Profound Review: Skin Tightening Treatment & Procedure

Editorial Review

Pros:

• Reliable and consistent treatment for cheek sagging and mid cheek volume replacement and reduction of jowls.
• Provides benefit in all 3 primary areas of facial aging: 

1) Surface textural improvement
2) Contouring and volume replacement (dermal volume restoration) and ability to decrease unwanted fat (jowls, neck)
3) Skin tightening for laxity due to gravity

Cons:

• Need to completely anesthetize the skin; although that makes it painless, it means additional bruising and swelling.
• Requires injected anesthesia. Some patients, especially with thin skin, may develop dermal papules that may take up to 10 weeks to resolve.
  
• Length of office procedure (treatment time plus the numbing phase required)
• A least 1 week of down time due to swelling and bruising
• Treatment results are highly technique dependent
• Painful
• Results are not dramatic

Things You should know:

• It does not equate to a surgical result (face lift)
• Treatment results can vary
• Good to combine with CO2 laser treatment
• Make sure patient can tolerate multiple needle sticks
• Skin tightening will take 2-4 months. There is moderate downtime of a few days

Most Common Use Cases :

• Early aging patient <45 - 50
• Patients who have facial volume loss

Physician Testimonials

"We use Profound to treat lower facial and neck laxity, brow laxity as an alternative to facelifting or to maintain a surgical lift. We also recommend one invasive procedure a year (laser, Profound) plus usual nonsurgical maintenance skin care, injectables and no downtime lasering.  The Profound procedure can be used as alternative to facial fillers as well, and as a retexturizing tool in addition to skin care and lasers and chemical peels. No other way to truly restore elasticity"- Anonymous, M.D.

"Best is for patients who have volume loss, are older or who want something more certain in terms of results.  If you have the downtime to give, this is a more certain result than tissue tightening due to high temperature achieved in the skin in every patient."- Amy Taub M.D.

Additional Information

Procedure Description:

Profound is an aesthetic device clinically proven to create new elastin, collagen and hyaluronic acid in a single treatment. Profound features real-time temperature controlled and feedback mechanism delivering Radio Frequency in controlled doses to effect the target tissue. Clinically proven with 100% response rate, Profound is used for mandibular and submandibular contouring as well as wrinkle reduction. 

Typical Clinical Applications:

Neck and jawline contouring, wrinkle reduction.

Best Patient Candidates:

Patients age > 40 requesting neck and jawline contouring.

US Profound Procedure Cost & Price Range:

$2,500-$3,500 depending on the area treated. 

Average Number of Treatments Needed:

Single treatment.