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Sofwave

About this product

Sofwave is an FDA-cleared ultrasound device that delivers energy to the dermis to stimulate collagen production, designed to lift and tighten skin on the face and body.

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Mature skin

The Guru Index verdict

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What the gurus are saying

Gurus are unanimously enthusiastic about Sofwave, praising its ability to produce visible lifting and tightening within three months with minimal downtime and low pain compared to other ultrasound devices. The recurring strengths are its precision, suitability for all skin tones and body areas, and gentle heat sensation that feels warm rather than painful. Results are consistent enough that patients typically return once or twice yearly. The main caveat is patience: noticeable improvement takes about three months to appear.
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"Sofwave makes little injuries and recreates your collagen, so it's kind of like your collagen buildup for the year. We recommend doing it once or twice a year. It really pulls up that skin because it tightens that skin. It really helps with eyebrow lifts because it builds up the collagen in the bony areas where we tend to lose collagen, and then also with fine lines. That's why I absolutely love Sofwave. I had it done once and I need to do another one but I'm excited to experience it. You do feel a little bit of the heat, but it gets a little hot. We numb because this one's less painful than other ultrasound devices. Sofwave has really changed their technology and they're keeping up with the times and constantly studying collagen, so it produces collagen one and three."
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Is Sofwave a Non-Surgical Facelift? All About This Skin Tightening Treatment
"Sofwave makes little injuries and recreates your collagen, so it's kind of like your collagen buildup for the year. We recommend doing it once or twice a year. It really pulls up that skin because it tightens that skin. It really helps with eyebrow lifts because it builds up the collagen in the bony areas where we tend to lose collagen, and then also with fine lines. That's why I absolutely love Sofwave. I had it done once and I need to do another one but I'm excited to experience it. You do feel a little bit of the heat, but it gets a little hot. We numb because this one's less painful than other ultrasound devices. Sofwave has really changed their technology and they're keeping up with the times and constantly studying collagen, so it produces collagen one and three."
Is Sofwave a Non-Surgical Facelift? All About This Skin Tightening Treatment
"Sofwave is less painful than other ultrasound devices. It's like the Rolls-Royce of alternatives because it has really changed their technology and they're constantly studying collagen so it produces collagen one and three. The handle is really targeted exactly where you need it, and it's incredible for the neck to really lift up. Patients come every year for it. It takes three months to see results, but in three months you're going to start noticing that skin tightening. You don't necessarily need that collagen buildup more than once or twice a year."
Is Sofwave a Non-Surgical Facelift? All About This Skin Tightening Treatment
"Sofwave has really changed their technology and they're constantly studying collagen so it produces collagen one and three. This is the handle we use, we use a pedal and it's really targeted exactly where you need it, on the neck to really lift it up. Patients come every year for it. It takes 3 months to see results, so in three months you're going to start noticing that skin tightening and you're going to be like can I come back again tomorrow. You don't necessarily need that collagen buildup more than once or twice a year. That's why I love it, it really gives you a big bang for your buck. As for pain, it depends on the person. It's like if you put your hand on a stove for a second you realize you're like oh that's hot, that's it, that's what you'll feel and then we move on and it cools."
Is Sofwave a Non-Surgical Facelift? All About This Skin Tightening Treatment
"So Sofwave actually bypasses the epidermis, so with any type of skin type or if you have any type of hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation, you can definitely get Sofwave because it goes down to the dermis, so it's amazing. It's collagen build up for everybody. Post care is just obviously wear sunblock, you should be wearing sunblock all the time, especially here in Miami, but really just a cleanser, staying hydrated, and sunblock. Since it goes down to the dermis, the epidermis you don't really need to do a lot to essentially take care of that area. I would stay away from hot yoga or anything like that because heat can kind of slow things down."
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"Sofwave is basically lifting the skin and the way it delivers energy is through ultrasound. What's unique about it is that it only goes 1.5 mm up where the dermis is, where collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid is. So you would be lifted, you will look dewy like a baby, you'll be moist, and you won't have that crepy paper skin. This can be done on every part of the body, any part of the body which is skin. It can be done on winter, spring, summer, fall. Type one to type six skin, any tone of skin. It bypasses the epidermal layer, it doesn't irritate the melanin. It bypasses that which means there's no ablation, no needles. It's not like Morpheus 8, so you're not going to have the downtime."
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Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"Sofwave is basically lifting the skin and the way it delivers energy is through ultrasound. What's unique about it is that it only goes 1.5 mm up where the dermis is, where collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid is. So you would be lifted, you will look dewy like a baby, you'll be moist, and you won't have that crepy paper skin. This can be done on every part of the body, any part of the body which is skin. It can be done on winter, spring, summer, fall. Type one to type six skin, any tone of skin. It bypasses the epidermal layer, it doesn't irritate the melanin. It bypasses that which means there's no ablation, no needles. It's not like Morpheus 8, so you're not going to have the downtime."