Healthy, beautiful skin is more than its appearance. Skin quality reflects a complex relationship between collagen, elastin, pigment, and the natural processes of aging and repair against environmental insults. At RESTORE Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics, we know that improving skin health requires much more than a one-size-fits-all approach.
That is why we offer two advanced technologies: NOUVADerm fractional laser resurfacing and Scarlet Pro radiofrequency microneedling. These devices were deliberately selected for their advanced technology built upon already established clinical principles of skin rejuvenation. However, both devices have advantages over the previous technology, improving precision, treatment diversity, patient comfort, and clinical results. Both devices address a broad range of skin concerns while allowing treatments to be customized to the individual patient – including patients with darker skin tones. For Restore, where more than half of our patients have skin of color, this versatility is especially important. Our goal is to offer sophisticated, effective treatments without unnecessarily limiting options based on skin tone.
NOUVADerm represents an evolution in fractional laser resurfacing technology. Using a 1927-nanometer thulium laser, it delivers controlled thermal energy to the superficial layers of the skin, stimulating the body’s natural processes of cellular renewal, collagen production, and tissue remodeling. The fractional technology creates thousands of microscopic treatment zones while leaving surrounding tissue intact, allowing the skin to heal more efficiently with less downtime.
What makes NOUVADerm particularly versatile is its ability to deliver non-ablative, sub-ablative, and ablative treatments within a single platform. This allows us to use our full laser knowledge and experience to truly customize your treatment according to your skin type, specific concerns, and desired results and downtime.
NOUVADerm is especially effective for concerns involving the skin’s surface, pigmentation, luminosity, and overall quality, including:
Improvements in skin quality become apparent within days to weeks, while collagen remodeling continues over the first 6 months.
One of the most important reasons we selected NOUVADerm is its versatility across all skin tones. Many modern lasers require additional caution or are completely contraindicated in patients with melanin-rich skin because excessive inflammation or heat can trigger unwanted pigment changes. While no laser treatment is completely without risks for anybody, the NOUVADerm laser’s target chromophore, highly customizable energy delivery, and faster treatment times make it an invaluable device for treating all of our patients in Memphis and the surrounding areas.
Radiofrequency microneedling has become an important technology in nonsurgical skin rejuvenation because it treats concerns that extend beyond the skin’s surface.
While all microneedling devices create controlled micro-injuries to stimulate collagen production, RF microneedling adds thermal energy to the deeper dermis, where much of the skin’s structural collagen and elastin reside.
Scarlet Pro combines precisely controlled microneedling with advanced bipolar radiofrequency energy, stimulating collagen remodeling and tissue contraction to improve skin firmness, elasticity, and texture. Its proprietary Na Effect 2.0 technology uses non-insulated microneedles to distribute energy in a distinctive, three-dimensional pattern within the dermis.
Morpheus8 is a widely recognized RF microneedling device that can deliver effective, albeit very uncomfortable, treatments. Although Scarlet Pro and Morpheus8 use the same type of energy, the Scarlet Pro delivers the energy in a very different way, making it a significant refinement of the existing technology. Rather than concentrating energy only at the needle tip or delivering it as a uniform column along the entire vertical axis of each needle, Scarlet Pro technology delivers a teardrop-shaped zone of thermal energy. This allows us to stimulate tissue remodeling both vertically AND horizontally without sacrificing precision depth or energy level.
Scarlet Pro also incorporates an advanced motorized needle system, Omnisoft, which uses real-time skin feedback and advanced AI to deliver smooth needle insertion and precise energy control. These refinements reduce unnecessary mechanical trauma and pain signals to the skin and along with the difference in energy distribution significantly improve treatment comfort.
Scarlet Pro is an excellent treatment for concerns involving the skin’s laxity and deeper support, including:
Patients often notice early improvement in skin texture and glow within the first few days to weeks. Improvements in firmness and elasticity increase over the first few weeks as your body takes the time it needs to build and remodel new collagen.
One of the most exciting advantages of these two technologies is their ability to be used together, in the same treatment session, to address each patient’s unique concerns.
NOUVADerm addresses the more superficial layers of the skin, improving pigmentation, texture, cellular renewal, and surface quality.
Scarlet Pro addresses the structural components of the dermis, stimulating collagen remodeling to improve firmness, elasticity, and overall skin support.
When performed together in a stacked treatment, we can provide more comprehensive improvements in the skin while the patient only experiences one downtime. And while noticeable improvement occurs after a single treatment, we strongly recommend a series of three to four treatments to achieve better, longer-lasting results. Cellular renewal from the inside out takes time. Each treatment builds upon the previous one, progressively stimulating collagen production and tissue remodeling. At RESTORE our goal is improving your skin’s true health and vitality, not providing a quick-fix treatment with short-lived results.
Advanced technology is only as effective as the provider behind it.
At RESTORE Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics, we believe that exceptional results require more than just exceptional equipment.
Every NOUVADerm and Scarlet Pro treatment is performed by our licensed medical aestheticians under the medical directorship and guidance of our board-certified female plastic surgeon, Dr. Sarah Hammond. Every aesthetic treatment at RESTORE is informed by a comprehensive understanding of skin anatomy, wound healing, collagen physiology, and the aging process.
At RESTORE, we do not believe that aesthetic medicine should be about chasing trends, changing all that makes you unique, or pursuing treatments just because they are popular. Our advanced technology is selected with intention – not simply because it is new, but because it allows us to provide better, more precise, more effective, individualized treatments to more of our patients AND a better patient experience.
We believe in using our medical aesthetic expertise and carefully selected technology to support healthier skin, naturally restoring your skin’s vitality and allowing you to feel confident in your own skin.
Schedule a personalized complimentary skin rejuvenation consultation at RESTORE Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics to learn how NOUVADerm, Scarlet Pro, or a combination of both can change your skin!
