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Is Volnewmer Painful? An Explanation of Pain and Downtime

ボルニューマは痛くない?痛みやダウンタイムについて解説

Are you concerned about sagging skin, a double chin, or wrinkles? Do you want to tighten your facial contours and achieve a more youthful appearance? Volnewmer is a treatment that has been attracting attention among people with these concerns.

Volnewmer is a treatment device that promotes effects by delivering radiofrequency (RF energy), but before undergoing treatment, you may be concerned about pain and downtime.

Here, we explain the pain and downtime associated with Volnewmer in detail, along with its effects and features.

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Who Is Volnewmer Recommended For?

Volnewmer is recommended for people concerned about the following symptoms.

  • Wanting to improve sagging and looseness without reducing fat
  • Wanting to tighten a double chin and achieve a lifting effect
  • Wanting to make fine lines around the eyes and nasolabial folds less noticeable
  • Concerned about fullness around the corners of the mouth
  • Wanting to improve skin firmness and radiance for a more youthful complexion
  • Not wanting to undergo a painful treatment, even if it is effective
  • Wanting to receive a treatment with little downtime or few side effects
  • Wanting to go about daily life without others knowing about the treatment

What Is Volnewmer?

Volnewmer is an aesthetic treatment device developed by CLASSYS, a South Korean company. It delivers radiofrequency (RF energy) to generate heat in the dermal and fat layers (subcutaneous tissue), promoting various effects such as skin tightening and collagen production.

The heat generated by radiofrequency is caused by friction between molecules when the molecules in the treated area vibrate at extremely high speeds. In the past, treatments using heat generated by radiofrequency had the disadvantage of pain and downtime caused by heat-related damage. However, improvements to Volnewmer’s cooling and vibration systems and tips greatly reduce pain and damage to the skin’s epidermis, enabling more effective treatment.

A Treatment Expected to Improve Skin Sagging and Restore Firmness and Elasticity

Volnewmer uses heat from radiofrequency to tighten the skin and promote the production of collagen and elastin. Therefore, it is a treatment that may be expected to provide the following effects for the skin.

  • Improvement of the Facial Contours and Double Chin Through Lifting
  • Improvement of Nasolabial Folds, Eye-Area Wrinkles, and Fine Lines
  • Improvement of Enlarged Pores
  • Creating Skin with Firmness and Elasticity
  • A Skin-Tightening Effect Through Improved Skin Quality

There are several treatments that are effective for sagging skin, including HIFU and Thermagen. However, Volnewmer is recommended for people who want to improve sagging without changing the volume of the skin.

How Much Pain and Downtime Does Volnewmer Involve?

One of Volnewmer’s key features is that it involves little pain and almost no downtime.

Volnewmer incorporates various measures to reduce the pain and damage caused by heat generated by radiofrequency (RF energy). Therefore, despite delivering powerful treatment among devices that use a radiofrequency of 6.78MHz, it involves almost no pain or downtime.

As for pain, you may feel slight warmth rather than pain, and anesthesia is not necessary. Regarding downtime, slight redness or swelling may appear after treatment, but it subsides within a few hours. Makeup can also be applied before leaving the clinic after treatment, offering reassurance to people who do not want others to know about their procedure.

Downtime, Side Effects, and Risks of Volnewmer

Although Volnewmer involves little pain and downtime, these effects are not entirely absent.

Pain during Volnewmer treatment can be minimized by adjusting the radiofrequency output, cooling, and vibration. Downtime, side effects, and risks are limited and are temporary in most cases, but if you have any concerns or develop symptoms that worry you, please consult a physician without hesitation.

Redness, Heat Sensation (Warmth), and Pain

Redness, heat sensation (warmth), and pain are symptoms that may commonly occur as part of Volnewmer’s downtime.

Heat sensation (warmth) and pain occur because Volnewmer promotes its effects through heat generated by radiofrequency. Concentrated heat may cause pain, but this can be minimized through Volnewmer’s control mechanisms.

Redness may also appear, but it generally settles within a few hours.

Swelling and Puffiness

Symptoms such as swelling and puffiness may also occur.

These symptoms are also caused by the heat from Volnewmer. They gradually subside over several hours to about 1 day.

Burns and Nerve Damage

Burns and nerve damage are less likely to occur than the symptoms described above, but they are possible.

During Volnewmer treatment, the subcutaneous tissue is heated to approximately 40~60 degrees. Burns occur when heat becomes excessively concentrated. During Volnewmer treatment, care is taken to prevent excessive concentration of heat, but how heat is perceived varies from person to person. Therefore, we ask patients to tell us immediately if they feel that the treatment is too hot. Proceeding with treatment according to the patient’s sensations is important for reducing the risk of burns.

Although even rarer, nerve damage cannot be completely ruled out. If you experience any unusual sensation or movement in your face after treatment, please consult a physician.

Features of Volnewmer

Volnewmer is a treatment that promotes its effects through heat generated by radiofrequency (RF energy). It also incorporates various measures to reduce pain and damage caused by radiofrequency heat. Let us take a detailed look at each of Volnewmer’s features.

  • Tightening the Skin with Heat Generated by Radiofrequency
  • Activating Fibroblasts with Heat to Produce Collagen
  • Mechanisms to Reduce Heat-Related Skin Pain and Damage

Tightening the Skin with Heat Generated by Radiofrequency

Volnewmer delivers radiofrequency (RF energy) to effectively transfer heat to the dermal and fat layers (subcutaneous tissue) while minimizing damage to the epidermis and promoting its effects.

