Does Potenza Hurt? Pain, Pain Relief & What to Expect at Our Osaka (Shinsaibashi) Clinic

Does Potenza Hurt? What Does It Feel Like During Treatment?

Potenza is a treatment that combines radio frequency (RF), which draws out the skin’s regenerative power, with microneedles. While high effects can be expected, many people feel anxious about pain. By knowing in advance the degree of stimulation felt during treatment and the differences by area, you can prepare mentally and receive treatment with peace of mind. Here we explain in detail the mechanism of Potenza, the causes of pain, and the situations in which pain is easily felt.

How Potenza Works and Why It Can Hurt

When Pain Is Easily Felt and Where

There are tendencies as to “when” and “where” pain is more strongly felt during Potenza treatment. Knowing this in advance lets you prepare mentally and gives a sense of reassurance. We explain in detail the timing and areas where pain is easily felt.

Right After Starting, During Irradiation, and Stinging Right After

Right after treatment starts, anesthesia may not yet be fully effective, and a prick-like pain tends to be felt in the first few shots. As RF irradiation progresses, heat accumulates and a gradual warmth or tingling may be felt.

After treatment, mild stinging and redness may remain, but this is also a sign that skin turnover is being promoted. In many cases it settles from a few hours to the next day.

Thin-Skinned Areas Such as Cheeks, Forehead, and Around the Nose Need Care

Even within the face, areas where the skin is especially thin and delicate tend to react sensitively to stimulation. Areas such as the forehead, around the nose, the face line, and near the eyes are considered points where a “tingling” pain is easily felt when microneedles are inserted or RF is irradiated.

Conversely, pain may be relatively mild in the center of the cheeks and other areas where the skin is somewhat thicker. How pain is felt varies by individual, but if you feel discomfort during treatment, the output can be adjusted, so please do not hesitate to tell your practitioner.

How Painful Is Potenza? Reviews and Reputation

Looking at reviews from people who have actually received treatment, although how pain is felt varies by individual, many comments say “it was not as painful as I imagined.”

Comments such as “the pain was lighter than I expected” and “it was only a slight tingling” are especially common, showing that pain is eased considerably when anesthetic cream is used. It is not unusual to hear that people finished treatment with almost no discomfort after thorough cooling and anesthesia in advance.

On the other hand, there are also comments pointing out differences in pain by area, such as “only around the nose was prickly” or “I felt a little stimulation on the high part of my cheek.” This is because skin thickness and nerve density differ by area, and areas where the skin is thin and sensitive in particular tend to feel the stimulation somewhat more.

There are also impressions that as sessions were repeated, tension and resistance to pain faded, such as “the first one or two sessions made me a little nervous, but I got used to it as I kept coming” and “from the second time I understood the flow and could relax.”

Furthermore, there are not a few cases where the results of treatment soften the impression of pain, such as “since the effect clearly appeared, I thought this much stimulation was only natural” and “seeing the firmness of my skin afterward, I was glad I endured it.”

How pain is felt differs for each person, but looking at reviews as a whole, negative comments such as “too strong to bear” are in the minority, and the fact that many people continue treatment shows that, realistically, the stimulation is at a level not felt to be a major problem.

Measures to Reduce Potenza Pain

With Potenza, by taking pain-conscious measures such as anesthesia, cooling, and output settings, the comfort of treatment can be greatly improved. Here we introduce the concrete efforts made at clinics to reduce pain.

Anesthetic Cream and Cooling Before Treatment

In Potenza treatment, anesthetic cream is applied before starting to dull skin sensation and keep pain down as much as possible. Especially for people who are sensitive to pain, or when receiving treatment that approaches deep layers, thoroughly making the anesthetic cream work is the key. Specifically, in addition to having the anesthetic cream applied generously, having it left on for longer than usual makes the effect of anesthesia easier to feel more reliably.

By having such consideration given at the stage before treatment, stimulation during treatment is greatly reduced, and anxiety and tension can be eased. Also, redness and stinging may appear after treatment, but cooling is used to calm the sensation of heat and support the skin’s recovery. Cooling is not merely symptomatic treatment but an important step in conditioning the skin after treatment.

In this way, by thoroughly addressing pain and discomfort from both anesthesia and cooling, you can receive Potenza treatment more comfortably. The type and amount of anesthesia, the time it is left on, and the cooling method differ by clinic, so it is reassuring to confirm what is offered at a prior counseling.

The Tips and Agents Used Also Make a Difference

Potenza has multiple tips and modes, and how pain is felt differs by their characteristics. For example, the Diamond tip is a type that does not use needles and tightens the skin with thermal energy alone, so pain is low and downtime is easy to keep short.

There are also different types of agents, and by adjusting settings according to skin condition and purpose, treatment that raises the effect within a comfortable range is possible. The selection of tips and agents used is a very important point for keeping stimulation to the skin to a minimum.

Pain Also Changes Depending on the Practitioner

Even with the same Potenza device, how pain is felt differs depending on the practitioner’s skill and experience. Whether the output and needle depth can be adjusted with an understanding of skin thickness and differences in sensitivity by area greatly affects the comfort of treatment.

Also, the speed and tempo of irradiation and the words spoken during treatment are important elements for easing anxiety and tension. An experienced practitioner can aim for a more effective result while balancing consideration for pain with technique.

Pain-Conscious Potenza Treatment at Cleo Beauty Clinic in Shinsaibashi, Osaka

Experienced Nurses Irradiate at the Optimal Output for Each Person

At Cleo Beauty Clinic, the nurse in charge of Potenza treatment carefully checks your skin condition at a prior counseling. We closely assess skin thickness and sensitivity, and the presence of acne scars and craters, and adjust the output and irradiation speed to suit each skin type. Not merely operating the machine, we aim for treatment that draws out the maximum effect while reducing pain, based on experience-based judgment.

Flexible Support with a Variety of Tips Including the Diamond Tip

Potenza Specialist Nurse “Norine” Provides Technical Guidance

Our Potenza treatment is carried out under the technical guidance of “Norine,” a Potenza specialist nurse known nationwide. Norine has experience instructing at many clinics as a technical instructor, and in Kansai, Cleo Beauty Clinic is the only special partner receiving her direct technical supervision. Not only in irradiation technique but also in care for pain and quality of handling, we maintain a level highly regarded within the industry. Precisely because we have such a technical system, we can provide high satisfaction while being considerate of pain.

 

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