The result you want
Mild to moderate skin laxity responds to treatments that trigger your own collagen, and significant laxity does not respond to any of them. We assess which category you are in at our Boca Raton med spa and say so plainly, because a series sold past that ceiling disappoints everyone. Book a consultation or read about RF skin resurfacing and body skin tightening.
Mild to moderate laxity responds to treatments that stimulate your own collagen: RF skin resurfacing and microneedling on the face, and body skin tightening on the abdomen, arms, and thighs. Results build over months rather than appearing at once. Significant laxity is often better served by a surgical referral, and we will say so at your consultation rather than sell you a series that will not get you there.
Which of these suits you is decided at a complimentary consultation, from your skin and your history.
Skin gets its firmness from collagen and elastin, and production of both slows with age while ultraviolet exposure breaks down what is already there. Add the loss of fat and bone support underneath, and skin that used to sit over a full structure now has more surface than it needs. That is why laxity and volume loss usually arrive together and why treating only one of them gives a partial result.
RF skin resurfacing heats the deeper skin to trigger collagen production, and because it works with heat rather than light it is generally safer across a wide range of skin tones. Microneedling does the same through controlled micro-injury. On the body, skin tightening treats crepey texture on the abdomen, arms and thighs. All of them build over months, and all of them are honest about working on mild to moderate laxity.
Where a jawline is blurring because the chin and cheek have lost structure, restoring that structure with filler or Sculptra can do more for the outline than any tightening device. A face with too much skin for the structure underneath looks lax; give the structure back and the skin has something to sit over again.
Performed or supervised by our medical director, Marc L. Epstein, M.D.
If you have loose skin after major weight loss, significant jowling, or a neck where the skin hangs rather than softens, no non-surgical device will fix it. We would rather tell you that at a consultation than take you through a series that cannot deliver. That is not a sales technique in reverse; it is the difference between a plan and a package.
What suits you is decided at consultation, from your skin and your history. Consultations are complimentary.
Treatments that stimulate your own collagen: RF skin resurfacing and microneedling on the face, and body skin tightening on the abdomen, arms and thighs. They work on mild to moderate laxity and build over months rather than appearing at once.
Months. These treatments trigger collagen production, and collagen builds and remodels slowly. Any tightening in the first days is a heat effect rather than the result.
Not if the amount is significant. Non-surgical devices have a real ceiling. If you are past it, a surgical opinion is the honest recommendation and we will say so.
Radiofrequency is generally one of the safer options across skin tones, because it heats tissue rather than being absorbed by pigment the way light-based devices are. Your provider will still assess your skin and history first.
Often, yes. Laxity and volume loss usually arrive together, and tightening skin over a face that has lost its support can read as drawn. That is a judgment made at assessment.
This page is general information about treatment options at Salon Oasis Med Spa, not medical advice. Medical aesthetic treatments are performed or supervised by our medical director, Marc L. Epstein, M.D. What is right for you is decided at consultation based on your skin and your health history.
A complimentary consultation is the easiest way to settle it. We will personalize the option that suits your skin, your schedule and your budget.