When heat reaches the dermal and fat layers (subcutaneous tissue), the collagen fibers in the dermal layer and the fibrous septa in the fat layer (subcutaneous tissue) contract due to the heat, producing a skin-tightening effect. Volnewmer does not destroy fat cells during this process.

Activating Fibroblasts with Heat to Produce Collagen

When the collagen fibers in the dermal layer contract due to heat, a skin-tightening effect occurs. At the same time, this stimulation activates fibroblasts, gradually promoting the production of collagen and elastin over a period of several months.

Collagen and elastin are essential components for skin firmness, radiance, and elasticity. Therefore, an increase in collagen and elastin may be expected not only to improve wrinkles and sagging but also to refine skin texture and create a more youthful complexion.

Mechanisms to Reduce Heat-Related Skin Pain and Damage

Volnewmer is a treatment that may be expected to tighten the skin and promote collagen production through heat generated by radiofrequency (RF energy). Although heat is essential for the treatment, when the skin is heated, the rising temperature may cause pain and damage to the epidermis before effects occur in the dermal and fat layers (subcutaneous tissue).

However, Volnewmer incorporates the following mechanisms to reduce pain and damage while promoting its effects.

Cooling the Treatment Area

Volnewmer uses a water-cooling mechanism to cool the treatment area.

This mechanism circulates water cooled to approximately 12~16 degrees inside the handpiece that comes into contact with the treatment area, helping protect the skin from heat-related pain and damage by keeping the epidermis continuously cool. Water cooling does not cool the epidermis excessively, so it does not interfere with the effects produced by heating the dermal and fat layers (subcutaneous tissue).

Unlike Volnewmer’s water-cooling system, some radiofrequency devices use gas cooling. With gas cooling, gas at approximately minus 20 degrees is sprayed for an instant during heating by the device. As a result, the temperature repeatedly rises continuously and then drops sharply, and this change in temperature has caused pain.

Alleviating Pain Through Vibration

Volnewmer also incorporates a mechanism that reduces pain by vibrating the tip of the handpiece that comes into contact with the treatment area. This is because stimulation through vibration helps prevent pain signals from being transmitted to the brain.

Controlling Heating with Moving Delivery

Volnewmer can deliver radiofrequency using two methods: stamping delivery and moving delivery.

Many devices that deliver radiofrequency use stamping delivery, in which treatment is performed by shifting the delivery point one shot at a time. Because stamping delivery causes a significant temperature increase with each shot, it was difficult to perform treatment at a high output.

However, Volnewmer can use moving delivery, in which the handpiece is moved across the skin as if gliding over it. This method covers a wider area with each shot and is characterized by a gradual rise in temperature.

By using these two delivery methods according to the treatment area, Volnewmer can maintain a high output while adjusting the temperature during treatment.

Benefits of Volnewmer

Among radiofrequency treatment devices, Volnewmer significantly reduces pain and downtime. This is one of Volnewmer’s benefits. Volnewmer also offers the following benefits.

  • Treatment with Reduced Pain and Downtime
  • Makeup is possible immediately after treatment, making the procedure less noticeable
  • Effective for a wide range of concerns, including sagging, wrinkles, firmness, and elasticity
  • Provides a strong tightening effect without reducing fat

Achieve Natural Beauty with Volnewmer, Which Involves Little Pain and Downtime

Volnewmer is a treatment that may be expected to tighten sagging skin and restore firmness and elasticity by delivering radiofrequency (RF energy), helping create a more youthful-looking complexion. Although powerful radiofrequency is delivered to promote these effects, pain and downtime are remarkably reduced. This is due to the cooling and vibration systems and moving delivery used in Volnewmer. These mechanisms make Volnewmer a treatment that offers significant effects while minimizing pain and downtime.

If you are interested in Volnewmer and would like to discuss the treatment, or if you are concerned about sagging that has increased with age and would like to improve it, please feel free to consult LIVELY CLINIC.

LIVELY CLINIC has physicians and nurses with extensive knowledge and experience in skin treatments. We listen carefully to each patient’s skin concerns and recommend the most suitable treatment from the available options.

Volnewmer Price list

Volnewmer

Both cheeks 200 shots
66,000 JPY
Both cheeks 200 shots 3-time course
50,000 JPY / session
Full face + under the chin 300 shots
88,000 JPY
Full face + under the chin 300 shots 3-time course
60,000 JPY / session
Full face + under the chin + neck 400 shots
110,000 JPY
Full face + under the chin + neck 400 shots 3-time course
80,000 JPY / session
100 additional shots
22,000 JPY

※Implementation Clinics: Hamamatsucho Clinic

Voltite (Volnewmer + Alltite)

Volnewmer (both cheeks) + Alltite (both cheeks)
96,000 JPY
Volnewmer (both cheeks) + Alltite (both cheeks) 3-session course
80,000 JPY / session

※Implementation Clinics: Hamamatsucho Clinic

VOLHIFU (Volnewmer+Medical HIFU)

Volnewmer (Entire Face + Under the Chin) + Medical HIFU (Both Cheeks)
109,000 JPY
Volnewmer (Entire Face + Under the Chin) + Medical HIFU (Both Cheeks) 3-session course
80,000 JPY / session

※Implementation Clinics: Hamamatsucho Clinic

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Medically reviewed by

Masao Hayashi

Masao Hayashi

Career

  • 2017 Graduated from Tokyo Medical University
  • 2019 Joined the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
  • 2021 Aesthetic Surgery and Dermatology in Tokyo
  • 2023 THE CLINIC
  • 2024 LIVELY CLINIC