Skin tightening results without surgery are difficult to achieve, but Morpheus8 treatments can deliver them. This blog discusses how long Morpheus8 results last, the treatment’s benefits, when patients can expect results, and how to maintain them.
Collagen is the body’s natural health and beauty superpower. It provides the structure for skin, bones, and ligaments, but production slows with age. Youthful, bouncy, smooth skin is likely supported by collagen, so when you start to see sagging, fine lines and wrinkles, and a loss of elasticity, you’re likely seeing the decline of the protein.
Morpheus8 is a non-surgical, minimally invasive device that’s taken the beauty world by storm, with A-list celebrities attributing their ageless appearances to its powers. Because Morpheus8 does something really well: it boosts collagen production. That’s how this in-office treatment can essentially remodel an aging face without surgery, lifting sagging skin, smoothing fine lines and wrinkles, and even contouring a shapeless jawline. These results can last a patient anywhere from 12 to 18 months, with some patients even reporting 1 to 3 years with a good skincare routine and healthy lifestyle—a staggeringly long time for not even going under the knife.
How does Morpheus8 work, and why is it so impactful? We’ll break down the details below.
Morpheus8 offers the following benefits:
That’s quite a list, a combination of skin health improvements and structural reshaping. The device achieves this through its dual modalities: radiofrequency (RF) energy and microneedling.
You’ve likely heard of microneedling, but Morpheus8 takes it to the next level. During traditional microneedling, tiny, surgical-grade needles are inserted into the skin’s surface, usually via some device or handpiece that features hundreds of them for ease of use. These needles poke holes in the skin, or “microchannels” that prompt the body’s healing response (you are creating tiny injuries, after all). This healing response is collagen! The skin sends signals that prompt collagen to rush to heal these tiny injuries, and you receive all the skin-healing benefits.
The microneedling process offers several benefits: collagen helps heal acne scars and other textural irregularities, and it also improves the appearance of surface-level fine lines and wrinkles, making your skin look and feel more youthful and plump. The microneedling process itself can help exfoliate dead skin for a more glowy look, as well as reduce the appearance of pores. Lastly, these tiny channels in the skin act as open pathways for skincare to penetrate deeper, enhancing those effects.
The Morpheus8 device features longer needles than the average microneedling device, allowing it to penetrate deeper and induce the benefits of the RF features.
As the Morpheus8 device’s needles penetrate deeper into the skin, intense RF energy is passed through the needles to reach the deep tissues underneath. This is the device’s remodeling component, which sets it apart from other microneedling services. Skin tightening and tissue remodeling are nearly impossible to achieve without surgery—except with Morpheus8, of course.
Deep below the surface, RF energy targets tissues with intense heat, prompting collagen production to “repair” it. This stimulates the growth of new collagen fibers deep in the dermis, which creates a natural tightening and firming effect. Additionally, the heat from RF energy triggers tightening and contraction of collagen fibers already present in the tissues, lifting and snapping loose tissue into place.
The skin benefits of Morpheus8 treatments are evident first. You’ll be somewhat red and possibly swollen after treatment, but there’s an unmistakable glow. After the initial recovery period of about five days, as the microchannels heal, you’ll start to notice smoother, softer skin.
But the key with deep RF remodeling and microneedling is that results take time to appear because much of the work is done within the skin as collagen builds.
Morpheus8 is a powerhouse treatment that requires no surgery or incisions and minimal recovery. Call 4Beauty Medspa today at (786) 496-9444 or fill out the contact form to request a consultation and learn more about your Morpheus8 options.
