Jet Plasma in Pretoria East
Firmer, smoother, more refined skin with nothing piercing the surface and nothing to recover from.
Jet Plasma, offered at Sandra's clinic in Die Wilgers, Pretoria East, is the answer for anyone who wants firmer, smoother skin and does not want anything piercing it. A handpiece is worked across the surface, delivering a low, controlled energy into the tissue underneath, and the skin responds by repairing and reorganising itself without the injury that needling and resurfacing depend on.
The trade is straightforward. It is gentler than microneedling and there is nothing to recover from, so it fits around a working week. In exchange it does its best work as a course, and it suits early to moderate loss of firmness rather than significant sagging.
Suitability
What people come in for
- Fine lines around the eyes and mouth
- A jawline that has started to soften, on skin not ready for anything invasive
- Dull, uneven texture and visible pores
- Congested and breakout-prone skin, where the calming effect is useful
- A result before an event, with little risk of looking treated
The science
How it works, plainly
Plasma here does not mean the high heat used in fibroblast treatments. A tip is moved steadily across the skin, delivering a low, controlled energy that reaches the layers beneath, and two useful things follow. The skin's own repair response is stimulated at depth, which across a course means firmer, better organised tissue. And the surface becomes far more receptive to what is applied during the treatment, so the serums chosen for your skin go considerably further than they would alone.
Nothing breaks the skin. No pinpoint marks, no bleeding, no crusting.
Your appointment
The session
Around forty-five minutes: cleanse, treatment, then serums and protection. Most people find it entirely comfortable, describing a gentle warmth and a faint sense of movement. You can go back to work afterwards, or go out.
How many Jet Plasma treatments
A cycle is three sessions spaced forty-eight to seventy-two hours apart, completed over about ten days. Six sessions over fourteen days is highly recommended, followed by one every four to eight weeks to hold it. This is the collagen remodelling phase. Skin looks fresher after the first appointment. The firming is cumulative and tends to announce itself around the third or fourth. Completing three full cycles — nine sessions in total — gives the best results.
Aftercare
Leave makeup off for the rest of the day, and skip the gym and hot showers until the following morning. Sunscreen the next day is not negotiable. That is the whole of it.
Jet Plasma or RF microneedling
Both firm the skin. Microneedling works deeper, needs numbing cream and a couple of quiet days, and does more for scarring and established laxity. Jet Plasma is gentler, needle free and has no downtime, which makes it the better fit for early ageing, sensitive skin and anyone who cannot take time out. Sandra will tell you honestly which of the two your skin will get more from, and it is not always the more expensive one.
Enquire
Not sure which treatment your skin needs?
That is what the consultation is for. Send a few lines about your skin and Sandra will come back with where she would start, including the times when the answer is something simpler and cheaper than you expected.
Prefer email? sandra@sandrasbeautyclinic.com
Honest advice
Before you book
- Say so beforehand if you are pregnant, have epilepsy, wear a pacemaker or another implanted electrical device, have metal implants in the area, or have an active infection there. Sandra will advise before you book.
- If you are expecting the lift of surgery or the correction of a needling course, this is not the treatment, and Sandra will tell you so.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
No, and the difference matters. Plasma pen treatments deliberately create small marks that scab and heal over a week or more. Jet Plasma does not touch the surface in that way, so there is nothing to heal.
No. It is one of the more pleasant treatments in the room. Warm, quiet, nothing sharp.
You can, although the day before is better, so your skin has settled and you can wear makeup as usual.
You will see brighter, smoother, better hydrated skin. Firming needs the course.
It is generally well tolerated, and the calming effect is one of the reasons it is chosen for reactive skin. Active rosacea is looked at on the day and the treatment adjusted around it.
Say so beforehand if you are pregnant, have epilepsy, wear a pacemaker or another implanted electrical device, have metal implants in the area, or have an active infection there. Sandra will advise before you book.
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