What you are actually buying A Thermage system has three parts that behave very differently at purchase. The console is the capital item and holds its value. The handpiece that carries the treatment tip is reusable but has a finite working life. The treatment tips are the single-use consumables bought again for every patient. A buyer comparing l...

What a Thermage treatment tip is A Thermage treatment tip is the single-use surface electrode that couples radiofrequency into the skin, and it is the consumable that drives the cost of running a Thermage system. Each tip is metered by shots, called REPs, and carries a fixed allotment: the console counts the REPs down during treatment and locks ...

How each delivers radiofrequency Thermage and RF microneedling are both radiofrequency treatments, which is where the confusion starts, but they deliver energy in opposite ways. Thermage is monopolar and capacitively-coupled: a single flat surface electrode, the treatment tip, heats a volume of dermis through intact skin while the surface is coo...