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"Softwave is basically lifting the skin and the way it delivers energy is through ultrasound. What's unique about it is that it only goes 1.5 mm up where the dermis is, where collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid is. So you would be lifted, you will look dewy like a baby, you'll be moist, and you know you won't have that crepy paper skin. This can be done on every part of the body, any part of the body which is skin. It can be done on winter, spring, summer, fall. Type one to type six skin, any tone of skin. It bypasses the epidermal layer, it doesn't irritate the melanin. The epidermis is that top layer of skin, it bypasses that, which means there's no ablation, no needles. You're not going to have the downtime. You might be a little bit pink, but I would say minimal downtime, but most of my patients have no downtime at all."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"Sofwave is the only thing what I've realized is FDA cleared to actually lift the skin not just tighten. Sofwave has really become very popular, it has a very high satisfaction profile, a very low, if any, complication profile. The effects of what you're doing are invisible but sometimes dramatic improvement."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"Sofwave is the only thing what I've realized is FDA cleared to actually lift the skin not just tighten. Sofwave has really become very popular, it has a very high satisfaction profile, a very low if any complication profile. The effects of what you're doing are invisible but sometimes dramatic improvement."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"I'm excited to try this new technology of ultrasound. Sofwave doesn't go as deep, it's very precise, it tightens, it's more gentle, it doesn't hurt as much. This is not very painful at all and it also does tighten. I'm a fan of energy treatments, I think they're better and better than ones that are coming out. It works really well."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"Sofwave doesn't go as deep, it's very precise, it tightens, it's more gentle, it doesn't hurt as much. This is not very painful at all and it also does tighten. I'm a fan of energy treatments, I think they're better and better than ones that are coming out. It works really well."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"It's not painful at all and it also does tighten. I'm a fan of energy treatments. I think they're better and better than ones that are coming out. It works really well."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"It feels tighter. You can totally see it. This is the side I sleep on, my normally worst side, and you can already see that this side is more lifted. You can see that this nasal labial fold is a lot less intense on this side and the whole side even where the jawline is, see how I have a break in the jaw here and this one goes more smooth, that whole side looks lifted. I can feel a tightness on this side that I don't feel on the other."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"You can already see that this nasal labial fold is a lot less intense on this side and the whole side even where the jawline is, see how I have a break in the jaw here and this one goes more smooth. That whole side looks lifted. This is magic. The total energy is very very precise. You can see a tightness on this side that I don't feel on the other. It's 60 to 70 degrees Celsius that passes through the epidermis into the dermis that actually creates the collagen and elastin. It feels warm to me, tight, which I love. I actually love it."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"It feels good, I can literally feel it snatching. I can feel my jawline snatching as I'm doing this. It makes me so happy. When people don't numb, it's been very comfortable. The pain is different for everybody. Some people don't put numbing cream on, and you don't need it, especially when you know what to expect. You feel a pinch in some areas, but there's no needles, there's no bleeding, there's no ablation, there's no burn."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"It feels tight, it definitely feels tighter. You can totally see it. This is the side I sleep on and this is normally my worst side and you can already see that this side is more lifted. You can already see the nasal labial fold is a lot less intense on this side and the whole side even where the jawline is, see how I have a break in the jaw here and this one goes more smooth, that whole side looks lifted. This is magic."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"Sofwave is new technology that uses ultrasound to actually lift the skin and it's FDA cleared not just to tighten the skin but it's the only in office device that is clinically proven to lift to actually give you a lift. It feels warm and tight, which I love. You can combine this with microneedling immediately following this treatment because microneedling doesn't use heat, so you're not compounding heat which could cause damage, and you're treating a different layer too."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"I love my Sofwave. It's honestly, I think, the number one treatment that I've found that reduces pores. It does everything, but especially around the crepiness of the eyes, it's really helped me. I've done some stuff, but I've never done anything to my eyes, and at almost 57 years old, this has been really helpful."
Have you seen the buzz? The Kardashians are raving about Sofwave! They're calling it their "new best
"Sofwave is ultrasound technology that is FDA cleared to actually lift the skin. It's not just tightening, it's lifting. This is great to do if you don't want to do any sort of downtime or you want some lifting of the skin that's nonsurgical. This is by far the best thing on the market right now. For those people on weight loss shots who are losing weight rapidly, run to get into a place like this to tighten the skin because you have a window of opportunity when you're losing weight that fast to get the skin to go along for the ride and shrink up right along with it."
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"Sofwave is FDA approved for brow lift, face lifting, and neck lifting. The reason why it's so safe is that it only targets down to 1.5 mm so you're really safe on that fat layer. It stimulates collagen in the skin layer so you'll see this natural plumping effect which is similar to what you can get with very subtle fillers, and you also get a nice tightening effect too. It uses ultrasound, a very specific type of ultrasound that uses something called parallel beam technology, basically meaning that the energy is released parallel almost like in a circle, so normally traditional devices go perpendicular and the energy can get spread from 1 mm to 2 mm and it loses its effect."
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