How to use a MINI HIFU machine?

A MINI HIFU machine is a high-end equipment for wrinkle removal and skin tightening. HIFU is short for high-intensity focused ultrasound. It is a non-surgical and non-invasive treatment for those pursuing beauty and health. Because of the excellent results, more and more spa owners are selecting this HIFU machine for their business. What’s more, some people even buy this HIFU device for their personal use.

So how to correctly use a HIFU machine is very important. For the professional HIFU machine manufacturer, we are willing to introduce you how to use a professional and mini HIFU machine.

What are the types of HIFU machines?

Before operating a new HIFU machine, we should be aware of what type of HIFU machine do you have. According to the HIFU technology and applications, there are 10 popular HIFU machines on the market.

How to properly use a MINI HIFU machine?

Many customers buy a HIFU machine for their business but they don’t get enough support from the supplier, they don’t have a proper user manual, videos and suitable parameters. Without these documents, customers could not start the HIFU treatment as they are not being trained. Don’t worry, we will offer a universal guide for using most of the machines in the market.

Install your HIFU machine

The first and simple thing is to install your HIFU machines. For installing a new HIFU machine, it mainly has two types.

Install the main unit: We could install the main unit of the machine according to the user manual. It is mainly divided into 3 steps. Take out the HIFU machine from the air box, Install the power line and install the handpiece. HIFU machines do not need to add water, so you could ignore the step of adding water for the HIFU machines.

Install the cartridges: The HIFU cartridges are the core spare parts for a HIFU machine. Normally 1.5mm/3.0mm/4.5mm are for facial treatments while 6.0mm/13mm cartridges are for body treatments. Most suppliers will drain off the water for the HIFU cartridges so you’d better to fill the water for the cartridges before using it.

Here is a video for how to install a HIFU machine

Clean your face and take a photo

The face should be clearly cleaned before using a HIFU device, remember to clean the face several times and make sure the makeup on the face is taken off. After the face is cleaned, please take a photo so you can compare it with the after-treatment photo to see the real results the HIFU brings for you.

Draw HIFU line

Drawing a HIFU line before HIFU treatments will help you to do the skin tightening procedure better. We use a mark pen to draw a line on the face and body. So when you are applying the HIFU machine cartridges you will know how many shots and passes should be done on the HIFU line area.

Draw HIFU line for the face

Draw the face line below, left face and right face are the same. “X” means you cannot do treatment in that area.

Draw HIFU line for the forehead

Forehead line like the photo below: “X” means you cannot do treatment on that area.

Draw HIFU line for necks

Neckline like the photo below: “X” means you cannot do treatment in that area.

Apply the HIFU gel

We must apply HIFU gel on the face before HIFU treatment. The IPL gel, ultrasound gel and HIFU gel are all suitable for HIFU treatments. A HIFU gel could reduce the pain during the treatment, cool down the skin and help the HIFU energy penetrate deeper in our skin layer.

Set the parameters

For different skin conditions, we should use different parameters. There is no fixed parameters which suitable for every one. One principle, we always start the parameters from low to high. We should ask the feeling of the patient during the treatment, if the customer feel nothing, we can enhance the power. If the customer feel too strong, we should low down the parameters.

Here is a table for the suggest HIFU treatment parameters.

Skin typeTreatments1st treatment2nd treatment3nd Treatment
Heavy wrinkle person3 treatments/After 1 month3 months after 2nd treatment
Medium Winkle person3 treatments/45 days after3 months after 2nd treatment
Light Wrinkle Person2 treatments/45 days after/

Finish the treatment

After several passes of the whole face, we could finish the treatment. You may observe tightening and redness on your face. We can wash and clean our face, then take a photo to compare with the before treatment photo to see how many results you have got. Normally the best results will be observed 3 months later. We should clean the cartridges and handpiece with tissue. Switch off the machine, and if we don’t use the machine for a long time, we should take off the power cord as well.

To see the video about how to use the HIFU machine

Application of HIFU treatment heads

ApplicationDermis layerSMAS LayerFat reductionVaginal Tightening and rejuvenation
Technology4D HIFU &7D HIFU4D HIFU &7D HIFULiposonix HIFUVaginal HIFU
Cartridges3.0mm/4.5mm3.0mm/4.5mm8mm/13mm3.0mm/4.5mm

Points you need to know for using a HIFU machine

People who cannot do the treatment

  • Who has Allergic skin
  • Who has injury on the treatment area
  • Heart disease, high blood pressure, and infectious disease

What you should do after treatment

  • Use warm water or gentle product to clean the face after treatment
  • Use hydrating mask everyday in 1 week
  • Avoid sun in 1 week
  • Not take a sauna and not steam the face in 1 week
  • Not try to clean the cutin on the face
  • No alcohol, no smoke, no spicy, and not eat food with heavy pigment

Daily maintain:

  • Do not put the machine under sunshine, keep ventilated.
  • Clean the cartridges after treatment, use water or alcohol. Wait it dry.
  • Add water to the cartridges if the water level is too low in the cartridges.
  • Turn off the power switch if the machine is not used for long time.

Using HIFU machine before and after photos

The HIFU treatment handpiece will heat the skin on the epidermis, dermis, and SMAS layer. It rebuilds the skin tone and increases the growth of the new collagen. After treatment sessions, your skin will become smoother and tight, which makes you look youthful. HIFU is not only works on facial treatment but also works on cellulite reduction. It dissolves the fat cells and slims your body, see the real before and after photos of your face and body.

Conclusion

Even though there are many brands HIFU machine on the market, but the working principle are same. If you are doing the same way as this article suggest, your HIFU machine surely brings you an amazing effect. However, it is vital to find a good supplier who can offer a full solution on how to use and operate a HIFU machine. VIVA is the reliable supplier who can offer detail training, feel free to contact us to get a good HIFU machine.