Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PART ONE ANATOMY AND THE AGING PROCESS
- PART TWO ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION FOR OFFICE COSMETIC PROCEDURES
- PART THREE FILLERS AND NEUROTOXINS
- PART FOUR COSMETIC APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT, RADIOFREQUENCY, AND ULTRASOUND ENERGY
- Chap. 42 TREATMENT OF TELANGIECTASIA, POIKILODERMA, AND FACE AND LEG VEINS
- Chap. 43 VASCULAR LASERS
- Chap. 44 OVERVIEW OF CO2 AND ER:YAG LASERS AND PLASMA DEVICES
- Chap. 45 CONTEMPORARY CO2 LASER RESURFACING
- Chap. 46 ER:YAG
- Chap. 47 PLASMA SKIN REJUVENATION OF THE HANDS
- Chap. 48 NONABLATIVE LASER TISSUE REMODELING: 1,064-, 1,320-, 1,450-, AND 1,540-NM LASER SYSTEMS
- Chap. 49 OVERVIEW OF BROADBAND LIGHT DEVICES
- Chap. 50 TITAN: INDUCING DERMAL CONTRACTION
- Chap. 51 SCITON BROADBAND LIGHT AND ER:YAG MICROPEEL COMBINATION
- Chap. 52 AMINOLEVULINIC ACID PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR FACIAL REJUVENATION AND ACNE
- Chap. 53 THERMAGE FOR FACE AND BODY
- Chap. 54 LUMENIS ALUMA SKIN TIGHTENING SYSTEM
- Chap. 55 ELLMAN RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR SKIN TIGHTENING
- Chap. 56 ALMA ACCENT DUAL RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR TISSUE CONTOURING
- Chap. 57 COMBINED LIGHT AND BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY
- Chap. 58 FRACTIONAL LASERS: GENERAL CONCEPTS
- Chap. 59 PALOMAR LUX 1,540-NM FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 60 FRAXEL 1,550-NM LASER (FRAXEL RE:STORE)
- Chap. 61 1,440-NM FRACTIONAL LASER: CYNOSURE AFFIRM
- Chap. 62 SCITON ER:YAG 2,940-NM FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 63 ALMA PIXEL ER:YAG FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 64 FRACTIONATED CO2 LASER
- Chap. 65 LED PHOTOREJUVENATION DEVICES
- Chap. 66 PHOTOPNEUMATIC THERAPY
- Chap. 67 HAIR REMOVAL: LASER AND BROADBAND LIGHT DEVICES
- Chap. 68 ACNE AND ACNE SCARS: LASER AND LIGHT TREATMENTS
- Chap. 69 FAT AND CELLULITE REDUCTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- Chap. 70 ULTRASHAPE FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FAT REDUCTION DEVICE
- Chap. 71 LIPOSONIX ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR BODY SCULPTING
- PART FIVE OTHER PROCEDURES
- INDEX
- References
Chap. 57 - COMBINED LIGHT AND BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY
from PART FOUR - COSMETIC APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT, RADIOFREQUENCY, AND ULTRASOUND ENERGY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PART ONE ANATOMY AND THE AGING PROCESS
- PART TWO ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION FOR OFFICE COSMETIC PROCEDURES
- PART THREE FILLERS AND NEUROTOXINS
- PART FOUR COSMETIC APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT, RADIOFREQUENCY, AND ULTRASOUND ENERGY
- Chap. 42 TREATMENT OF TELANGIECTASIA, POIKILODERMA, AND FACE AND LEG VEINS
- Chap. 43 VASCULAR LASERS
- Chap. 44 OVERVIEW OF CO2 AND ER:YAG LASERS AND PLASMA DEVICES
- Chap. 45 CONTEMPORARY CO2 LASER RESURFACING
- Chap. 46 ER:YAG
- Chap. 47 PLASMA SKIN REJUVENATION OF THE HANDS
- Chap. 48 NONABLATIVE LASER TISSUE REMODELING: 1,064-, 1,320-, 1,450-, AND 1,540-NM LASER SYSTEMS
- Chap. 49 OVERVIEW OF BROADBAND LIGHT DEVICES
- Chap. 50 TITAN: INDUCING DERMAL CONTRACTION
- Chap. 51 SCITON BROADBAND LIGHT AND ER:YAG MICROPEEL COMBINATION
- Chap. 52 AMINOLEVULINIC ACID PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR FACIAL REJUVENATION AND ACNE
- Chap. 53 THERMAGE FOR FACE AND BODY
- Chap. 54 LUMENIS ALUMA SKIN TIGHTENING SYSTEM
- Chap. 55 ELLMAN RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR SKIN TIGHTENING
- Chap. 56 ALMA ACCENT DUAL RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR TISSUE CONTOURING
- Chap. 57 COMBINED LIGHT AND BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY
- Chap. 58 FRACTIONAL LASERS: GENERAL CONCEPTS
- Chap. 59 PALOMAR LUX 1,540-NM FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 60 FRAXEL 1,550-NM LASER (FRAXEL RE:STORE)
- Chap. 61 1,440-NM FRACTIONAL LASER: CYNOSURE AFFIRM
- Chap. 62 SCITON ER:YAG 2,940-NM FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 63 ALMA PIXEL ER:YAG FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 64 FRACTIONATED CO2 LASER
- Chap. 65 LED PHOTOREJUVENATION DEVICES
- Chap. 66 PHOTOPNEUMATIC THERAPY
- Chap. 67 HAIR REMOVAL: LASER AND BROADBAND LIGHT DEVICES
- Chap. 68 ACNE AND ACNE SCARS: LASER AND LIGHT TREATMENTS
- Chap. 69 FAT AND CELLULITE REDUCTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- Chap. 70 ULTRASHAPE FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FAT REDUCTION DEVICE
- Chap. 71 LIPOSONIX ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR BODY SCULPTING
- PART FIVE OTHER PROCEDURES
- INDEX
- References
Summary
Patients are frequently seeking efficacious yet little or no downtime procedures. These procedures, however, do require a series of treatments to achieve optimal cosmetic results.
In the author's practice, the use of devices employing a combination of optical energy and bipolar radiofrequency (RF; Syneron Medical Ltd.) has proven successful in meeting patient expectations and patient concerns as well as treating a wide range of conditions and reducing side effects experienced from the use of RF alone. The combination of optical energy and bipolar RF is believed to result in a synergistic effect, resulting in a more effective treatment, while using decreased energy levels to treat a range of skin types. Unlike unipolar RF devices, the energy in a bipolar RF device passes between two electrodes at a set distance, regulating the energy that is delivered (Sadick and Makino 2004).
There is a wide range of devices available that employ optical energy and bipolar RF that can be used for a wide variety of conditions. However, this chapter will cover the FotoFacialRF (intense pulsed light [IPL] plus RF), ReFirme WR (diode laser plus RF), and ReFirme ST (broadband infrared [IR] plus RF) devices alone and in combination with one another as well as the VelaSmooth (IR plus RF) device (Figures 57.1 and 57.2).
Determining the most appropriate treatment is based on a three-step process used in our practice to achieve patient satisfaction, while providing the patient with optimal rejuvenation results.
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- Office-Based Cosmetic Procedures and Techniques , pp. 255 - 258Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010