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This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Disclosures

Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
No

Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Objectives: The goal of the work is to highlight how the remodeling of the lower third of the face with this equipment allows us to restore the mandibular profile and the cutaneous ptosis of the neck, obtaining a good skin retraction.

Introduction: By RF remodeling we mean the manipulation of the subcutaneous adipose tissue of the neck through a probe that emits a bipolar radiofrequency from a handpiece that has two electrodes, one external skin and one internal that is inserted in the subcutaneous and which are the two poles through which the radiofrequency heats the tissue for the entire thickness crossed by the handpiece.

Materials / method: We have treated in one year, 46 patients of which 38 were females and 8 were males
The surgery was performed on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia for almost all cases except for three cases in which the method was associated with other interventions and therefore carried out under general anesthesia.
Inclusion criteria: Treated patients were aged between 25 and 68 years.
Exclusion criteria: excessive skin laxity, recent significant weight loss.
The treatment took place in an operating session except for one case that required retouching after 6 months.
Control and clinical feedback

Results: The results brought evidence of improvement in almost all patients who appreciated the restoration of skin tone in the neck and the improvement of the mandibular profile without significant complications.

Conclusion: Treatment with the use of RF had an extremely positive response from 95% of treated patients and satisfactory in 5%.
The reported complications were minor and transient: edema of the treated areas for about 15-20 days, hematoma in about 10% of cases, modest dysarthria in two patients for 48 h probably due to local anesthesia and transient neuropraxia in 5%.

Disclosures

Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
No

Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

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