Near Painless, Nonablative, Immediate Skin Contraction Induced by Low-Fluence Irradiation with New Infrared Device: A Report of 25 Patients

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Near Painless, Nonablative, Immediate Skin Contraction Induced by Low-Fluence Irradiation with New Infrared Device: A Report of 25 Patients
May 2006
AVIER RUIZ-ESPARZA MD
Dermatologic Surgery

BACKGROUND Nonablative radiofrequency (NARF) has been the only method for producing noninvasive skin tightening. Nevertheless, significant pain during the procedure is an important downside of this technology. A new nonablative medical device, Titan (Cutera, Inc., Brisbane, CA, USA), capable of fluences much lower than those possible with NARF, was tested as a less painful alternative.

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