Hi, it's Kelly and welcome back to me More TV.
Today's video is a beauty video now.
It's one I've spoken about I think for about a
year now actually, and it's one I've been wanting to
do for quite some time.
It's an anti aging treatment actually.
I don't like that anti aging, let's call it supporting
ageing, not anti ageing, supporting ageing treatment and it's called
Morpheus 8.
And of course today Doctor Julia who does all my
aesthetic work is doing the treatment today.
So let's have a chat and find out exactly what
Morpheus 8 is, how it works, what it does and
how much it costs.
So what is Morpheus 8?
I'm here with Doctor Julia.
You may already know Doctor Julia if you follow me
on YouTube and you would have seen her on many
of my beauty videos.
Doctor Julia, what is Morpheus 8 and what is it
recommended for?
Okay, so Morpheus 8 is a treatment that combines two
different techniques, the micro needling and radio frequency.
So micro needling has existed in the industry for many
years now and you probably heard about, I think I've
had it roller the yes.
So the difference is that with the dermal roller, you
go one depth only per roller.
And here we can tailor the depth according to the
area that we're treating, OK.
So in some areas, for instance, around the eyes, we
want to go very superficial, OK, because the skin's quite
thin around there.
But some of the areas, for instance, when people have
a little bit of more fat tissues around here or
a little bit of fat tissue accumulate under the so
we can go a little bit deeper in those areas
to create a little bit more contraction and tightening of
the skin.
Okay, so with the needling and radio frequency, what it
does is the needling is the stimulating a body to
prepare.
Okay, so by triggering those cells that produce collagen, by
causing the skin to bleed, you're encouraging them to repair
and therefore you produce more collagen with the radio frequency
is heat.
So what we do with heat is creating that tightening
to the skin.
So especially around the neck or in some areas, especially
on the lower face, that's when we're going to give
a really nice tightening.
But we do treat the whole face and neck and
body as well.
So today we're doing the face and the neck.
This is this is my, I can call it a
problem area.
Yeah, it's just you know, and I've done the you
would have seen my non surgical facelift.
I've done a few different things, but this is something
that I'm really looking forward to seeing some results around
my neck area.
And this is the first of three treatments.
That's right.
So we recommend one course of treatment of three sessions,
OK with the gap of six weeks in between to
allow yourself to repair.
Is it painful?
So the treatment itself, I'm not going to lie, is
uncomfortable.
OK.
So for that reason, we make sure that you are
properly numb to be able to tolerate your treatment.
So it's a difference from just putting a topic or
anesthetic, because if I do that, you might be able
to tolerate with the treatment, but I might need to
tailor the settings according to your pain threshold.
So turn it down.
You turn it down a little bit.
That's right.
Now the alternative is to anesthetize you properly.
So we can give some blocks, which means a nerve
block.
And then it's almost like when you go to the
dentist and have a dental block, so you will feel
after the treatment as if you've got the drippy face.
And that is the difference to coming to see Doctor
Julia, who is a dental surgeon, as opposed to going
to a beauty therapist where they will only do topical.
So I get the advantage here for me is I'm
going to be totally numbed, which means that Doctor Julia
can totally fulfil the treatment properly.
She's not going to, you know, go a little bit
lighter, are you?
Because I'll be totally numb.
So the downtime might be a little, yes, we do
expect you to have swelling.
If you think about the concept of this treatment, what
we're trying to stimulate is the repair of your body,
OK?
So we're treating those cells that have this function of
repair.
And then if you think about wound healing, how we
repair, the first stage is inflammation, OK.
So that's why we recommend our patients do not take
any anti inflammatories before the treatment because if you don't
have any redness, if there is not much response after
the treatment, it's probably not doing a lot because what
we want is to trigger that inflammatory response to say
wake up cells.
OK, do something about it.
So tomorrow the areas that will probably go a little
bit deeper, you have a little bit more swelling.
I would say the about 90% of people do not
bruise even though we're going to do thousand shots with
needles around your face and neck, but some people do.
Every time you penetrate the skin with the needle, there
is a chance of bleeding and therefore you could breathe.
And you made a very good point too earlier about,
you know, making sure everything is clean and it's done
properly.
And this is again, you know, you said you are
piercing the skin, so there is chance of if it's
not done properly of a bacterial infection, right?
So that you absolutely, so you want in a clinical
environment.
So when we do this treat me prepare your skin
as if you're going for surgery.
So it's all antiseptics that we use.
It's the Rilo instruments.
We don't reuse any of the needles.
So it's every sets of needles that we use is
a specific for you for every time you come here,
it's a new fresh set of needles as well.
