After liposuction or weight loss, the skin often looks soft and loose without much of it hanging over. Renuvion® tightens the tissue from within – with helium plasma and radiofrequency, through a few small access points instead of long incisions.
20–60minutes of actual treatment time, depending on the area
Outpatientor one night, especially with liposuction
4–6weeks of compression if liposuction is also performed
2–10days until you return to everyday life
4–6weeks until sport, once your doctor approves
Typical figures from the clinics. Your personal plan is discussed at the preliminary consultation.
The starting point
Loose is not the same as too much.
When fat is removed by liposuction or you lose a significant amount of weight, the skin has to adapt to a smaller volume. If it is less elastic – due to age, predisposition, pregnancies or rapid weight loss – it can then look soft, crepey or empty.
There are two different situations: the skin is loose but does not hang down in folds. Or there is simply too much skin, for example as an apron of skin on the abdomen or as clearly sagging skin on the upper arms.
Renuvion® is intended for the first situation: mild to moderate laxity, often following liposuction. The procedure does not remove excess skin – that requires tightening surgery such as a tummy tuck or an arm and thigh lift.
The treatment
What Renuvion can achieve.
From within
Helium plasma and radiofrequency energy are delivered beneath the skin via a fine probe. The controlled heat causes the connective tissue to contract and stimulates new collagen.
Without long incisions
The treatment is carried out through a few small punctures. After liposuction, the probe uses the same access points – no additional scars are created.
Versatile
The abdomen, flanks, back, upper arms, thighs, knees, the area under the chin and the neck are among the areas that can be treated.
Whether Renuvion is enough or tightening surgery is the better option depends on the findings – not on the wish for a smaller procedure.
Preliminary consultation
A specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery assesses the quality and amount of skin and the size of the area, and clarifies whether Renuvion alone, Renuvion with liposuction or tightening surgery makes sense.
Anaesthesia
Smaller areas can be treated under local anaesthesia. If fat is removed at the same time or several areas are planned, twilight sedation or general anaesthesia is usually the more comfortable solution.
Treatment
The probe, around four millimetres thin, is guided under the skin and releases energy there in a targeted way. On its own, this takes about 20 minutes to an hour, depending on the area.
Afterwards
Depending on the extent, you go home the same day or after one night. If liposuction was performed, a compression garment is worn for four to six weeks.
Recovery
Swelling, a feeling of pressure and bruising are normal in the first few days; many people describe it as similar to muscle soreness. Sport is usually possible after four to six weeks, once your doctor approves.
Result
The skin may soon feel firmer. The actual result develops with the new collagen: first changes after about six weeks, the final picture after around six months.
Self-pay treatment
What the treatment costs.
Together with liposuction
An add-on in the same procedure.
If Renuvion is used directly after liposuction, the costs of the additional treatment are added; anaesthesia and the stay are only charged once. How much it comes to depends on the number and size of the areas.
As a treatment on its own
A quote after the preliminary consultation.
Without liposuction, the price depends on the number and size of the areas and on the anaesthesia. You will receive a quote after the preliminary consultation.
Renuvion is an aesthetic treatment; German statutory health insurance generally does not cover it. Several clinics offer financing in instalments.
Specialists
Your doctors at a glance.
Renuvion is applied by specialists, most of them in plastic and aesthetic surgery. Under each name you will find the location where they carry out the treatment.
Dr. med. Katharina Dette-OltmannSpecialist in Plastic and Aesthetic SurgeryHamburg
Dr. med. Frank GrunerSpecialist in Plastic and Aesthetic SurgeryWaalre
Dr. med. Stephan KlarnerSpecialist in Plastic and Aesthetic SurgeryHamburg
Dr. med. Martin KochSpecialist in SurgeryHamburg
Dr. med. Martin ReifenrathSpecialist in Plastic and Aesthetic SurgeryWertheim
Dr. med. Maria SimidjiiskaSpecialist in Plastic and Aesthetic SurgeryDortmund
Locations
Where treatment takes place.
Each clinic shows on its own website how the treatment works there.
Germany
Hamburg
Renuvion is one of the areas of focus on Rothenbaumchaussee; appointments here are arranged via a consultation request.
For mild to moderate skin laxity, for example on the abdomen, arms, thighs or neck – especially if fat is removed at the same time and the skin is meant to settle well afterwards. Your weight should be as stable as possible.
When is tightening surgery the better choice?
When a lot of skin is clearly hanging over, such as an apron of skin on the abdomen or heavily sagging skin on the upper arms. Renuvion tightens tissue but does not remove skin. For very large areas or very pronounced laxity, surgery is therefore usually unavoidable.
Will there be scars?
There are no long scars like those left by tightening surgery. The small puncture sites do need to heal, however, and are visible at first; how inconspicuous they become depends on your skin and aftercare.
How quickly does a result show?
Immediately afterwards, the skin often already feels firmer, while the swelling masks a lot. Because the body forms new collagen, the result develops over months: first changes after about six weeks, the final picture after around six months. How pronounced it is varies from person to person.
What are the risks?
Swelling, bruising, temporary pain and altered sensation are possible. Rarely, infection, wound-healing problems, uneven tightening or small dents occur. Because the treatment works with heat in the tissue, there is also a risk of thermal injury; careful planning and experience reduce these risks.
How well has the procedure been studied?
Renuvion is a comparatively new procedure. In 2022, the US regulator, the FDA, issued a safety communication pointing to serious complications with certain aesthetic uses; clearances for clearly defined applications followed later. That makes the right indication, experience and patient information that is also clear about the limits all the more important.
Can Renuvion be combined with liposuction?
Yes, that is its most common use. Directly after liposuction, the probe is inserted through the same access points, so that both are done in one session.
Will health insurance pay?
As a rule, no, because it is an aesthetic treatment. The clinics offer Renuvion as a self-pay treatment.
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