Would RF, electrical muscle stimulation and LED red light therapy affect my dermal fillers?

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My nurse has a Triolgy treatment that is 4 sessions. Radio Frequency, electrical muscle stimulation and LED red light therapy. Can it harm my filler or melt my fat away??? Is it worth it? I don’t want to keep doing fillers and change my face. She states that it will help with my skin texture and stimulate collagen. Please advise

Lisa Vuich, MD · Answer

Thanks for your question. Injectable hyaluronic acid based fillers are considered to be very heat stable- it takes over 150 degrees Fahrenheit temperature to effectively "melt" them. Therefore, our aesthetic devices which deliver heat do NOT reach those temperatures. So, the general consensus is that they do not "melt filler". As for "melting fat"- this depends on the heat achieved and the depth at which it is delivered. In most areas of the face, one needs to get to 3 to 4 mm or deeper to affect fat. Most devices do not get to that depth. With those that do, ne is then intentionally, selectively targeting that depth and setting the temperature high enough to dissolve unwanted fat cells. In other words, yes you can do it if you want to, and you can clearly avoid doing so if you don't want to. EMS and LED would have zero effect on fat.

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