hello my name is dr joni jefferson and i'm one of the cosmetic physicians here at reflection
so you may have heard about software which is one of our new technologies and we're excited
about it so what is softwave softwave is our ultrasound technology that helps to tighten
lift and improve the skin without surgery
you might say it sounds a little bit about like a ulthera in which the technology is a lot similar
and we'll talk a little bit about that in another video comment below if you've heard of ulthera
so you may be wondering who is software best used for and what changes you expect to see well let's
talk about this softwave is a technology that uses ultrasound and energy to stimulate deep beneath
the skin surface to help stimulate and rebuild collagen collagen is the building blocks and
foundation of our skin that gives it its firmness elasticity and its natural glow and presence
youthful skin bounces back so well because it has a lot of elasticity and that's what
soft wave helps to stimulate however as you age you may see that over time repetitive movement
can wear and tear the building blocks of our skin collagen and elasticity and that's when those fine
lines and wrinkles kicks in so what softwave does is helps to stimulate that and it smooths out and
tightens and firms the skin particularly around the areas where you see a lot of movement around
the eyes around the crow's feet and around the mouth area and the neck you may also notice that
there's areas where your skin just becomes thin and creepy that's because there is a deficit or
a loss of collagen in the last of the fibers soft wave uses the energy ultrasound energy to kind of
stimulate that so your skin is a little thicker as well so areas in particularly that you might
see that or under the eye area around the mouth area and definitely in the neck area as you age so
if you're looking for an option where you don't want something really invasive like surgery
softwave is a good start technology to start with it's effective for any women of any age
in particular though you might find that women in their late 40s early 50s might be a good candidate
for the procedure as that's kind of the age where you start to see a little bit more of skin laxity
particularly in the areas of concern another good thing about soft wave is it's colorblind
which means it can be used on any skin type in any skin color reducing any complications such
as so you may be asking well what is the treatment like well i'll just say this it's not very painful
at all most of the patients that i've treated have found it to be very tolerable and i've not
had one patient jump up from the seat so with that being said it's a comfortable it's a comfortable
procedure and if you do find yourself a little anxious or it's a little bit too uncomfortable
we do have nitrous oxide that can kind of help soothe your nerves so is there any down time
no you might be a little bit wrecked maybe a little bit swollen a few minutes to a
few hours after the procedure but that all goes away so you can resume normal activity
after the procedure so let's talk about costs the cost is very comparable to some of our injectable
treatments and other technologies that help to tighten skin so it's very cost effective because
there's not a series of treatments you may just need one treatment that may last a couple years
but there are some who choose to come back six months after the treatment or even a year
after the treatment but it all depends on the environmental factors that you're up against
skin aging wearing and tearing so when will you see the results most report seeing the results
three to four weeks after the treatment but some reports seeing it three to six months and
why is that because it stimulates collagen which takes time it takes time for your body to build
collagen so it's not an overnight process unlike filler that you see results immediately however
unlike filler the results are much more long-lasting and you don't have to repeat it in a
series like you may have to do with filler so does it contra indicate anything not really but i would
say if you're going to get multiple treatments i would not do botox and filler the same day i would
give it a couple of weeks thereafter uh soft wave treatment to do botox and filler why haven't you
heard a lot about softwave yet well excitingly we are the third practice in the northeast to
offer this technology it's new it's innovative and stay tuned on the beauty scene to hear more news
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