ONDA – Body Contouring

Comfort & Safety with Smart Handpieces

The two handpieces differ in their depth of action, each designed for different body areas or types of blemishes. The contact skin cooling system is integrated into the handpieces and cooling the derma it counterbalances the heat issued by the microwaves. The derma is preserved, ensuring total patient comfort and avoiding any side effects and inflammation. 

Coolwaves^™

Unlike any other body shaping or radio-frequency devices, the ONDA uses specialist microwaves at 2.45 GHz –  a frequency that is preferentially absorbed by fat molecules deep down in the subcutaneous cells, rather than the two outermost layers of skin. This then prevents heating in the Dermis and Epidermis and helps the energy penetrate directly through to the target. 

The remaining 80% penetrates into the fat.

Special microwaves that selectively target fat cells

DEKA’s new microwave source was developed to provide a non-invasive system, in order to effectively act on the main blemishes requiring body remodeling:

• Localized fat deposits: The deep handpiece enables Coolwaves™ to penetrate deeply, disrupting the membranes of subcutaneous fat cells. The lysate is subsequently drained off by stimulating physiological metabolic processes (macrophage lipolysis). The cooling system integrated into the handpieces ensures that lipocytes are broken down in total safety for the skin and maximum patient comfort.
• Cellulite: The shallow handpiece effectively targets the connective septa between the adipose lobules in the more advanced stages of cellulite (visible in the typical “orange peel” effect).
• Skin tightening: The ONDA system’s special microwaves induce immediate shrinkage of the collagen fibres in the dermis and stimulate the production of new collagen. This makes tissues firmer and more toned

How do Coolwaves™ work?

Microwaves are part of the large family of electromagnetic waves [frequency range: 1 – 300 GHz]. Today they are common in many fields of everyday life including the medical field, for diagnostic or treatment purposes. However, not all microwaves are the same. No other device emits microwaves in the same way as the ONDA system’s smart handpieces! Microwaves lead the molecules absorbing them to oscillate and vibrate, thus heating up the medium that contains the molecules.

The ONDA system handpieces generate microwaves at 2.45 GHz, a frequency that is preferentially absorbed by fat molecules rather than by water molecules. The conductivity of the epidermis and the dermis, which contain plenty of water but not fat, is therefore much greater than the hypodermis’ one. Therefore, when the Coolwaves™ penetrate the skin, they pass straight through the top layers without overheating them (using about 20% of the energy from the microwaves), while they concentrate their effective action on the subcutaneous fat that highly absorbs them (about 80% of the energy).

By contrast, traditional radio frequency systems (frequency range 0.1 – 40 MHz) act only on the surface since highly absorbed by water molecules. This means that they not only fail to penetrate deep into the body to treat fat, but they also risk to damage the skin.

Case Study

How long does the treatment take?

ONDA treatment is a very quick and easy procedure to deliver with treatment times varying depending on area size. To help put treatment times into perspective, the ONDA device is capable of treating a typical abdomen in 10 – 20 minutes. 

How does the treatment feel?

ONDA treatment is virtually painless. Due to the skin presenting less resistance to high MW frequencies, Coolwaves™ are able to pass through the skin more readily than other technologies, focusing energy only where it is needed (for example in the subcutaneous adipose tissue in the event of localised fat deposits). This then results in less heating and discomfort on the skin.  

Thermographic image of ex-vivo tissue treated with the ONDA handpiece v bipolar radiofrequency.

Dr Aamer Khan, Co-Founder, The Harley Street Skin Clinic

Paolo Bonan, M.D., ESLD Key Officer Education - In Charge of Laser Cutaneous Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery, The Cosmetic Clinic

The Cosmetic Clinic

Interview at CCR with Francesca White , Editor of Tatler Magazine , Tatler Magazine