Softening and slackness: the neck, the jaw, the arms.
Sagging around the neck and jowls, the upper arms, the knees, the parts of you that have started to drift. Skin tightening restores firmness and definition by getting your own collagen to rebuild — minimally invasive, progressive, with a day or two of pink rather than weeks of hiding. We use the Matrix™, which pairs radiofrequency with microneedling, and we stack it with other tools when that is what the plan calls for.
Slackness and lines overlap. Most plans use two or three things in a sensible order.
Jawline and jowls
The definition that has softened. The most-asked-for area, and the most rewarding.
Neck and under the chin
The part you have started avoiding in photographs.
Upper arms
The triceps — the skin that keeps waving. Body tightening works here.
Knees, abdomen, after weight change
Skin that did not shrink back. Progressive tightening rather than surgery.
Lines and creases
The forehead, the frown, the ones that stay after you stop making the face. Wrinkle reduction stacks Exceed, Matrix™, Collagenizer NEO and GentleMax Pro™ as needed.
Texture alongside laxity
Old acne scarring, large pores. Matrix™ handles both in the same visit.
Three parts. Nobody is rushed through any of them.
An honest look
We are candid about what tightening can and cannot do. It is not a facelift, and if what you want is a facelift we will say so.
The treatment
Numbing cream, then the Matrix™: fine needles deliver radiofrequency energy beneath the surface, where it triggers collagen. Warmth and pressure for about an hour.
The months after
Pink for a day or two; makeup after twenty-four hours. Collagen builds over about three months, so the result arrives gradually and keeps improving after the last visit.
Matrix™
You will never have to ask for it by name.
Radiofrequency delivered through microneedles, so the energy goes where the collagen lives instead of heating the surface. Three modes — Sublime, Sublative and Profound — for immediate refinement, elasticity and deep collagen respectively. Trish trained on it in 2023 and completed the advanced certification in 2024.
People ask about Morpheus8. Here is why we chose Matrix™.
What the Matrix™ actually is →One visit at a time.
No packages, nothing prepaid. You pay at the visit, for the visit, and you can stop whenever you like.
Skin tightening and wrinkle reduction runs $250–$1,200 per visit depending on the area and whether the plan combines laser, RF microneedling and resurfacing.
A series of three is the norm. You pay for each as it happens, and if the second visit is not needed you will not be sold it.
Asked in the room, answered here.
Is this the same as Morpheus8?
Same job, different device. Both are radiofrequency microneedling; we chose Matrix™ for its control and comfort, and we wrote a blog post explaining the choice.
How many visits?
Usually three, four to six weeks apart, then a maintenance visit a year or so later. Collagen keeps building for months after the last one.
Is there downtime?
A day or two of pinkness and a slightly sandy feel; makeup after twenty-four hours. Most people book on a Friday and are fine by Monday.
Will it replace a facelift?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. It restores firmness and definition and it delays the conversation about surgery for many people; it does not lift what has properly fallen.
Ready to start, or not sure yet? Either is fine.
Pick a time straight on the calendar, or book an hour to talk it through first, in person, no charge to talk. You pay at the visit, for the visit.