Thermage Aftercare —
Keep The Heat Away

Thermage FLX warms the dermis with monopolar radiofrequency while cryogen cools the surface, so there is no wound to dress. How long the pinkness and slight swelling tend to last is on the Thermage downtime page.

Do

• Wash with a gentle cleanser and lukewarm water, then apply a plain moisturiser.
• Put on sunscreen before you go outdoors.
• Carry on with your normal day; gentle walking or light exercise is usually fine.
• Take paracetamol for tenderness, if it suits you. It is usually enough.

Avoid

• Saunas, steam rooms, hot yoga and very hot showers.
• Heat-based facials, firm massage and rubbing the treated skin.
• Retinoids, exfoliating acids and other strong actives.
• Strenuous exercise and alcohol, until the warmth and swelling have settled.

For a few more days, keep heat off your face, including long afternoons in the Singapore sun, because warmth keeps the skin pink for longer. Avoid pressing on areas that are still tender.

If filler, an injectable or another energy device is planned over the same area, keep to the spacing Dr SY set in your plan rather than your own timetable. Should a small blister, crust or dark spot appear, do not pick it; photograph it and see section 5.

Keep to three steps: a gentle cleanser, a plain moisturiser and a broad-spectrum sunscreen each morning. Retinoids and exfoliating acids stay out for two or three days, or until any redness has gone if that takes longer; strong exfoliants wait as well. If a doctor prescribed your retinoid, check the pause with that doctor.

Sun protection matters even more if a small burn or blister has formed, because in Asian skin a minor burn can heal with a dark mark. After the first week, daily sunscreen and a simple routine support the skin while new collagen forms.

• Exercise: gentle walking straight away; harder sessions once the skin no longer feels warm.
• Sauna, steam and hot yoga: a few days, until redness and warmth have settled.
• Make-up: usually from the next day. Leave any welt, blister or crust bare until the clinic has seen it.
• Flights: most people can fly the day after treatment.
• The months after: Thermage FLX is a single session, and the result develops over two to six months, so judge it at your follow-up visit rather than in the first weeks.