What is the recovery from Profound RF like?

Recovery after Profound RF is about 5-7 days.  None of our patients have taken longer than 7 days to return to work, school or social functions. You should expect some significant early swelling of the lower face and neck, mild bruising and mild redness.  You can also have modest soreness and/or numbness of the treated area.  While the recovery time might be slightly longer that some other minimally invasive technologies,  Profound RF has been the most consistent and reliable device of its kind in my experience. At this point in time I believe it to be "best in class".  The treatment level is precise and application of heat is temperature controlled, resulting in a very consistent tissue response.

In my practice we say to expect 5-7 days of bruising and swelling post Profound. It is best to ice as much as possible during the first 24hrs post treatment. It is fine to apply clean makeup to the face and neck after just 2 days post treatment which allows for less social downtime. Within a week your swelling will have subsided and you should be fully healed.

Hi,Profound Lift is a wonderful lifting and tightening treatment of the face and neck, it stimulates your own collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acids resulting in a natural rested, healthy, and rejuvenated appearance.  It is safe and effective.  The recovery is predictable and involves some downtime that varies among patients.  All patients are swollen and bruised for the first few days, maximizing at about 2 to 3 days after the treatment.  The swelling resolves by day 5, and sometime bruising may as well, but I inform my patients that there is a good possibility that they will have some residual bruises for 8 to 14 days. After discussing the treatment with my patient, I will usually treat them with an aggressive treatment for best results (this includes treating the forehead, the entire neck, and using PRP as well, areas not included in the standard Profound protocol.)   Bruises can usually be hidden with appropriate cover-up concealer.  My wife said that the weird thing about the recovery was that after the first 24 hours she felt completely normal except when passing by a mirror, at which time she looked as if she had lost a boxing match.  The good news is that there is no pain during the recovery.  It is an excellent time to catch up with things on the "to do" list around your home, and catch up on those binge watching Netflix shows.  Patients may return to full physical activities and working out after 5 days. Results can be noticed as early as a week or two, in other patients it may take up to As with any aesthetic treatment choosing your treating physician is essential for excellent results.  Choose your treating physician based on their judgement, skill, experience, knowledge, and most importantly their natural artistic vision.  Good luck and be well.

Dr. P

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Profound is a minimally invasive system that treats lower face laxity and body cellulite.  The procedure takes less than an hour for a full lower face and neck.  It does involve numbing injections.  It is an advance and very safe micro needling system that delivers radio frequency energy.  Because of the injections and energy infused, there is some swelling and bruising for 5-7 days.  Normal activity can be resume at 5 days. Follow your provider's instructions for best recovery and results.

The recovery period is about 5-7 days of bruising and swelling. Compared to facelifts, both are much less. Typically, patients walk out of the office with mottled appearance of skin and feeling/ looking like a pincushion, due to the multiple insertions of the micro needles. The bruising tends to be focused more around the mouth and can be covered by makeup. The swelling is pretty mild in nature.

After a Profound treatment, you can expect 3-7 days of swelling and redness as well as bruising.  In addition there is an appearance of tiny dotted marks on the treated area and up to a week of some minor shedding of the skin. 

We are experiencing less than one week recovery times with Profound. There is mild swelling which we manage with icing, rest, and elevated of the head. We recommend to patients to avoid exercise for the first 5 days and that seems to help.  Overall, everyone has been able to resume normal activities within 1 week. Results are visible at this time but continue to improve over next few weeks.

Recovery times are faster for face than the body, presumably because of the enhanced circulation in the face.We have a book of 48 hour recovery times; many with little or no signs of any procedure. Some people do bruise, rarely significantly,  and this is predominately limited to the mouth, jowl and lower neck areas.When well planned socially, the recovery has not been an issue and patients seem to be almost universally happy with their procedure results. Profound seem to be more predictable than any other previous modality. Ultherapy continues to maintain certain distinct advantages, however, for predominantly cutaneous issues Profound seems to consistently produce excellent results. This is especially true in the forehead, lower face and neck, arms, abdomen and knees.Hope this helps(my video on profound has two parts)

The swelling and bruising from Profound will last 5-7 days.  Keeping the head elevated, icing and avoiding weights will help.  Most patients resume normal activities within a few days.  From a discomfort standpoint, you can return to work immediately.  You will just have to tell your co-workers that you had a minor problem under the jaw that your doctor took care of.  Best wishes.

7-9 days, expect exceptional bruising if utilised around the neck area. I have used Profound, INFINI RF, Themage and Ultherapy. Of all these treatments, my least favourite is Profound due to the downtime and results, my favourite is Ultherapy, as this gives better more predictable results with little downtime. This is my option only, and may not be shared by others. All the bestDR Davin LimLaser dermatologistBrisbane, Australia.