Renuvion Skin Tightening in Salt Lake City

Ideal patients for Renuvion are looking to tighten sagging skin. The procedure can be combined with liposuction (fat removal) or other procedures. But it can also be used on its own to improve modest amounts of loose skin.

Patients must be in good health without serious medical conditions. It’s wise to be at or near a healthy weight.

No, you can get Renuvion alone. This is commonly done when a patient only has a small to modest amount of loose skin they would like to tighten.

If you don’t have a lot of excess fat in the area, liposuction (which is the most common procedure to use alongside Renuvion) may not be necessary.

While Renuvion cannot achieve the skin removal improvements that a procedure like abdominoplasty surgery or a breast lift can, it can effectively tighten the skin significantly on many patients. As always, individual results will vary from patient to patient.

Ultimately, your outcome will depend on the extent of loose skin you currently have, your age and skin elasticity, and other factors such as how much excess fat you have and whether you plan to have liposuction performed as well.

The most common places on the body for Renuvion to be used include the abdomen, flanks, back, upper arms, neck, and thighs. But, really, anywhere where you have loose excess skin, Renuvion can typically be used.

Renuvion is a single treatment. Results may be seen in as little as days or weeks and will continue to improve through the healing process.

Recovery time varies, but if performed by itself without liposuction, most patients are back to their normal routines within a few days to a week.

1. Burning

Very few Renuvion procedures have resulted in burning; however, potential burns have been listed as an unintended risk by the Renuvion manufacturer. Moreover, the FDA has released some warnings mentioning the risk of burns and other adverse events.

It’s important to note again that these incidents are extremely rare. In addition, one of the most important things to do when undergoing Renuvion is to find a board certified plastic surgeon who is highly skilled and experienced with Renuvion skin contraction and tightening.

Doing this one thing can reduce your risks by a huge margin.

2. Significant Bleeding

Everyone’s neck area is very vascular, which means there are some large blood vessels there, and this may lead to bleeding after surgery. The truth is, all surgeries come with the risk of bleeding post-surgery. This can be especially true when more aggressive lipo is being performed.

Skilled plastic surgeons will often use a numbing medicine to shrink and contract the larger blood vessels in the neck area prior to performing Renuvion.

3. Trapped Gas Beneath the Skin

During and after the Renuvion process, we want the air or gas accumulation beneath the skin to have a place to escape. We do not want trapped gas beneath the skin after the procedure.

To help with this, our skilled plastic surgeons often do a slight bit of liposuction prior to performing Renuvion (and sometimes after as well).

The in and out movements of the liposuction cannula creates channels where the gas can escape, and this can drastically lower the risk of gas accumulation.