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SKIN TIGHTENING REMODELING · FACETITE

FaceTite in NYC

FaceTite in NYC delivers facelift-grade contouring through a single small entry point, using internal radiofrequency energy to melt unwanted fat and contract collagen along the jawline and submentum in one session. At Dr. Lanna Aesthetics, this minimally invasive RF lifting procedure is performed in our Midtown Manhattan, NY office by physicians trained in facial anatomy: an investment in long-term facial architecture for patients who want surgical-quality contouring without surgical downtime. (FaceTite is the canonical RF-assisted lifting service at LC Medical; legacy AccuTite searches now route here.)

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WHAT IT IS

What FaceTite Is

FaceTite is an FDA-cleared minimally invasive RF lifting device that combines radiofrequency-assisted lipolysis (RFAL) with simultaneous skin contraction. A small internal cannula delivers RF energy beneath the skin while an external electrode mirrors energy at the surface, melting subcutaneous fat and tightening dermal tissue in a single guided pass. FaceTite uses bipolar RF energy delivered through a cannula inserted through a tiny entry point (typically less than 2 mm) beneath the chin, along the jawline, or in the lower face. The internal probe and external electrode work in tandem: the internal probe heats deep tissue and emulsifies fat while the surface electrode tightens collagen at the dermis, with built-in temperature controls preventing thermal injury. How it works: cannula delivers RF, RF emulsifies subcutaneous fat, surface electrode contracts collagen, and tissue continues remodeling for months. LC Medical positions FaceTite as the bridge between non-invasive Morpheus8 and surgical facial procedures. Patients with deeper laxity who are not yet ready for Facial Surgery often choose FaceTite as the next-step intervention. Dr. Lanna Cheuck's Brown University residency and FACS surgical training inform every FaceTite protocol: placement, depth, and sculpting follow facial-architecture principles, not generic templates.

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BENEFITS

Benefits

  • Lifts and sculpts the lower face in one session: RFAL contracts collagen along the jawline and neck for visible definition without a traditional facelift.
  • Reduces submental fullness simultaneously: internal RF energy emulsifies stubborn fat under the chin in the same pass that tightens overlying skin.
  • Heals through a single 2 mm entry point: the access incision is small enough to leave no meaningful scar.
  • Replaces what once required AccuTite or surgical neck lifts: FaceTite covers the same tightening band with a refined energy profile.
  • Compounds with Morpheus8 for full-stack remodeling: many patients pair FaceTite below with Morpheus8 above for layered results.
  • Returns you to social schedules within roughly a week: significantly faster recovery than a surgical facelift.
  • Delivers measurable results that build over months: collagen contraction continues for up to twelve weeks post-treatment.

IDEAL CANDIDATES

Who It's For

FaceTite in NYC suits patients in their 40s through early 60s with mild-to-moderate jawline and neck laxity, submental fullness, and fibroseptal slackening that no longer responds to topical or non-invasive approaches. Many candidates have already explored Morpheus8 or radiofrequency facials and want a deeper, more structural intervention without committing to a traditional facelift. You are likely a strong candidate if you are in good general health, have realistic expectations about non-surgical lifting versus surgical resection, and can plan around five to ten days of social downtime with mild swelling and bruising. FaceTite is generally not recommended during pregnancy, with active skin infection in the treatment area, with certain implanted devices, or for patients with severely loose skin that requires excisional surgery. Dr. Lanna's team will help you evaluate honestly during consultation, and if Facial Surgery is the more accurate match, we will say so.

WHAT TO EXPECT

From Consultation Through Recovery

  1. Consultation

    Your FaceTite journey begins with an in-depth consultation at our Midtown Manhattan, NY office. Dr. Lanna's team reviews your medical history, photographs the lower face and neck under standardized lighting, and discusses what FaceTite can and cannot deliver compared with both Morpheus8 above it and Facial Surgery beyond it. You leave the consultation with a written plan, a downtime expectation, and a clear understanding of where FaceTite sits in your aesthetic timeline.

  2. Treatment

    On treatment day, the team applies local anesthesia to the entry-point area and treatment zones. A 2 mm access point is created beneath the chin or along the jawline, and the FaceTite cannula is introduced. Internal RF energy treats subcutaneous tissue from below while the external electrode contracts dermis at the surface; sensors monitor temperature continuously to prevent thermal injury. Most full-jawline-and-neck protocols complete in 60 to 90 minutes of active treatment.

  3. Recovery & Results

    Recovery is real but contained. Expect mild-to-moderate swelling, bruising, and tenderness for five to ten days, with a chin-strap compression garment recommended for several days post-procedure. Most patients return to professional schedules within seven to ten days; visible tightening progresses over twelve weeks as collagen continues to contract. A single FaceTite session typically delivers the result, unlike Morpheus8, which usually runs in series. Patients who want the most dramatic change pair FaceTite with Morpheus8 surface remodeling six to eight weeks later.

