TIGHTER SKIN WITHOUT SURGERY.
IT’S POSSIBLE FOR SOME PATIENTS.
AND TONIGHT, A LOCAL PLASTIC
SURGEON TELLS US THIS IS THE
MOST POWERFUL, NON-SURGICAL TOOL
HE NOW HAS.
>> CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK IN THE
MIRROR AND SHOW ME EXACTLY WHAT
, IT IS THAT BOTHERS YOU?
EMILY: ANGELINA OTTO RECENTLY
LOST 27 POUNDS.
AND WHILE SHE FEELS GREAT, SHE’S
STILL BOTHERED BY THE APPEARANCE
OF HER JAWLINE.
>> I WAS LOSING WEIGHT, BUT I
WASN’T LOSING IT IN MY FACE.
IT’S KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN A
PROBLEM AREA FOR ME.
EMILY: SO WHEN HER BOSS, DR.
JOSEPH RUSSO, A NEWTON-BASED
PLASTIC SURGEON, STARTED
OFFERING A NEW TREATMENT FOR
THESE AREAS, SHE WAS INTRIGUED.
>> IT’S REALLY THE MOST
POWERFUL, NON-SURGICAL TOOL WE
HAVE.
EMILY: THESE FDA-APPROVED
DEVICES, THE BODYTITE, FACETITE
AND NOW ACCUTITE, USE RADIO
FREQUENCY TO TARGET FAT BOTH
INSIDE AND ON THE SKIN’S
SURFACE.
>> IT’S MORE LIKE INVISIBLE
ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
EMILY: WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY IS
NOT NEW, IT HAD DRAWBACKS.
>> I KNEW THE POWER OF RADIO
FREQUENCY, BUT I WAS FRUSTRATED
IN TERMS OF HOW LONG IT TOOK,
AND THE FACT THAT I COULDN’T GET
THE RESULTS I WANTED BECAUSE THE
PATIENTS WERE IN PAIN.
THIS PART GOES UNDERNEATH THE
SKIN.
EMILY: RUSSO SAYS THESE DEVICES
CHANGE THAT.
PATIENTS ARE SEDATED AND THE
TREATMENT AREA IS FILLED WITH A
NUMBING FLUID.
RUSSO INSERTS THE DEVICE THROUGH
A HOLE THE SIZE OF A NEEDLE TIP,
THEN SETS TWO TEMPERATURES,
LOWER ON THE SURFACE TO AVOID
LEARNING THE SKIN AND HOTTER
, INTERNALLY TO DAMAGE FAT
CELLS.
>> ONCE YOU GET UP TO 42 DEGREES
CENTIGRADE, WHICH IS PRETTY HOT,
YOUR SKIN CAN STILL TOLERATE
THAT BUT THE FAT CELLS CAN’T.
, YOUR BODY BREAKS THEM DOWN AND
YOU METABOLIZE THEM, AND YOU
EXCRETE THEM.
EMILY: AND THOSE FAT CELLS DON’T
COME BACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN
THIS WOMAN’S JAWLINE.
BEFORE TREATMENT ON THE LEFT,
AND AFTER ON THE RIGHT, AND ON
THE DELICATE SKIN AROUND THE
EYES IN THESE PHOTOS.
RUSSO SAYS THERE IS MINIMAL
DOWNTIME AND PATIENTS CAN MANAGE
ANY PAIN WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER
MEDICATIONS.
HE SAYS PATIENTS WILL SEE AN
IMMEDIATE RESULT, AND THOSE WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT THREE TO
MONTHS.
NINE THE TREATMENTS CAN COST
THOUSANDS OF DEPENDING ON THE
DOLLARS, AREA BEING TREATED.
THE SESSIONS CAN TAKE ANYWHERE
FROM 20 MINUTES THIS TREATMENT
