Sofwave is a pores and skin therapy that makes use of ultrasound know-how to stimulate collagen and elastin manufacturing. I’ll clarify the way it does that in a second (together with what makes it so novel in comparison with different ultrasound units), however I’d first like to present a short overview of why we goal collagen and elastin within the first place.
Collagen and elastin are your pores and skin’s main structural proteins. Collagen retains pores and skin agency and lifted, whereas elastin offers pores and skin its spring, stretch, and suppleness. Together, they’re liable for lots of the traits we affiliate with wholesome, vibrant pores and skin. At some level within the mid-20s, the steadiness of how a lot the pores and skin produces versus how a lot is misplaced suggestions—and never in our favor. At this level, our pure provide of each declines, and we begin to see lots of the seen indicators of growing older, reminiscent of sagging pores and skin and nice strains.
So a lot of what we do in skincare is geared towards revitalizing that manufacturing—so our pores and skin appears and feels prefer it may’ve in our early 20s.
Which brings me again to sofwave. “After age 25, our collagen manufacturing goes down. Anything we will do to get that collagen manufacturing again up and switch that entire physiology again on, is an efficient factor. There are a variety of applied sciences that may enhance collagen manufacturing in that dermal layer, however all of them have downtime. With this, you’ll be able to return to life rapidly after,” says board-certified dermatologist Amy Lewis, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine.
Lewis explains to me that it makes use of seven parallel beams that bypass the dermis (the floor of the pores and skin) and enter the mid-dermal layer. This is the place collagen and elastin are made, so it extra successfully helps their manufacturing.
This is not the primary ultrasound therapy to hit the market, however it’s the most refined. “With the way in which that the vitality enters into the pores and skin, it is more practical than ultrasound therapies of the previous. It’s a hard and fast depth, so it is solely concentrating on the dermal layer the place the collagen and elastin is being produced,” says medical assistant Rebecca Manzi on the workplace of Amy B Lewis M.D.
The therapy is permitted for the complete face (with a give attention to brows and jawline specifically), neck, chest, and on the physique (to assist with cellulite). It has no downtime by any means, however you’ll have to wait one to a few months earlier than you begin to see outcomes, with the complete advantages at concerning the six-month mark. It’s really useful for once-yearly therapies, however that is actually as much as you and your dermatologist.
Oh, and it is expensive: Depending on the quantity of floor space you are treating and the practitioner you go to, it’ll price you wherever between $1,500 to $4,500. A full face (which is what I acquired) begins at $2,500.
For full disclosure, mine was comped since I’m a magnificence journalist—nonetheless, it got here with no strings hooked up. What you are studying right here is my sincere evaluation of the expertise.