Dr. Lanna Cheuck

YOUR MASTER INJECTOR

Trained Directly Under Dr. Lanna

FaceTite at Dr. Lanna Aesthetics is led by Dr. Lanna Cheuck, DO, FACS. As a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Brown University residency graduate, and Assistant Professor of Head and Neck Facial Anatomy, Dr. Lanna brings a surgical foundation to a minimally invasive procedure: the technical precision FaceTite demands. Her Forbes recognition, Cosmopolitan and NewBeauty features, NBC and Fox 5 GDNY appearances, and 10,000+ aesthetic treatments reflect the consistency Dr. Lanna's team carries into every RF-lifting session at our Midtown Manhattan, NY office.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions About FaceTite

  • How long do FaceTite results last?

    Most patients enjoy three to five years of meaningful tightening from a single FaceTite session, with maintenance treatments such as Morpheus8 extending the result.

  • Is FaceTite painful?

    The procedure is performed under local anesthesia with optional oral sedation. You will feel pressure and warmth but not sharp pain during treatment.

  • When will I see results?

    Initial tightening becomes visible as swelling resolves around weeks two to three; final collagen remodeling continues through twelve weeks.

  • What is the downtime?

    Plan five to ten days of social downtime for swelling and bruising, with a compression garment worn for the first several days.

  • Is FaceTite a replacement for a facelift?

    FaceTite is a minimally invasive option for mild-to-moderate laxity; it is not a substitute for surgical excision in patients with significant loose skin. Dr. Lanna's team helps you choose accurately during consultation.

  • What about pricing?

    We discuss FaceTite plans during your private consultation rather than publishing fixed numbers: your protocol depends on the treatment zones and any pairing with Morpheus8 or surgical refinement.

NEIGHBORHOODS WE SERVE

Serving patients across NYC from our Midtown, NY office

Expand a neighborhood to see how Dr. Lanna's master-injector team supports patients in your area.

Manhattan

  • Greenwich Village

    The dinner-party intelligentsia of MacDougal and Bleecker have always preferred procedures with credentials behind them rather than menus in front of them. FaceTite's RFAL technology, with an internal cannula heating subcutaneous tissue while an external electrode contracts dermis above, is the kind of bridge intervention Greenwich Village patients value when filler alone is no longer enough but a facelift is too far. Dr. Lanna's FACS surgical training is the credential they came to verify.

  • Harlem

    Harlem brownstones and the long Lenox-Avenue cultural memory anchor a community that watches generational aging carefully. FaceTite delivers facelift-grade lower-face and submental contouring through a 2-mm entry point that leaves no meaningful scar, a discretion that matters in a neighborhood where photographs travel. The express A, B, C, or D south reaches our Midtown med spa for the consultation visit; the recovery window earns its planning.

  • Hell's Kitchen

    The Restaurant Row corridor and the rehearsal halls between Eighth and Eleventh produce a Hell's Kitchen patient base that schedules around production calendars rather than weekends. FaceTite's single-session structure, 60 to 90 minutes of active treatment followed by a five-to-ten-day social-recovery window, fits a planned hiatus better than a series cadence ever could. The walk east to our Midtown flagship is roughly five blocks.

  • Lower Manhattan

    The financial-district patient evaluating FaceTite against traditional facelift surgery wants the same diligence they bring to a term sheet: credentials, mechanism, recovery math, downside scenarios. Dr. Lanna's Brown University residency and FACS designation answer the credential question directly. The 4/5/6 reaches our Midtown flagship inside twenty minutes for the consultation that walks through the rest.

  • Midtown East

    The crosstown blocks between Park and our 140 W 58th flagship are short enough that Midtown East patients can complete a FaceTite consultation across a long lunch and book the procedure for a planned vacation week. The temperature-monitored RF cannula needs surgical-grade precision the procedure room provides; the 2-mm entry point heals invisibly under standard summer travel sun-care.

  • Upper East Side

    Upper East Side patients have spent decades evaluating Manhattan's plastic-surgery shortlist, and FaceTite arrives in that conversation as the bridge intervention many of them have been waiting for: facelift-quality jawline contouring without the operating room. Dr. Lanna Cheuck's FACS designation, Brown residency, and Assistant Professorship of Head and Neck Anatomy are the credentials that earn the consultation. The Q or 6 south reaches our Midtown flagship in fifteen minutes.

  • Upper Manhattan

    Inwood, Washington Heights, and Hudson Heights house a patient base that increasingly plans aesthetic care alongside summer travel, coordinating procedural recovery windows with August or holiday weeks. FaceTite's five-to-ten-day social-downtime profile and chin-strap compression schedule align cleanly with that planning. The 1, A, or C reaches our Midtown flagship in roughly thirty minutes.

  • Upper West Side

    The pre-war buildings between Riverside and Central Park West shelter a UWS generation watching jowl and submental laxity advance past what Morpheus8 alone can address. FaceTite is the next-step intervention before surgical excision: RFAL that simultaneously emulsifies submental fullness and contracts overlying dermis in a single guided pass. Cross Central Park or take the 1 train to our Midtown med spa.

