Potenza Treatment: A Comprehensive Solution to All Skin Concerns

Signs of aging can manifest in various ways, including dull skin, acne, melasma, dark spots, wrinkles, and sagging. These signs are often due to the loss of collagen and elastin. One beauty innovation can rejuvenate such conditions.

The Potenza Laser Treatment Program is an innovation that addresses all these skin concerns. This article will guide you through skin lifting and rejuvenation with Potenza and answer your questions so you can decide whether to opt for this treatment.

What is the Potenza Treatment?

Potenza uses a specialized laser device with 4-mode radiofrequency microneedling to provide comprehensive skincare solutions. Potenza microneedling offers skin tightening, collagen and elastin restoration, and also addresses acne and scars. This treatment results in youthful, firm, well-contoured skin with a balanced and radiant complexion.

How Does Potenza Work?

Potenza’s mechanism involves treating the skin with a special laser technology using microneedling as a conduit to deliver heat energy to the dermis, stimulating fibroblast activity for collagen and elastin rejuvenation. This supports the skin’s structure, making it firm, elastic, and smooth.

Potenza’s various treatment modes enhance its effectiveness:

• 1 Mhz frequency mode for upper skin layer rejuvenation and fine-line detailing.
• 2 Mhz frequency mode for skin lifting, rejuvenation, and wrinkle reduction.
• Monopolar Radio Frequency mode for deep skin layer rejuvenation and collagen production.
• Bipolar Radio Frequency mode for targeted and intense energy delivery, offering effective lifting.

Addressing Skin Concerns with Four Innovative Tips

A standout feature of Potenza is its treatment versatility, which uses four different tips. The tips are adjustable for up to 10 skin concerns. Each tip is designed for specific treatments:

Tiger Tip

A special Potenza applicator designed for stimulating repair and rejuvenation, with 16, 25, and 49 needle sizes and depth adjustments from 0.5 mm to 4.0 mm. It’s ideal for precise energy delivery using Monopolar and Bipolar modes based on skin concerns and the physician’s assessment.

Insulated Needles

Specific to Potenza, these applicators have 16, 25, and 40 needle sizes and are adjustable from 0.5 mm to 4.0 mm depths. Perfect for targeted Bipolar treatments, they focus energy in one spot, efficiently addressing acne scars, wrinkles, and skin laxity.

Single Insulated Needles

Effective for acne treatment, these single needles come in depths of 0.8, 1.2, and 1.5 mm. They’re used to target acne-causing bacteria and reduce inflammation, providing a solution for both congestive and inflammatory acne.

Fusion Tip

This tip type has 21 needles and adjustable depths of 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm. It features a dual-air system for product infusion and enhanced treatment effectiveness, stimulating collagen and elastin production while ensuring even, deep skin penetration.

Benefits of Potenza Treatment

• Suitable for all skin types.
• Comprehensively addresses rejuvenation, repair, and tightening.
• Visible, lasting results.
• Minimal downtime and non-invasive.
• It leaves no scars or scabs on the skin, making post-treatment care easy.
• FDA-approved for safety and effectiveness.

What Skin Issues is Potenza Treatment Ideal For?

Potenza is ideal for those targeting specific skin concerns, expecting healthy, firm, and elastic skin results, such as:

• Individuals with acne, both cystic and comedonal.
• Those with fine to deep wrinkles, crow’s feet, under-eye lines, forehead creases, and scars.
• People experiencing skin sagging and loss of firmness.
• Those with dull, uneven skin tone.
• Individuals with stretch marks on different body areas.

Which Areas Can Potenza Treat?

• Face: Boosts collagen and enhances firmness and elasticity, offering overall skin improvement.
• Forehead and temples: Smooths skin, reducing fine lines and forehead creases.
• Eye area: Addresses wrinkles and lifts brows and eyelids.
• Cheeks and nasolabial folds: Lifts cheeks, defines facial contours, improves skin texture and brightness.
• Back of hands: Reduces wrinkles, improving firmness and smoothness.
• Abdomen: Tightens abdominal skin, addressing post-pregnancy or weight loss-related laxity and stretch marks.

How Often Should Potenza Treatments Be Done?

The recommended interval for Potenza treatments is every 4 – 6 weeks, with results lasting 6 – 12 months, varying based on individual skin conditions and issues. The physician will provide a detailed assessment and treatment plan to ensure tailored and effective results.

Does Potenza Treatment Hurt?

As Potenza is a laser treatment combined with microneedling technology, we offer the option for topical anesthesia to enhance comfort. Some may feel mild warmth or tingling, but the procedure is designed to minimize pain, leaving no scabs or scars.

Preparation Before Potenza Treatment

Consult a physician to discuss your skin issues, medical history, medications, supplements, skincare products, and treatment expectations. Avoid certain medications, especially anti-inflammatories and aspirin. Abstain from alcohol and smoking for at least one week before treatment. On the day of treatment, arrive with a clean face, free of makeup.

Post-Treatment Results of Potenza

The treatment should result in diminished wrinkles and fine lines, a tighter, more lifted skin appearance, and a more contoured face with reduced sagging. Results also include smoother, brighter skin with reduced pore size and hyperpigmentation. For acne patients, the treatment results include reduced acne and inflammation, faded acne scars, and shallower acne indentations.

Post-Treatment Care and Restrictions

• Cleanse gently with water or a saline solution.
• Use gentle, non-irritating skincare products, focusing on hydration in the first 12 – 24 hours.
• Avoid exfoliating or scrubbing the treated area to prevent irritation.
• Avoid direct sun exposure and apply sunscreen regularly.
• Refrain from alcohol consumption post-treatment to prevent dehydration.
• Avoid strenuous activities that cause sweating for 24 hours post-treatment.
• Follow the prescribed aftercare regimen and attend follow-up appointments as advised.

Side Effects

Potenza’s use of fine needles and heat energy can cause common side effects like redness, needle marks, and swelling, which typically subside within 7 – 14 days after the treatment.

The Differences Between Potenza, Ulthera, and Sofwave Treatments

While all three programs utilize devices powered by radiofrequency technology, their operational principles are distinct. Potenza improves skin quality, addresses acne issues and offers lifting and firming benefits. It uniquely infuses medication or vitamins into the skin during treatment without the need for treatments using other devices.

Choosing the Right Clinic for Potenza Treatments

When opting for Potenza, selecting a clinic that has legitimately imported the device and is certified by the US and Thai FDAs is crucial. The clinic should have a team of physicians who are experienced in using the Potenza device to ensure safe and satisfactory results.

As the first clinic in Thailand to utilize the Potenza device, Privato Clinic has a wealth of experience providing this cutting-edge laser skin treatment. Our clinic’s reputation is recognized by the Potenza Asia Award for 2022 – 2023 for the most extensive use of Potenza Tips and for administering the highest number of treatments in the country.

Get comprehensive skincare treatments at Privato Clinic, a leading beauty clinic in Bangkok. Our team of dermatologists has specialized expertise and over 10 years of experience. We provide consultations and tailor treatments to meet the needs of our clients and address their concerns.

If you’d like to learn more about how our services can treat your skin concerns or how much our Potenza treatment is, contact Privato Clinic. Or, visit any of our three branches in Bangkok for a consultation to get information about a personalized treatment plan and the Potenza treatment procedure and cost.