Can Renuva safely be used in the arms or anywhere else on the body to assist with crepey or sagging skin/laxity?

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Can renuva safely be used in areas on the body ie arms and inner thigh to assist with any crepiness/ volume loss/laxity? The area where you bend your arm in particular. Would that be safe and effective? Are there any dangers to inject as well as there are veins in your inner arm? Also, could be used on the stomach to tighten and firm? TY!

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

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

Renuva is unlikely to deliver the type of results you’re hoping for. Loss of skin elasticity due to age has a few good realistic treatment options.
Micro needling with or without radio frequency is probably your best options if direct skin excision is not an option. 
Non surgical skin tightening remains the undiscovered holy grail. 
Mats Hagstrom, MD

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