What is the VF Lift, the Vertical Facelift?
VF Lift stands for Vertical Facelift. It uses Volnewmer, a monopolar radiofrequency platform with skin-surface cooling, to heat tissue in planned zones. It is not an ultrasound treatment, and nothing is injected or cut.
Change builds over weeks to months, and it varies between people. Published evidence comes from general radiofrequency studies, and we know of no Volnewmer-specific study for this protocol.
Where on the face is the VF Lift used?
Each zone is examined on its own. One face can need lifting along the jaw and a gentler approach around the eyes, and some findings are sent elsewhere first.
| Zone | What Dr Sin Yong looks for | What may come first, or be referred |
|---|---|---|
| Forehead, brow and temples | A low brow, and hollowing at the temple or forehead. For a low brow, heat is planned along vertical lines over the forehead, outer brow and temple. Hollows have their own settings. | A deep bony hollow may still need a small amount of filler, decided after assessment. |
| Around the eyes | A brow that has dropped and pushes the upper lid down, and a soft hollow under the eye. Settings near the eye are kept conservative. Lax or crepey lid skin is often treated with FSX Laser. | Old under-eye filler is scanned before anything is planned. True eyelid ptosis goes to an eye specialist, and skin resting on the lashes or bulging fat bags need a surgical opinion. |
| Mid-face | Whether the cheek has dropped, looks puffy or has hollowed. Most mid-faces show more than one of these. | If hyaluronic acid filler is behind the puffiness, it is mapped and dissolved before any heat is used. |
| Jawline and jowls | How far the lower cheek has folded over the jaw edge, and how much of the jowl is fat. | Heavy, mobile jowls with loose skin are referred to a plastic surgeon. Care is taken over the nerve that runs along the jaw edge, because temporary weakness at the corner of the mouth has been reported after energy-based treatment there. |
| Neck | Laxity at the front and sides, and a soft pad of fat under the jaw. Neck skin is thinner, so heat is set lower than on the face, and the thyroid area is kept out of the field. | Platysma bands are muscle and horizontal neck lines are creases, so heat does not treat them. Redundant neck skin is referred. |
Three Planning Aims
Jowling, the jawline, nasolabial descent and early neck laxity.
A full jowl or nasolabial fold, where this suits your anatomy.
The temples, forehead, under-eyes, lateral cheeks and prejowl area. No product is injected, and we know of no study measuring volume change with this protocol.
What the VF Lift Cannot Do
Heavy redundant skin needs a surgical opinion, so it is referred to a plastic surgeon. Eyelid ptosis is also referred. Filler or fat graft excess may need to be addressed before any heat is used, and a very thin face is treated with restraint.
VF Lift for the body: the Vertical Figure Lift
On the body, Dr Sin Yong uses the same Volnewmer radiofrequency under another name, the Vertical Figure Lift. The energy is the same as on the face. The zones are larger, and each area is worked in its own direction: towards the armpit on the inner arm, upward and towards the midline on the abdomen, upward on the inner thigh, and upward over the skin above the knee.
It is meant for skin that has lost some recoil but still springs back, with little fat beneath it. On the buttock the usual concern is a fold that has dropped, not size, so treatment starts at the crease under the buttock and works upwards. It is one part of the non-surgical Brazilian butt lift plan.
It does not remove fat, close a gap between the abdominal muscles, or shorten skin that hangs as a fold. That kind of skin, after large weight loss or pregnancy, is referred to a plastic surgeon. A firm pocket of fat under skin that recoils well is a 4K Body Lift question, and loose skin over a thin layer of fat may suit the Time Freeze Laser LCLR® Bodylift.
VF Lift or Time Freeze
Dr Sin Yong decides by the area. A lean or hollow area goes to the VF Lift, because he aims not to take fat from a face that has little. A puffy or heavier area, with sagged fat or settled filler, goes to Time Freeze Laser LCLR®. Many faces have both, and the two are often used on one face, each on its own zone.
“Lean face, VF Lift. Puffy face, Time Freeze. I decide by looking at the area, not by which machine is in the room.”
Risks and Side Effects
Redness, warmth, mild swelling and tenderness, which usually settle.
A blister, crust or small burn, longer tenderness or altered sensation, a slight dent over thin fat, and temporary pigment change in darker skin.
Who Should Avoid It
The VF Lift is not done with a pacemaker, defibrillator or other implanted electronic device, or during pregnancy. Please wait if you have an active infection, open wounds, inflamed acne or a cold sore in the area. Metal implants near the field change the plan. A keloid tendency, poor healing, reduced sensation and autoimmune or connective-tissue disease call for caution, and recent filler or threads must be timed around.
What happens at a VF Lift session?
How much does the VF Lift cost in Singapore?
The fee depends on your treatment zones and plan. We do not publish prices. You receive a written quote after your examination.