, brows, cheeks, jawline, neck, as well as loose skin on the body that often occurs following weight loss and after child birth.
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound is a non-surgical, no downtime procedure used for eliminating wrinkles, lifting and tightening sagging skin of the forehead, brows, eyelids, cheeks, lower face (jawline), neck, loose skin that occurs after weight loss on stomach, arms, thighs, flanks, buttocks and loose skin after pregnancy.
It utilises ultrasonic energy to penetrate deep below the skin and fat layer of the face to gently but effectively target connective tissue. Connective tissue is a firm, tough layer that supports the neck and facial contours. Ageing and the passage of time cause connective tissues to droop. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound tightens loose connective tissue, creating firmness and lift to areas of sagging skin. The layer of tissue targeted is the same tissue that plastic surgeons tighten and shift during a surgical face-lift or brow lift.
HIFU works on the full face, double chins & neck, chest, arms, elbows, tummy, inner thighs and knees. HIFU addresses mild to moderate loose or sagging skin.
Whilst you’ll see a difference immediately after the procedure, smoother, firmer, and brighter skin will develop over the course of 2-3 months with continued improvement for up to 6 months and lasting approximately 2-3 years. The treatment causes collagen formation in the dermis, giving longer lasting results that occur gradually but dramatically over time. By reconditioning and renewing the skin from within, HIFU will lift the brow, which in turn reduces excess skin on the lids, opens up the eyes, and gives a more refreshed look overall.
Ultrasound technology is focused below the skin surface to firm and lift droopy tissues. Non-invasive ultrasound energy generates low levels of heat in the targeted skin. This stimulates the cells for collagen production and tissue rejuvenation. With just one treatment, HIFU pushes mature skin to start working hard again. Since its release HIFU has been quickly growing in popularity with experts worldwide as an advanced device for serious sagging.
HIFU is the only non-invasive treatment that can specifically target the deep foundation below the skin (addressed in cosmetic surgery) without cutting or disrupting the surface of the skin. It is also the only procedure to use ultrasound imaging, which allows us to actually see the layers of tissue we target during treatment and ensure the energy is deposited precisely where it will be most effective.
* No Botox or Fillers
* No cuts to the skin and no potential for scarring
* No downtime – back to work the same day
* No anaesthesia
* Only one treatment necessary.
4D HIFU Premium Face and Neck is a new procedure and is normally priced at $2,300 for the entire face and neck.
If you would prefer to pay via installments, we can organise a direct debit payment plan for you with weekly, fortnightly or monthly payments. Alternatively, you can use ZipMoney or ZipPay.
36 hour cancellation policy: When booking for your treatment, please make sure that you can attend your appointment at the allocated time. If you cancel your appointment within 36 hours of your treatment, we will need to keep your deposit to cover our costs.
We charge a fee of $50 for our consultations. A HIFU consultation will take approximately 15-20 minutes. If you decide to go ahead with the treatment, your $50 consultation fee will count towards your deposit.
If you are signing up for a payment plan and have lots of questions, it will take 30 minutes all up. Payment plans need to be submitted at least one week prior to your treatment.
A full face and neck HIFU treatment will take approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. HIFU Premium will take approximately 2 to 2.5 hours. Body sculpting treatments will vary between 1 hour (arms, thighs) and 2.5 hours (abdomen, buttocks) in duration. With each customer, we have a different size area to cover (longer neck, larger abdomen etc) so treatment times will vary from customer to customer.
We do not do consultations and treatments on the same day. If at the end of your consultation you decide to go ahead, we will ask you to pay a deposit before we book you in for the treatment. For our customers who live in Melbourne we also offer phone consultations. That way you only have to make one trip to our clinic.
You will be required to fill in a client form prior to treatment. Payment plan customers will also be asked to fill in the payment plan form before we book you in for your treatment.
Your Paramedical Aesthetician/ HIFU Specialist will then mark the areas of your face and/or body that are being treated. Following this, the HIFU machine is then applied to the face and body in the desired areas sending high intensity ultrasound pulses focused deep into the muscle layer. As this energy is delivered collagen starts to build and repair. This process begins immediately and the whole process will continue for up to 6 months. Over this time all levels of the skin down to the muscle layer will continue to heal repair and tighten.
If you are sensitive to pain, you might choose to self-medicate half an hour before the treatment to make the experience more comfortable. You CAN go home straight after treatment unless you have self-medicated in which case you should make travel arrangements.
HIFU GLOW facial is a new treatment add on to our HIFU technology for face and neck uplift. We can now treat sensitive areas around the mouth and eyes at a depth of 1.5 mm which produces incredible results extremely quickly. Some of our customers get immediate results – radiant, plumped and more youthful skin.
This is also an excellent alternative to for those customers with darker skin that cannot be treated with other devices.
With HIFU Glow, we can treat above the eye and below the eye but we cannot get very close to the eye as we can do with the Mini wand which is a pen like device and allows us to get into tiny places that a regular HIFU cartridge cannot fit. Likewise, with the mouth – HIFU Glow can treat areas to the side of the mouth. With Mini HIFU we can go to the very edges of the lips and treat areas no other competitor can do.
HIFU Glow Facial Price List
More Information: Regular HIFU is done at two depths: 4.5mm and 3mm. That is for general face lifting and skin tightening. We cannot use these two cartridges too close to the mouth and eyes. That is why we use the 1.5 mm cartridge for sensitive areas around the mouth and eyes. When applied to general face and neck areas (like the 4.5 mm and 3 mm cartridges, HIFU glow produces quicker results by being very effective at dealing with fine lines. Our HIFU is a 4D HIFU machines. It is a matter of which cartridges are used for the treatment.