HIFU

✨ Why HIFU Will Not Melt Your Facial Fat + How Often You Should Have It ✨

HIFU (High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound) is a targeted, non-surgical treatment designed to lift and tighten skin by stimulating collagen production deep within your tissue layers.

✅ How It Works:

HIFU energy is delivered to precise depths—usually 1.5 mm, 3.0 mm, and 4.5 mm—where it creates tiny thermal points that trigger your body’s natural healing response. This process firms and lifts the skin without damaging surrounding structures.

✅ What It Does NOT Do:

HIFU is not the same as fat-dissolving ultrasound or liposonix. The settings and energy levels used for facial HIFU:

• Are calibrated to stimulate collagen and elastin in the SMAS (muscle) and dermal layers—not the fat pads.
• Do not generate enough heat to break down or liquefy subcutaneous fat in the face.
• Are specifically controlled to avoid unwanted volume loss.

✅ Why Some People Think It Melts Fat:

• Occasionally, aggressive settings on very thin faces can create a leaner look, but this is due to lack of knowledge and experience
• Over doing hifu can also create fat loss you should be having it 2-4 times yearly depending on age skin type weight and more
• When performed correctly, HIFU is safe for maintaining natural fullness while improving firmness.

✅ How Often Should You Have HIFU?

🌿 For most people:

• 1 -2 full treatment every 6–12 months to maintain results.
  
  🌿 For advanced aging or significant laxity:
• 2 -4 treatments 3–6 months apart, then yearly maintenance.
  
  🌿 For prevention in your 30s–40s:
• Once a year is usually sufficient to bank collagen and keep skin firm.

✅ Why Technique Matters:

✨ No two clients are the same. Your skin thickness, facial volume, age, and goals all affect how HIFU should be performed.

✨ Skilled practitioners adjust:

• The depths and energy levels
• The number of lines and passes
• The pattern and technique to suit your face safely
  
  ✨ This is why choosing an experienced professional is essential for achieving natural, lifted results without compromising facial fat or volume.

✅ Bottom Line:

HIFU is designed for lifting and tightening—not fat removal. With the right technique and customized settings, it effectively rejuvenates your skin while preserving natural facial contours.

✨ Who Is NOT a Good Candidate for HIFU? ✨

HIFU is effective for many people, but some situations and conditions mean it may not be suitable or safe.

🚫 You may not be a good candidate if you have:

🔹 Severe skin laxity or very heavy sagging

If your skin is extremely loose (for example, significant jowls or hanging neck folds), HIFU alone may not deliver the results you want. Surgical options might be better.

🔹 Very thin faces with minimal facial fat

If your face is already gaunt or hollow, tightening can make you look older or more sunken.

🔹 Active severe acne or open wounds

Treating over infected or inflamed skin increases the risk of irritation and complications.

🔹 Metal implants or pacemakers

HIFU energy can interfere with devices or cause heating around metal.

🔹 Severe or cystic acne breakouts

The heat can worsen inflammation.

🔹 Autoimmune disorders affecting skin healing (e.g., lupus, scleroderma)

Healing may be unpredictable or compromised.

🔹 Recent injectable fillers (within 3–4 weeks)

HIFU energy can dissolve or move fresh filler—it’s best to wait at least a month after filler treatments.

🔹 Pregnancy or breastfeeding

Safety isn’t well studied, so most clinics avoid treatment during this time.

🔹 Neurological disorders causing facial numbness

Extra caution is needed because post-treatment sensation can be affected.