Radio Frequency Skin Tightening

Your treatment programme will begin with a consultation where one of our highly experienced aestheticians will determine your suitability for treatment and discuss what the programme involves, as well as your treatment goals.

The handpiece used will depend on the size of the areas that require treatment. Larger areas such as the stomach, thighs and buttocks require a larger handpiece. The aesthetician will place lubrication on the treatment area and will perform several passes over the area with the smooth plate.

Accent is a suitable treatment for anyone with:

• A Double chin
• Bingo wings
• Bra rolls
• Back fat
• Navel skin looseness
• Knee wrinkles
• Love handles
• Flanks
• An undefined jawline
• Unwanted fat on stomach
• Nasolabial lines
• Premature jowling
• Moobs

The results can be visible after just one treatment, but we recommend a course of 4-6 treatments for optimal results. Results vary from patient to patient, but we recommend a ‘booster session’ every six months to continually improve the results.

20-45 minutes depending on the number of areas treated and the size of the area.

• Redness
• Dry skin
• Possible burn

Accent uses radiofrequency, delivering a thermal shock within the tissue – this causes the skin to contract, simultaneously promoting the growth of new collagen for firmer and tighter skin.

Additionally, ultrasound targets fat cells and disrupts them through shear wave vibrations. This process causes the fat cell membranes to break down, leaving the surrounding tissue unharmed, while the fat cells are removed through the lymphatic system. Metabolism increases following fat destruction.

The skin may feel a little warm and be slightly red after Accent.

We recommend 4-6 treatments to see optimal results. Every 1-2 weeks.

Some patients compare the Accent treatment to the feeling of a hot stone massage. The device glides over your skin and increases in heat, and we adjust the system to your tolerance levels. The accent machine also has a gradual heating and cooling system to minimise discomfort.

The accent treatment can be used on the face for eye contouring, lower facial sculpting, breaking down unwanted fat under the chin, and contouring the jawline. It’s also an excellent treatment for tightening the skin and breaking down fat in troublesome areas like the lower stomach, outer thighs, knees, belly button, inner thighs and buttocks.

The treatment can be adapted depending on the patient’s requirements. If you wanted to focus on fat disruption only, we would solely use the ultrasound. If your goals were solely to concentrate on tightening lax skin, we could use radiofrequency. However, we usually combine both for optimal effect.