Skin Tightening and Lifting

What Is Skin Tightening and Lifting?

Firmness in the face and body depends on two things working together, the volume underneath and the collagen that holds everything in place. Both decline with age, sun exposure, and weight change. Skin tightening and lifting treatments address these without surgery, either by replacing volume directly or by encouraging your own tissue to rebuild. Many patients get the best outcome by combining the two approaches, and our team will explain what may be a good fit for what you want to change.

Dermal Fillers

Dermal fillers are injectable treatments that restore volume where it has been lost and add structure where more definition would help. As the face ages, fat pads shift and shrink, which is what creates deep folds, hollow tear troughs, flattened cheeks, and jowls along the jawline. Filler placed carefully in these areas replaces that support and lifts the tissue above it.

Fillers can also be used to shape rather than simply restore. Common goals include a sharper jawline, more projected cheekbones, fuller lips, and smoothing of the deep creases running from the nose to the corners of the mouth. Results are visible immediately, treatment takes very little time, and there is minimal downtime beyond possible mild swelling or bruising for a few days.

XERF Radiofrequency Treatment

XERF is an FDA-cleared, non-invasive radiofrequency treatment from Cynosure Lutronic, and it takes a different approach to lifting. Rather than adding anything, it delivers controlled thermal energy beneath the surface of the skin to contract existing collagen and stimulate the fibroblasts responsible for producing new collagen and elastin.

What makes XERF different from earlier radiofrequency devices is that it uses two frequencies rather than one, 6.78 MHz and 2 MHz, delivered in the same session. That lets treatment reach shallow, middle, and deeper layers of tissue together, including the deeper structural layer that has so much to do with how lifted and defined the face and neck appear. Built-in cooling and real time temperature monitoring keep the session comfortable, and because radiofrequency does not target pigment, XERF is appropriate across a wide range of skin tones.

Areas We Treat and What to Expect

These treatments can be used on the face, neck, jawline, and areas of the body where skin has lost elasticity. XERF sessions typically run twenty to forty minutes depending on the area, with no needles, no numbing, and no downtime afterward. Some tightening is often noticeable right away, though the real change builds over the following two to three months as new collagen develops. Filler results, by contrast, are visible the same day. Your consultation will cover which approach may suit your skin, whether combining them makes sense, and how many sessions to expect.