Effleurer Treatment
Effleurer is a non-surgical treatment with next to no downtime, designed to address the effects of time and gravity on your skin around the face, neck and decolletage areas, as well as many areas on the body. Around the face, we can target anywhere you may want a tightening and brightening effect, making it an effective non-invasive facelift. We can target anything from forehead and frown lines, eyes, eyebrows, crow’s feet and hooded eyelids, to cheeks, sagging neck skin, double chins and jowl lines.
Effleurer is a device that uses ultrasonic energy in combination with heat to target the deep, structural muscles and tissues of the skin at various depths, depending on the area being treated. It can effectively target the superficial musculoaponeurotic system (or SMAS) layer of the skin which sits between the muscle and fat – the layer a plastic surgeon tightens during a surgical facelift.
The treatment stimulates a natural process known as neocollagenesis, to produce new fibres and collagen which has a tightening effect from the inside out, with no damage to the skin’s surface or surrounding tissues.
Results
Initial results are fast and are seen immediately. For the lunchtime facelift and other lifting treatments that start your body’s wound healing process, clients see clinically significant tissue lift and tightening continue to develop over the following two to three months.
Since the procedure stimulates your own collagen production process, how long results last really depends on what that looks like for you. Your natural ageing process and lifestyle will also determine how long visible results can be seen.
Around the face, we can target anywhere you may want a tightening and brightening effect, making it an effective non-invasive facelift. We can target anything from forehead and frown lines, eyes, eyebrows, crow’s feet and hooded eyelids, to cheeks, sagging neck skin, double chins and jowl lines.
One of the best parts of a Effleurer treatment is that there is no downtime. After the procedure you can resume normal activities immediately, without needing to follow any specific post-treatment measures and it has little effect on your skincare, tanning or makeup routines either. Many people even drop by during their lunch break – that’s how quick and simple it is!
The face and neck procedure usually takes 60 minutes.
During the treatment, you’ll feel small pricks of heat as the energy being deposited into the skin, indicating that neocollagenesis has begun. The sensation can be a little odd but it isn’t painful for the majority of clients .
Afterwards, the skin might appear flushed but redness should disappear within a few hours. You should see some initial results almost immediately, but the main improvements will develop over the following two to three months as your body naturally regenerates collagen.