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Is Refirme Effective for Skin Tightening in the Jowls and Neck?

People in the media including celebritys rant and rave about refirme. Could it be that there is a monetary motivation for them or is it true? They are even saying that they see good results after the first treatment. Is that possible? It seems to good to be true. Is Refirme really effective for tightening skin in jowl and neck area?

Asked 42 months ago by suzypharmd in fullerton
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Refirme is NOT surgery but can still give nice results

Refirme is a non-surgical method of skin tightening. One must first understand that these non-surgical methods of facial tightening like Thermage and surgery do not give surgical results. The positive side of these procedures is that there is no or little downtime. This allows you to have the procedure and then go about your regular business later that day compared to surgery where you can have downtime of several days to weeks. Refirme uses radiofrequency and light energy to tighten... more
Mark Berkowitz, MD
Sterling Heights Oculoplastic Surgeon
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ReFirme

Some see good results, others mild to little improvement. It is technique dependent. If they fail to get your skin hot, there will be no result. If the treatment area is too large, the temperature never climbs and the contraction will not occur.
Vivek Bansal, MD
Danville Plastic Surgeon
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