Morpheus8, VirtueRF, MOXI, and Vivace - is there a difference and is one really newer and more effective? (photos)

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Hello, I am a 58 year old female with a thin face trying to find the best procedure for overall tightening around the neck, jawline, and jowels. Also, improvment in skin tone and pore size. Each place I go to says that their machine is the lastest and greatest, but all seem to be similiar. Is there a difference in these treatments and is one really newer and more effective? Thanks for any information you can provide.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Morpheus 8 is a non-invasive skin and soft tissue tightening treatment that is consistently amazing in our patients. We use the Morpheus to exact fractional induced RF into the skin or tissue in order to tighten collagen and stimulate contraction of the tissue. For acne scars, it is quite useful to build collagen in patients who have atrophic scars but is not very productive for ice-pick scars which require TCA Cross. For tissue tightening, Morpheus is ideal for the face and neck and we often combine it with CO2 laser or Ultherapy to further enhance results. Chemical peels and skin resurfacing should be done at least 5 to 7 days after, but can be performed earlier, depending on treatment severity. Avoid exfoliating skin treatments before Morpheus and expect a period of 2-4 weeks for skin contraction to set in.

Best, 
Dr. Karamanoukian 
Realself100 Surgeon

Leonard Grossman, MD · Answer

You are correct to say that every place claims that their machine is either the best or the greatest. In fact none of these machines really provide a satisfactory result in the majority of individuals. The main reason why the face ages or appears to be aging with progression of the chronological age, is because the face, as well as the rest of the body loses a great deal of volume in terms of fat and muscle bulk. If you look at your face when I was considerably younger, it was much, much fuller. I have been using fat grafting for nearly 30 years improving the youthfulness of the face by leaps and bounds. Most of my patients don’t even require a facelift. At the same time they look at least 15 to 20 years younger and the best part of all, they look like themselves when they were younger. A human face is just like a deflated balloon when it ages and all you have to do is simply re-inflate it to restore youthfulness. The other huge benefit is that when volume is added to the face, the stem cells that come from the fatty tissue improve on the skin quality  to a great extent. Not only is the face made fuller or rounder, but proper lengthening is done at the same time recreating the same proportions that the individual had when they were much younger. In this procedure not only is the face improved but the neck as well. I hope this helps and good luck from New York City Plastic Surgery

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