And again, it's the environment.
If the skin is not clean properly, we're going to
perforate through the skin.
You could cause or trigger an inflammatory an infection in
the skin.
OK And so when you say that too, and you
the needles are going to be piercing my skin.
Am I going to be am I going to have
blood and and scabs tomorrow or how I know there
might be some swelling?
Yeah.
But am I going to be look like someone's got
all over my face?
No.
OK in some cases it's skin like yours, which you
aren't on the right skin care products.
You've been preparing your face for this treatment as well.
With the right skin care products should be absolutely fine.
OK.
There is some patients that do develop a little bit
of scabbing because that's part of the repair.
Not everybody does.
Normally if that happens, no one is in the first
session and then the second session they think, oh, the
repair is a bit quicker.
OK, so you look like you've been in the sand
for 8 hours without sun protection.
Very good point.
I'm assuming you cannot expose yourself to the sun, No.
So if you were planning to go away on holidays
somewhere hot, you need to plan for after your holidays
or well, you know, with time at least six weeks
before you go four to six weeks because you don't
want to be in the sun.
If you think about this, your skin will be very
sensitive and if you expose yourself to the sun, you
can cause post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, which is something that we
don't want to to happen.
And So what, what do I expect to see after
my first treatment, second treatment, third treatment as far as
a pro aging treatment, what's it going to do for
the old girl?
So if you think about this treatment as opposed to
any other treatment like Botox and fillers, which are the
quick fix predictable, This Is Us telling the body to
respond.
OK, So everybody's going to react a little bit different.
Normally on the first session you might not see a
great deal of difference, but it's the second and the
third session that is the big deal.
And so I've just seen my skin will be tighter,
tighter, little plump.
I'm hoping in the neck.
It feels fun.
So if you think about a teenager's skin, it's solid,
it's fun, and it's because it's full of collagen and
the lastine underneath the skin.
Now as we age, the skin tends to become thinner.
So what we're doing is with this needling is saying
to those cells produce more collagen.
Come on, that's what we're doing.
Get working.
Yes, get working.
You're working now.
If you do have a healthy lifestyle, drink lots of
water, drink lots of wine, sorry, water.
You exercise and you look after yourself.
I have a healthy diet.
Obviously your outcome is going to be better than someone
there drinks a lot, smokes a lot, are totally dehydrated.
So your repair is going to be different compared to
someone that has a healthy lifestyle and I don't these
right skin care products as well.
Is there any skin care products I cannot use after
the treatment?
Yes.
So we are advised not to use an active ingredients
like retinol acids straight away.
So we're going to prescribe your vitamin C will be
fine because what we want is to stimulate that collagen
production and vitamin C is it's the best thing to
stimulate that.
So you can't produce collagen unless you have availability of
vitamin C.
So we definitely recommend that.
And my about your eye cream.
Absolutely.
OK.
OK, so how much does it cost?
So the cost of the treatment is £1000 per session.
So today's my first session.
Are all the sessions the same?
The first and second session it will be pretty similar,
but the third session I combined this protocol, adding a
resurfacing treatment to your skin.
So we'll feel even better.
And what I'd like to do, I'm going to put
this video out and you're going to have a look
how the first treatment looks.
And then what we'll do is a follow up and
we'll just, we'll include a little bit at the 2nd
and the 3rd and then you'll see the end results.
But I think it's really important that you get to
see today exactly what happens.
And I think because people are afraid too with the
pain, but no pain, no gain.
Honey, should we get started?
Yes.
How are you saying?
Yeah, No, no.
So I'm going to cleanse the skin again.
So before I do anything, I constantly will see me
wiping your face all the time.
I'm going to do a test 1st and you tell
me how it feels.
OK?
Yeah.
So tell me how this feels.
Nothing.
That's good.
If you see, we're causing it to bleed and it's
this bleeding that will encourage repair.
OK, this is the morning after it.
So I've got a few little dots over here, here,
a bit of redness, very red here, slight bruise here.
I, I feel like my chin is like swollen.
There's a bit of redness here, very sore here.
But what is interesting, I've got like about 3 necks
there, not necks chins, which you know, I've got a
few there, but I, I've noticed the swelling definitely under
here.
My neck is quite red, but this is the area
that I most wanted to see improvement with is around
here because the neck don't match my face.
This area has continued to break out like actual pimples.
I guess it's all part of it.
I'm not just I guess it's just getting all the
the skunk out.
But there's never been a problem area, so it'd be
interesting to see if that's just part of the procedure.
How do I get a shit open?
You're not going to be able to speak Apparently.
I will get swelling tomorrow.