What Is Onda Lifting? Understanding Its Principles and Effects

Hello. I’m Jeon Jae-wook, the director of Lipton Dermatology Clinic.^^

I’d like to explain Onda lifting, a very popular lifting device that was launched last year.

Onda ONDA

Onda ONDA is a lifting device developed by the Italian company DEKA.

Onda is an Italian word, and in English it means the same as wave. It can be interpreted as a wavelength or wave.

Among representative lifting devices, Ultherapy uses ultrasound, and Thermage uses radiofrequency.

Many people who are very interested in these treatments probably already know this much.

Onda lifting is a device that uses microwaves.

Microwaves may sound unfamiliar, but in fact they are wavelengths widely used in our daily lives, such as in microwave ovens and Bluetooth.

You may be wondering what microwaves are.

They generally refer to wavelengths in the 1 GHz to 100 GHz range.

In other words, as the positive and negative poles switch rapidly, electrical energy is generated.

In particular, the frequency range used by Onda is 2.45 Hz.

When microwaves in this 2.45 Hz range are used, they penetrate the skin and selectively act on the dermis and subcutaneous fat layer.

So, much like a microwave oven, structures inside the skin vibrate, and this vibration generates thermal energy.

Microwave range and molecular vibration

Explaining the principle makes it sound complicated and difficult, right? Simply put, you can think of it as a device that delivers heat.

In the end, most lifting devices create effects by delivering heat, and Onda lifting uses microwaves as the method of delivering heat.

(Just as Ultherapy delivers heat using ultrasound, and Thermage delivers heat using radiofrequency!)

Because the energy actually passes through the entire skin surface and acts on deeper layers, there is almost no pain during the procedure.

Rather than pain, you will feel warmth deep within the skin.

And the surface cooling ability is excellent. As those who have experienced it will know, the surface feels hot, while somewhere deep inside it feels warm, so you can feel both coolness and heat at the same time.ㅎㅎ

In fact, the biggest expected benefit of Onda lifting is fat reduction.

Because it can penetrate deeper than most lifting devices currently available, it can produce a fat-reduction effect when performed at the depth where unnecessary fat layers are located.

Before and after Onda lifting treatment: fat cells, showing the fat cell membrane destroyed after treatment

You can see that the fat cell membrane has burst in the photo, right? In this way, it has an excellent fat-breaking effect. That is why it is better known overseas as a body contouring device for areas such as the abdomen.

Also, when thermal energy acts on the dermis, proteins and collagen undergo denaturation, and over time the collagen remodeling process increases skin elasticity and produces a lifting effect.

Usually, you can immediately see that the facial line becomes more tightened after treatment.

About 2 to 4 weeks after the procedure, collagen remodeling begins, elasticity increases, and the destroyed fat cells are metabolized in the body, so I recommend repeating the treatment 3 to 4 times at intervals of about one month.

In particular, the areas where it is most effective are places with a thick fat layer, such as the double chin or abdomen.

Abdominal photo after 4 Onda treatments

If you have any further questions, I will answer them in the comments. Thank you.^^