Afraid of needles and painful lunchtime procedures? This could be the ideal solution for you. Dr. Kaycee Reyes, founder of Luminisce chain of beauty clinics, talks about EmFace, one of the newest machines out there that effectively combines electromagnetic field and RF technology to address visible signs of aging such as saggy facial muscles, deep lines and wrinkly skin.
By Alex Y. Vergara
The road to a firmer, less saggier and fuller face is just four to six sessions away with EmFace, the latest “beauty” machine using both electromagnetic field and radio frequency (RF) designed to combat visible signs of aging. And, like actress Camille Prats, you can probably even say goodbye to deep and pronounced laugh lines without resorting to injectable fillers.
In a recent press conference, Dr. Kaycee Reyes, founder of the Luminisce chain of beauty clinics and Innosence Organics, walked lifestyle journalist through the benefits, strengths and limitations of going through EmFace.
“Based on nine clinical studies abroad involving 3,000 patients and validated by 30 independent clinical observers, the EmFace has shown no side effects,” Kaycee attested.
In a nutshell, the US-based study showed that patients who have undergone EmFace, on the average, showed 30 percent improvement in facial muscle tone, 23 percent improved “lifting effect,” 37 percent wrinkle reduction, 25 percent skin smoothening and 26 percent increase in collagen production. Of those tested, 90 percent felt satisfied with the results.
Those in need of some facial “rejuvenation” can benefit from it even by undergoing just one session. But for older patients with bigger, more numerous beauty concerns, Kaycee recommends that they undergo from four to six session to get the full effect, which lasts for a year or so.
“In the US, patients, especially those with fair skin who are more prone to wrinkling, as young as 25 undergo EmFace. Here, depending on the person’s genes and lifestyle, 30 would probably be the ideal age to start having it,” said Kaycee.
Like Camille, those afraid of needles and other relatively painful lunchtime procedures using ultrasound and radio frequency have found an ideal ally in EmFace, which traces its development from EmSculpt Neo, a slightly older machine using similar technology designed to zap fat, redefine and bring back curves to the body. The Luminisce endorser has already undergone four 20-minute sessions of EmFace.
In lieu of, say, intense heat or prickly pain you would usually feel while undergoing certain procedures, EmFace, which uses three electromagnetic pads placed on the forehead and on both sides of the face — between the cheekbones and jawline— produces a tingly and tugging sensation every few seconds that could either make you smile, even laugh, or, in Camille’s case, lull you to sleep. The machine’s strength or fluency can be adjusted from a low 10 percent to as high as 100 percent.
“My tolerance for pain and injections is very low,” said Camille. “So they recommended that I try EmFace. At first, I was a bit hesitant to try it, but after I did, I felt fine soon after the first few minutes. By our second session, which was a week after, I felt confident enough to go 100 percent. What initially felt weird, now felt relaxing. In fact, I soon fell asleep. Since a session lasts for only 20 minutes, I was surprised when they woke me up as soon as it ended.”
Four sessions on, a smiling Camille credits EmFace for making her laugh lines shallower and less obvious. “Since I haven’t undergone other treatments during the past four weeks, I’m pretty sure that EmFace is responsible for this positive development,” said the former child star, who, since becoming an adult, has lost a lot of weight, making her once round, full face thinner and more bony.
“I really need something to lift and make my face fuller, but I’m not yet ready to undergo a thread-lift procedure,” she confessed. “Since I’m also fairly visible, I’m afraid of undergoing something that would drastically alter my appearance. I don’t want to go viral in a wrong way. EmFace has so far done wonders for me.”
Compared, say, to such treatments as Ulthera, Softwave and even PicoSure, Emface is entirely different because it uses a different technology, said Kaycee. Its electromagnetic field component targets not just the facial muscles, but the motor neuron responsible for lifting them, resulting in a tauter-looking face.
At the same time, its RF component is “volumetric,” she added. Meaning, it doesn’t only target the upper layer of the face, but goes deep down into the lower layers. In fact, it can heat the temperature of the face from 40 to 42 degrees Celsius — a sure sign that it’s doing its work — without causing the patient any discomfort.
For Kaycee, the machine, although expensive in itself, is a breakthrough and worth every peso of investment. “It’s hard to make a machine like this because the technology involved in producing it is no joke. You can’t readily combine RF that’s as effective as this one with electromagnetic field,” she said.
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