This Radiofrequency Treatment Tightened My Jawline and Lifted My Face

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Looking at the calendar ahead I’m having one of the busiest summers of my life. I’m traveling nearly every weekend, have two weddings (one of which is in Italy), plus I typically attend post-work press events nearly every day. So, yes, I have plenty of reasons to want to look my absolute best.

I have a solid skin-care routine that includes daily sunscreen application, and I get regular neurotoxin injectables to prevent wrinkles. Still, I feel like I constantly look tired and I’m noticing a bit of laxity around my jaw. So when I had the opportunity to try DENSITY, a noninvasive, a radiofrequency (RF) skin-tightening treatment, I immediately booked an appointment with Dr. Saami Khalifian, a double board-certified dermatologist based in Encinitas, California.

Dr. Saami Khalifian and Katie Berohn

I was particularly interested in DENSITY because, unlike other radiofrequency treatments, this one uses dual-RF technology: monopolar RF, which is able to penetrate deep into the skin for long-term lifting, and bipolar RF, which works on the outer layers for smoother and tighter skin.

At my appointment, Dr. Khalifian asked me about my skin goals. Then, based on my concerns, he focused the treatment around my eyes and jawline. “It will give you gradual tightening over the course of one to three months,” he said. “You will see some immediate and subtle results, but then it will just keep getting better over time.”

The treatment itself was quick and easy—it took just over 30 minutes, and I felt a moderate warmth on the areas being treated, but nothing I couldn’t handle. I only experienced a slight amount of discomfort along my hairline, which had recently gotten a bit too much sun.

Before DENSITY

After DENSITY

Once he’d finished half of my face, Dr. Khalifian passed me a mirror so I could see the immediate results. I’m not going to lie: Usually, when dermatologists tell me to look in a mirror, I rarely notice much of a change, but this time, the results were so pronounced, I was legitimately impressed. On the side that had been treated, my cheekbones and jawline looked sculpted, and my eyebrow was noticeably higher than the other one. The hollow under my right eye even looked less deep, and everything appeared more lifted. After my whole face was treated, my skin looked taut and my eyebrows looked raised. My jawline looked like it had a sharper line.

Now, almost a month out from treatment, I can see an even bigger difference. In general, my face looks tightened, and my skin also appears more even and radiant—so much so that I’ve been wearing less makeup than I normally do. People in my life have noticed, asking me for my skin-care routine. As I head into summer, I feel a lot more confident and ready to my face my social schedule.