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What Onda Lifting Does Better Than Ulthera

Bellebeau Clinic · 강남 벨뷰클리닉 · April 24, 2026

When talking with people who are about to undergo a lifting procedure, I often hear the same thing: “Doctor, I hear Ulthera is the best, but it’s supposed to be very painful, so I’...

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Clinic: Bellebeau Clinic

Original post date: April 24, 2026

Translated at: May 1, 2026 at 10:48 AM

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When talking with people who are about to undergo a lifting procedure, I often hear the same thing: “Doctor, I hear Ulthera is the best, but it’s supposed to be very painful, so I’m scared. I’m told Onda isn’t like that, but shouldn’t heat be necessary for good results? I’m wondering whether Onda can really be effective.”

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Yes, that’s right. Considering that most lifting procedures so far have worked by using heat energy to contract tissue, Onda’s microwave-based method, with its cold cooling system, may feel unfamiliar and a little suspicious. Today, let’s talk about that.

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The key point today is that Onda lifting has advantages over Ulthera. Onda lifting’s cooling system is better than Ulthera’s in two ways. First, it acts like an ice pack that helps you endure pain. Second, it allows energy to travel straight to the fat layer we are targeting without being wasted on the skin surface.

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The principle behind the microwave oven we use every day at home is microwave energy. Onda lifting, which uses this principle, delivers energy differently from conventional lifting devices. The energy from general lifting devices (radiofrequency, ultrasound) strongly collides with water as it passes through the moisture-rich skin surface (epidermis), generating immediate heat and making it feel hot. Thermage radiofrequency is an easy example. Heat gradually builds up and up, causing pain that becomes hard to endure. Of course, anesthesia is used as well... but to address this, the device has been upgraded four times over the years. The last of these was Thermage FLX.

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Still, if the energy is delivered properly to the deeper layers where it needs to reach, the treatment effect can be tremendous. But before that happens, painful heat can occur, and if the patient cannot tolerate it and moves, or if the procedure is briefly interrupted, the valuable energy tends to disperse. That is why sedation anesthesia is also used, but this can increase patients’ sensitivity and burden as well. In many ways, there are many variables in both the treatment process and the outcome. This is exactly where the distinguishing point of Onda lifting that I’m discussing today becomes more prominent. The reason Onda is said to be better than Ulthera or Thermage is that it is free from variables caused by pain, anesthesia, and similar factors.

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Onda’s handpiece is moved across the skin surface throughout the procedure, delivering energy while also cooling the face. It keeps the skin temperature comfortably cool at around 15°C. (This requires preparation time for pre-cooling before the procedure. It is a bit inconvenient from the clinic’s perspective, but patients like it.) The epidermal tissue, cooled in this way, is perceived by microwave energy like a transparent window. In other words, it is not seen as something that actively reacts and generates heat, but rather as a “passage” through which the energy should simply pass.

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A microwave oven does not melt ice very well!!

The water molecules in the cooled epidermis

become much less active.

Microwaves

generate heat by making vibrating water molecules

oscillate more intensely.

But the moisture inside the epidermis,

which has been pre-cooled,

does not react well to microwave energy.

As a result, the microwave energy

passes by the cold skin surface.

Only when it reaches the deep fat layer and the lower dermal fat,

which are relatively warmer

and ready to absorb energy well,

does it finally create powerful frictional heat.

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So it creates a “cool outside, hot inside” environment: the surface feels cool while the inside heats up. This allows the procedure to be comfortable even without anesthesia, while removing fat cells and regenerating collagen for a powerful lifting effect. This is why Onda has the advantage over Ulthera and Thermage. The principle of microwave technology is really amazing, isn’t it? Being able to deliver energy directly into the skin without pain.

In the end, the cooling system in Onda lifting can be said to be a key mechanism for pushing energy deep inside properly. The colder the epidermis is, the deeper and more strongly the energy is delivered to the target area without resistance.

The doubt, “Will it really have a lifting effect if it just feels cool and doesn’t hurt?” changes into certainty the moment you experience the procedure. In fact, anesthesia can be risky. The less sensation you have in the skin because of anesthesia, the greater the risk of over-treatment and burning. That is why Onda proceeds with treatment immediately once the machine starts cooling, without a long waiting time for anesthesia.

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I hope you’ll get to know a little more about the appeal of Onda, which sculpts lines using the smartest technology for rebuilding the skin’s natural support structure. You will encounter a new standard in lifting, brought by coolness. Thank you!

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