Advanced collagen remodeling and skin tightening.
RF Microneedling combines traditional microneedling with radiofrequency energy delivered beneath the skin to stimulate deeper collagen remodeling. It is ideal for improving mild skin laxity, wrinkles, acne scars, enlarged pores, and texture while providing noticeable skin tightening.
Because radiofrequency energy reaches deeper tissues, RF Microneedling often produces greater tightening than traditional microneedling while maintaining minimal downtime.
Insulated microneedles deliver radiofrequency energy into the dermis, stimulating collagen remodeling at multiple depths.
The two treatments are close relatives, and the honest answer is that neither is better in the abstract. If your main concerns are texture, pores or scarring, traditional microneedling is often enough and layers more easily with regenerative products. If mild laxity along the jawline or lower face is part of what is bothering you, the added radiofrequency energy is what makes the difference. That decision is made at consultation, by a physician, looking at your skin — not by which device we would rather sell.
RF Microneedling may be combined with PRP, exosomes, PDRN, PDO Threads, Sculptra®, and physician-directed skincare.
Gentle moisturizers, SPF, and Mesoestetic or Circadia products are recommended during recovery.
Radiofrequency microneedling is only as good as the settings behind it. Depth and energy are chosen for your skin and your concern, by Dr. Ivy Lawson, a double board-certified vascular and interventional radiologist who has spent a career working under image guidance where millimeters matter. Patients come to our Flamingo Road practice from Cooper City, Davie, Southwest Ranches and across Broward County for treatment planned that way. Where tightening is the goal, RF microneedling is often sequenced alongside PDO threads or Sculptra rather than used alone, and the Renewal membership includes an RF microneedling treatment each year.
RF microneedling adds a second sensation to the one microneedling produces. The needles themselves are felt as firm pressure and a quick prick. The radiofrequency energy is felt as heat released deeper in the skin, often described as a hot pinch that fades as quickly as it arrives. Higher energy settings and deeper passes register more, and the jawline and forehead are generally reported as more sensitive than the cheeks.
Numbing is commonly used for treatments of this type, so raising it in advance is normal rather than awkward. Afterward the skin feels hot and taut for several hours, with redness and a sandpaper texture for a few days and some swelling on the first day. Settings are chosen for your skin and your concern, and what that means for the sensation is explained at your consultation.
RF microneedling and standard microneedling are not the same treatment and do not cost the same. Radiofrequency energy is delivered through insulated needles into the dermis, which is a more involved procedure with different consumables behind it.
That last point is the one that matters when you are choosing between the two. The per-session comparison is not the useful one; the cost of the whole course, for the result you are actually after, is. Your physician makes that comparison with you at your complimentary consultation, and you have the number before you commit to a series. The Renewal membership includes an RF microneedling treatment, and patient financing is available.
RF adds radiofrequency energy for deeper collagen remodeling and tightening.
Patients with mild laxity, wrinkles, acne scars, or enlarged pores.
Typically three to four.
Yes, when appropriate.
Usually several days of redness and mild swelling.
Morpheus8 is a brand name for one radiofrequency microneedling device. The principle is the same across devices: insulated microneedles delivering radiofrequency energy into the dermis. What changes the result is the depth and energy chosen for your skin, which is set by your physician.
RF microneedling costs more per session than standard microneedling, because radiofrequency energy is delivered through insulated needles into the dermis. The figure depends on the treatment area, the depth and energy settings, whether regenerative therapies are added, and the length of the series, and most patients need a shorter series than with standard microneedling. Your physician compares the full course cost with you at your complimentary consultation, and membership rates are available.
There are two sensations: the needles, felt as firm pressure and a quick prick, and the radiofrequency energy, felt as heat deeper in the skin that fades quickly. Higher energy settings and deeper passes are felt more. Numbing is commonly used for treatments of this type and can be discussed in advance. Afterward the skin feels hot and taut for several hours. Settings are chosen for your skin at your consultation.
Book a consultation with Dr. Ivy Lawson and find out whether RF microneedling is the right treatment for your degree of laxity.
Reviewed by Ivy Lawson, MD · Physician — Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Last reviewed September 2026. About Dr. Lawson