Queens

  • Astoria

    The Greek-American matriarchal tradition along Steinway and 30th Avenue carries a long-arc view of facial aging: the women who anchor multi-generational tables watch each other age with attention. FaceTite's three-to-five-year tightening result delivered through a 2-mm entry point reads as the procedure Astoria has been waiting for: surgical caliber, restaurant-friendly recovery. The N or W reaches our Midtown flagship in under twenty minutes.

  • Ditmars Steinway

    The neighborhood that built a piano factory by hand has a long memory for craft that earns its price. FaceTite's combination of internal RF cannula and external electrode, temperature-monitored continuously to prevent thermal injury, is the kind of engineered precision that reads honestly to a Ditmars patient. Board the N or Q at the line's terminus for the under-twenty-five-minute single-seat ride to our Midtown flagship.

  • Elmhurst

    Elmhurst's South Asian, Filipino, Chinese, and Latin patient base brings varied dermal characteristics and a careful read on which providers actually have surgical credentials behind their non-surgical menus. Dr. Lanna's FACS designation is exactly the answer that matters when evaluating an internal-cannula procedure. The 7-line reaches our Midtown flagship in roughly twenty minutes for the consultation.

  • Forest Hills

    The Tudor row houses and tree-lined cooperative blocks of Forest Hills shelter a settled professional class accustomed to scheduling self-care around school years. FaceTite's once-and-done structure, a single session with twelve weeks of progressive collagen contraction, fits patients planning the procedure for a single August window rather than running an ongoing series. Express E and F service from 71st-Continental clears Queens Boulevard quickly.

  • Jackson Heights

    Jackson Heights' Colombian, Bangladeshi, Tibetan, and Bengali patient communities bring multi-generational beauty traditions to the consultation room and want providers fluent in cross-skin-tone work. FaceTite's RF energy is color-blind by design, contracting collagen and emulsifying subcutaneous fat without melanin-targeting risk. Board the 7, E, F, M, or R at Roosevelt-74th for the ride into our Midtown med spa.

Brooklyn

  • Bushwick

    The warehouse-conversion lofts and gallery-space studios of Bushwick produce a creative-class patient who watches material craft carefully, and FaceTite's engineered marriage of internal-cannula RF heat with external-electrode dermal contraction reads as the kind of well-made object that earns Bushwick respect. The L from Morgan or Jefferson reaches Union Square in fifteen minutes; transfer toward our Midtown med spa to plan the procedure week.

  • Crown Heights

    Crown Heights' Caribbean and Black-American patient communities bring multi-generational beauty fluency and want a provider whose surgical credentials are visible on the wall, not implied in marketing. Dr. Lanna's FACS and Brown residency credentials are the answer; FaceTite's color-blind RF mechanism is the calibration that protects the work across a wide pigmentation range. The 2 or 3 express at Franklin reaches our Midtown med spa in roughly half an hour.

  • Greenpoint

    The Polish-American old guard and the design-studio newcomers share a Greenpoint preference for procedures with surgical credentials behind them and engineering inside them. FaceTite's bipolar RFAL technology fits both expectations: temperature sensors, real-time monitoring, a defined recovery curve. Take the G train or transfer through Bedford on the L to our Midtown med spa for the consultation.

  • Sunset Park

    The Industry City complex and the Eighth-Avenue Chinese commercial corridor anchor a Sunset Park community whose patient base brings varied dermal characteristics across Mexican, Chinese, and Caribbean traditions. FaceTite's color-blind energy and Dr. Lanna's surgical training calibrate together for safe RFAL across that range. The N, R, or D from Fourth Avenue reaches our Midtown Manhattan flagship.

  • Williamsburg

    The waterfront blocks between North 1st and Greenpoint Avenue produce a Williamsburg patient base whose design literacy maps onto the FaceTite mechanism quickly: entry point, cannula, external mirror, twelve-week remodel. FaceTite delivers the structural change Williamsburg patients want with the discretion they prefer, leaving a 2-mm scar nobody finds. Board the L at Bedford for the express into Union Square.

Bronx / Westchester

  • Bronx

    Riverdale's pre-war buildings and the Belmont blocks east of Arthur Avenue anchor a Bronx whose patients increasingly want facelift-grade jawline contouring without the operating-room logistics. FaceTite's single-session, local-anesthesia structure delivers exactly that, and Dr. Lanna's FACS credentials reassure Bronx patients walking the line between non-surgical and surgical evaluation. The Henry Hudson or Major Deegan delivers patients to our Midtown med spa in under thirty minutes off-peak.

  • Mt Vernon

    The Mt Vernon stations on the Harlem and New Haven lines deliver Westchester patients to Grand Central in under thirty minutes, close enough that the FaceTite consultation, the procedure, and each follow-up sit cleanly inside a same-day rail itinerary. Dr. Lanna's surgical training is the reason Mt Vernon patients route past closer providers. Our flagship sits a short walk north of Grand Central.

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FaceTite at Dr. Lanna Aesthetics is an investment in long-term lower-face architecture: minimally invasive, surgically credentialed, and delivered in our Midtown Manhattan, NY office.

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