You want tighter skin and a more youthful appearance, but you’re not ready for surgery, needles, or weeks of recovery. No problem! That’s where a Fotona4D nonsurgical facelift really shines.
Instead of surgically repositioning or removing tissue, Fotona4D combines four laser modes that work at different depths to address several signs of facial aging in a single treatment. As a result, you can experience natural-looking rejuvenation by:
At Vascular Specialists in Tinley Park, Illinois, our team offers 4D nonsurgical facelifts with Fotona4D, which is designed to help you look refreshed without dramatically changing the features that make you you. Here’s what you should know about this remarkable way to turn back time.
Fotona4D is a four-step laser facial rejuvenation treatment that uses two complementary laser wavelengths — specifically Nd:YAG and Er:YAG wavelengths — to work at different levels of your skin.
Despite the similar name, the “4D” doesn’t refer to four dimensions in the science-fiction sense. It represents four complementary treatment modes performed as part of the same rejuvenation protocol:
This first step takes place in the tissues inside of your mouth, targeting areas around your mouth and lower face. Laser energy carefully heats the tissue to stimulate collagen remodeling and can help improve the appearance of lines around the mouth and nasolabial folds.
Next, laser energy targets deeper imperfections within the skin. This step focuses on improving concerns such as:
The energy used at this step also helps stimulate additional collagen remodeling.
PIANO mode delivers controlled heat more deeply and uniformly. That heat encourages collagen contraction and remodeling, which helps your skin gradually appear firmer and tighter.
The final step focuses on what you see when you look in the mirror. A light laser peel targets your skin’s surface to improve texture and other superficial imperfections. It leaves your complexion looking smoother and refreshed.
Together, these four steps — called the “SmoothLiftin” treatment — allow us to address facial aging from multiple levels rather than relying on one laser setting to do everything.
A nonsurgical facelift with Fotona4D works to address several common signs of aging at once. Depending on your skin and treatment goals, it may help improve:
Because the 4D treatment stimulates your own collagen remodeling process without a single puncture, cut, or stitch to rearrange tissues, you won’t suddenly look like a totally different person. Instead, your skin gradually looks firmer, smoother, and more refreshed.
A traditional facelift can produce dramatic results by surgically repositioning deeper facial tissues and removing excess skin. Fotona4D doesn’t do that. Instead, it gives you an option to turn back the hands of time without surgery.
Because this is a laser treatment, requires no general anesthesia and involves much less downtime than surgery. Most people typically return to their normal daily activities following treatment, although temporary redness or other minor effects can occur depending on the treatment settings used.
Still, this is much shorter and much less painful than recovery from facelifts, eyebrow lifts, jaw lifts, and other types of cosmetic surgery. These benefits are especially appealing if you’re beginning to notice changes in your skin but aren't ready for a surgical facelift.
At Vascular Specialists, our team can help you determine whether a 4D nonsurgical facelift can give you the refreshed, natural-looking results you’re hoping for.
Call us at 815-824-4406 or request an appointment online to learn more and to find out whether this laser treatment is right for you.
