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Non-ablative Radiofrequency for Facial Rejuvenation

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Over the last decades, non- or minimally invasive skin rejuvenation techniques have shown continuous and growing demand. Although surgical procedures are the “gold standard” for facial and body skin sagging treatment, many patients choose procedures with lower downtime, even if it means more subtle results, because they don’t want to be away from their work and social activities. In order to fulfill this need, a range of non-ablative devices was introduced, such as lasers, devices using light sources – as intense pulsed light (IPL) – and radiofrequency. This chapters discuss radiofrequency, an extremely valuable therapeutic for rejuvenation, as it allows patients to keep realizing their activities and also provides “natural” results.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Célia Luiza Petersen Vitello Kalil

  2. Brazilian Society of Dermatology, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Célia Luiza Petersen Vitello Kalil, Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr & Celso Alberto Reis Esteves Jr.

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  1. Department of Clinical Medicine – Dermatology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Maria Claudia Almeida Issa

  2. Clínicas Hospital of São Paulo of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Petersen Vitello Kalil, C.L., Prieto Herman Reinehr, C., Esteves, C.A.R. (2018). Non-ablative Radiofrequency for Facial Rejuvenation. In: Issa, M., Tamura, B. (eds) Lasers, Lights and Other Technologies. Clinical Approaches and Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16799-2_27

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