Lift, Tighten & Define — Without Surgery

HIFU delivers focused ultrasound energy at specific depths beneath the skin — from approximately 1.5mm closer to the surface down to 4.5mm in deeper tissue.

This creates controlled stimulation at selected depths, encouraging your body's natural collagen remodelling process and supporting firmer, more defined tissue over time. At its deeper settings, HIFU can target a tissue depth that is also addressed during surgical lifting procedures. However, HIFU is a non-surgical treatment and should not be expected to reproduce the results of surgery.

The depth, treatment area and energy used are selected according to your individual facial assessment rather than applying the same protocol to every patient.

For a full-face treatment, we typically use in the region of 600–700 lines of energy, depending on your individual treatment plan.

In our clinical experience, shortened protocols can sometimes under-deliver, particularly when a comprehensive lifting treatment is indicated. For this reason, we don't reduce a clinically appropriate treatment simply to make the session faster.

However, more energy isn't automatically better. The amount, depth and location of treatment should be determined by your facial anatomy, tissue condition and individual needs.

The goal is not maximum HIFU. The goal is the right HIFU, in the right tissue, at the right depth.

A previous HIFU treatment that produced little or no noticeable improvement doesn't necessarily mean HIFU cannot work for you.

The same procedure can produce very different outcomes depending on facial anatomy, tissue condition, facial volume, treatment depth, energy and the protocol previously used.

Rather than simply repeating your previous treatment, we assess your face again and consider what may have limited the previous result. In some cases, a different treatment approach may be appropriate. And sometimes, after assessment, we may conclude that another HIFU treatment isn't what your face needs.

HIFU isn't designed to produce an instant transformation. Results develop gradually as your tissue responds and collagen remodelling takes place.

Your results and how long they last can be influenced by factors including age, tissue condition, hormonal factors and previous treatment history. Individual results cannot be guaranteed.

No — and we think that's important to say.

HIFU tends to be particularly suitable for people experiencing early to moderate tissue laxity, loss of jawline definition and early jowling, especially where the tissue still has a good capacity to respond.

However, significant excess skin, certain patterns of facial volume loss or anatomical changes that would normally require surgery cannot simply be corrected by applying more ultrasound energy. If we don't think HIFU is the right treatment for you, we'll tell you before you book it.

Because every face is different.

Before treatment, we consider factors including tissue condition and thickness, facial volume, the pattern of laxity, your anatomy, previous aesthetic treatments and how your tissue responds. These factors help determine where to treat, which depths to use, how much energy is appropriate and where treatment may need to be avoided.

Your treatment plan may also be adjusted during the procedure according to how your tissue responds. You aren't buying a standard number of ultrasound lines. You're receiving a treatment plan built around your face.