Wish there was an easy way to smooth wrinkles, tighten saggy skin, and erase dark spots?
Luckily, advances in cosmetic dermatology have made it possible for our team at Keehan Dermatology to reverse the main driver of skin aging — collagen and elastin loss — and replenish these essential “building blocks” of supple, smooth, and youthful-looking skin.
Here, board-certified dermatologist Dr. Patrick Keehan explains how radiofrequency (RF) microneedling combines skin-renewing microneedling with deep collagen-stimulating energy to revitalize your skin naturally — from the outside in and the inside out.
Collagen and elastin are the two primary “building block proteins” that give your skin its strength, structure, and resilience. Collagen keeps your skin strong, smooth, and toned, while elastin keeps it flexible — or equal parts taut and supple.
Beginning in early adulthood, the collagen-inducing fibroblasts in your skin become less active, resulting in a 1-1.5% decline in existing and new dermal collagen cells every year.
By the time you turn 40, your skin has about 20% less collagen than it did when you were 20 years old. Along with a natural decrease in elastin levels and oil production, collagen loss sets the stage for age-related skin changes like:
Sun damage significantly accelerates this natural skin aging process; other skin-depleting factors, like smoking, lack of sleep, stress, or chronic dehydration, can also speed it up.
RF microneedling is a minimally invasive skin renewal treatment that combines collagen induction therapy, or microneedling, with fractional radiofrequency energy to trigger new collagen and elastin growth from the surface of your skin to your deepest epidermal layers.
At Keehan Dermatology, we perform RF microneedling treatments with the Virtue RF platform by Cartessa™. With its customizable handpieces, Virtue RF works to renew the building blocks of your epidermis and revitalize your skin in two fundamental ways:
First, the device’s tiny, sterile microneedles and painless robotic precision delivery (RPD) system create even microchannels across the surface of your skin, prompting an immediate increase in the production of healing, collagen-renewing growth factors.
Second, it delivers controlled, uniform RF heat through each layer of skin to trigger the kind of deep and enduring collagen and elastin remodeling that both restores and reinforces your foundational dermal structures.
Whereas other fractional RF devices simply spread collagen-stimulating heat energy across the skin surface, Virtue RF uses fine microneedles to penetrate your epidermal layers and deliver more uniform — and far more effective — deep-tissue warming.
This dual, natural skin rejuvenation approach makes RF microneedling so effective at turning back the hands of time. As the treatment stimulates fresh collagen and elastin renewal, you’ll have noticeably tighter, brighter, and smoother skin with fewer flaws.
RF microneedling can correct or improve the appearance of seven common skin flaws:
Our team tailors your RF microneedling treatment to your unique cosmetic needs and goals to help you attain the skin renewal results you’re after.
In some cases (i.e., when correcting acne scars, dark spots, or deep wrinkles) it may be best to undergo a series of RF microneedling treatments. Most people can attain optimal skin renewal results in three or four sessions.
RF microneedling has earned its reputation as the ultimate anti-aging facial. To find out how it can take years off your appearance, call Keehan Dermatology today, or click online to schedule a consultation at our office in Fort Worth, Texas, at your convenience.
