What Can Radio-Frequency Do? Benefits, Drawbacks, and the Right Frequency of Sessions

Beauty machines come under many names, with varied benefits and mechanisms. Among them, do you know the treatment called “radio-frequency”? This article introduces the advantages and drawbacks of radio-frequency treatment. Use it as a reference when considering treatment.

What Is Radio-Frequency?

Radio waves are electromagnetic waves with frequencies of 30–300 MHz. Their wavelengths span a wide range, from one meter to a hundred kilometers, and while the frequencies vary widely too, they do not harm the body. Rather than the cell-destroying mechanism common to beauty machines, radio-frequency achieves its effects by warming.

What Benefits Can You Expect from Radio-Frequency?

What exactly does warming with radio waves accomplish?
The mechanism is this: the electromagnetic waves vibrate the water and molecules in the body, generating heat. As heat is generated, body temperature rises, blood and lymph flow are promoted, and metabolism climbs.
Here are three concrete benefits.

Promoting Fat Burning

Radio-frequency reaches deep into the body and can be expected to promote the breakdown and burning of hardened fat. Hardened fat is the cause of cellulite. With heat, fat breaks down and becomes easier to burn — so improvement in cellulite can also be expected. It also promotes blood and lymph flow, so the broken-down fat flows out more readily and expulsion efficiency improves.
Promote fat breakdown and burning with radio-frequency, then add exercise, and expulsion efficiency rises further — real improvement in cellulite and excess flesh can be expected.

Improving Puffiness

Radio-frequency’s promotion of blood and lymph flow can also be expected to improve puffiness. Puffiness arises when poor circulation causes blood that should flow onward to stagnate, continuously pressing on the vessels. To lower the pressure inside, fluid seeps out of the vessels. If that fluid drained through the lymph vessels there would be no problem — but when lymph flow is poor too and the fluid stays put, it appears as puffiness.
As blood and lymph flow are promoted, this excess fluid is expelled, leading to improvement in puffiness.

Raising Metabolism

Basal metabolism is key to successful dieting. It is the energy consumed unconsciously, and a crucial element in burning fat. When metabolism is low, energy consumption is low. When it is high, burning efficiency rises — a great boon to any diet.
As radio-frequency heat raises body temperature, metabolic efficiency climbs too. A one-degree rise in body temperature is said to raise basal metabolism by roughly 12–13%. If your normal temperature is in the 35°C range, simply reaching the 36°C range means your metabolism has risen. And higher metabolism brings the added advantage of being harder to gain weight.

Why Do Some Say “Radio-Frequency Doesn’t Work”?

With radio-frequency — as with every beauty treatment — the effects people feel vary from person to person. Some are constitutionally less responsive; others need more time before results appear; everyone is different.
Since many people genuinely do feel the effects, the “it doesn’t work” opinions can be put down to individual variation.

Does Radio-Frequency Have Drawbacks?

Radio-frequency promises slimming benefits — but does it have drawbacks?
Whatever treatment you consider, it is important to weigh not only the merits but the drawbacks too.
Here are three points that could be considered drawbacks of radio-frequency.

You May Feel Heat

Radio waves themselves do not impart heat. Radio-frequency treatment uses a mechanism in which high frequencies generate heat.
The heat generated by these high frequencies can produce a sensation of warmth — not a scalding heat, but a pleasant one.

No Bathing Right After Treatment

Right after a radio-frequency session, your body temperature can be markedly elevated. Bathing in that state risks dizziness and drops in blood pressure.
However much you want to compound the effects, you could invite ill health instead — so wait until your temperature returns to normal before bathing.

Not Available During Pregnancy

Electromagnetic waves are generally part of daily life and are said to have no effect on a fetus. Machine-based beauty treatments, however — and not only machines — can place a heavy burden on a pregnant body.
Hand massage without machines can offer relaxation and make a pleasant refresher.
If you want esthetics during pregnancy, all-hands treatment is the way to go. Avoid aroma-based esthetics, as some oils have uterine-contracting effects.

For what happens if you overdo radio-frequency, see this article.

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Radio-Frequency Is Recommended for People Like This!

Radio-frequency is a low-risk treatment method that does not harm the body. It generates heat within the body, and through the processes that heat promotes, a variety of benefits can be expected.
So which concerns does it help? Here are four.

Those Who Want to Improve Sagging Skin

Radio-frequency is popular because it promises not only slimming but aging-care benefits as well.
Used on the face, it promotes the production of collagen — essential to beauty — and improvements in wrinkles and sagging, plus a smaller-face effect, can be expected. It is also recommended for tightening skin left loose by dieting.

Those Aiming for a Smaller Face

By promoting collagen production, the skin gains firmness and lifts. As a result, a cleaner facial line and a smaller-face effect can be expected.

Those Who Want Better Circulation

When the body is warmed, blood vessels dilate and circulation improves. With better circulation, more energy is consumed to keep the blood moving, so body temperature naturally rises. The higher temperature in turn keeps the vessels dilated — and so circulation keeps improving.

Those Who Want to Erase Cellulite

Cellulite is a mass of fat and waste that shows as bumps on the skin’s surface. Breaking it down from outside the skin takes strong force, and hand care has its limits.
Approaching from inside the skin with radio-frequency breaks down the fat and loosens its bond with the waste. No longer a mass, the fat and waste can be cleared — removing the bumpy cellulite that showed on the surface.
If you want to erase stubborn cellulite, why not break the fat down with radio-frequency?

What Happens If You Overdo Radio-Frequency? What Is the Right Frequency?

The optimal pace for radio-frequency is ten sessions over three months — roughly three per month.
Even one session can be effective, but treating at the right intervals sustains the effects long-term and leads to further gains in metabolism and relief from coldness.
Beware, though: overly frequent sessions risk triggering a metal allergy. Side effects are generally said to be few, but excessive treatment can provoke itching, redness, or inflammation where the machine meets the skin, as a metal allergy. And those who already have a metal allergy may develop symptoms even at proper intervals and frequencies. Set your treatment pace with your skin’s condition and health in mind, at the frequency that suits you.

Curious About Radio-Frequency? Consult KADOMORI!

Radio-frequency is a treatment method with little risk to the body and promising slimming benefits. Machine-based esthetics act from within the body, so greater effects can be expected than from hand esthetics alone. For those worried about what machine treatments do to the body, radio-frequency is the recommendation. It also suits anyone who wants to raise their basal metabolism and make their diet more efficient.
Why not try a treatment that works from the inside out — good for beauty and health alike? If radio-frequency interests you, please consult KADOMORI.