Today we're going to be talking about the Infini.
Infini is a hybrid treatment, if you like, combining micro needling with RF energy.
The primary concerns that Infini will treat are the signs of aging when it comes to the
laxity and loosening of skin, so a firming, tightening and an improvement of the jawline
and neck area are perfectly treated with Infini.
Acne scaring can be very deep in the skin and Infini can easily treat those areas down
deep in the dermis.
The 49 needles are designed to wave into the skin.
Instead of all 49 being injected into the skin at one time, they gently wave, which
creates far more comfortable treatment, far less pain and discomfort for the patient.
Each pass of the base or the neck, all have a different length of needle and a different
energy provided.
This is to ensure that we coagulate and treat each layer of the dermis with the tightening.
We'll start off with the deepest layer through to the middle layer of the dermis and then
the upper layer of the dermis, giving a tightening and tautening effect, right the way throughout
the layers of the dermis.
The purpose of the needles, are to create micro channels into the skin.
These micro channels make microscopic wounds, down deep into the dermis.
Each of these wounds then create the bodies own natural healing process to begin.
As the healing process begin, new skin cells, collagen cells are created, helping the skin
to tighten, become more taut and more lifted.
On the day of the patient's treatment, they will come in for a topical numbing agent to
be applied to their skin.
This ensures that their procedure will be as comfortable as possible.
The procedure itself takes between 30 minutes and an hour, depending on the areas to be
treated.
The needles can be preset by the technician to different lengths and each of these lengths
would be matched to the area of the skin and the thickness of the skin we want to treat.
The needles can be changed in length anywhere from 0.5 millimeters all the way up to 3.5
millimeter depth into the dermis.
During the treatment, patient comfort is paramount.
We usually start on the lower part of the face or the neck and work our way out towards
the upper part of the face.
As we're using micro needling for the treatment, there is some blood associated with the treatment.
This is quickly cleaned up by the practitioner and the patient themselves would never actually
see this.
Unlike laser treatments, where your skin color can quite often predetermine whether you're
a suitable candidate or not, the Infini is completely colorblind to the melanin and the
pigment in your skin, so any skin type and any skin coloration can have the treatment.
RF energy, also known as radio frequency, is exactly the same electrical current used
to deliver you your radio station in the morning.
This electrical current is delivered, at very high energy, into the skin to effect our collagen.
When you're at home and you're going to cook a steak, and you have your pan really nice
and hot, and you put your steak onto the pan, you will notice that the steak immediately
shrinks as the heat energy from the pan is delivered through the steak.
This is exactly the same for RF energy.
The RF energy is delivered into the skin, it coagulates, heats the collagen in the skin,
causing a tightening and shrinking effect.
These treatments build one on top of the other.
The collagen stimulation, little bit like building blocks, grows from one treatment
to the next treatment.
Minimum of three is highly recommended.
For the patient, post treatment, there would be come mild swelling associated and there
would also be some mild pinkness to the skin.
This is usually resolved in 24 to 48 hours.
Once the 48 hours has past, some very small micro crusting can be present on the skin.
This is purely from the micro needling and it's tiny, tiny little scabs on the skin that
are very small and more feel like dryness, usually more apparent on the neck than the
face.
These usually resolve within a two week period, but it can have minimal makeup placed over
it, so that it's not so obvious.
In the first week or two after the treatment, there is an initial tightening.
This tightening is from the coagulation of the collagen that happened from the RF immediately,
during the treatment.
Some tightening is apparent, even in the first couple of weeks.
Once the two week period has past, patients are then able to go back to their normal skincare
routine and to carry on as normal.
Then, over the next few months, the effects of the treatment, the tightening and the firming,
will start to become apparent.
Patients are absolutely fine once their treatment has been completed and are able to drive themselves
home no problem whatsoever.
To those patients that are interested in the Infini treatment, it's very important to have
a consultation.
Consultation will answer all of the questions that you may have and explain to you the processes
of the treatment.
We also design the treatment around you, so that we can time it right and we can provide
you with all the information you're going to need prior to treatment and afterwards.