Thibault Nadal 6:31 p.m., February 16, 2022

For several years, more and more French people have had recourse to cosmetic surgery.

A phenomenon which has increased with successive confinements according to surgeon Éric Plot.

Often, these interventions are accompanied by post-operative scars, but an American technique intends to revolutionize the world of cosmetic surgery.

Who has never dreamed after an operation of having no scars, especially after a cosmetic surgery operation?

It is now possible thanks to a new technique whose doctor Éric Plot, plastic and aesthetic surgeon and member of SOFCEP (French Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons) reveals the content in

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A cost of almost 500 euros

Appeared in the United States three years ago, this technique consists of combining heat and helium.

It actually allows the skin to be tightened without having any scars, by introducing under the skin "a cannula which will make mini incisions and release helium gas and radiofrequency. This creates thermal stress, which increases the temperature to 80-90 degrees, and it is this temperature that will create a reduction in the skin", explains the surgeon.

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But this technique obviously has a cost: nearly 500 euros according to Éric Plot.

This sum is explained according to the surgeon by the fact that the machine necessary for the operation is for single use: "It is a long and meticulous treatment, which is done by strips a little if you want all the centimeters, that lasts at least an hour for the stomach, for example", explains the member of SOFCEP, who claims to advise his patients not to multiply the areas to be treated.

Visible results one month later 

After the operation, Éric Plot explains that the patient must wear a sheath and suffer minor pain during the first two days.

But the results are not visible for several days: "I think we can say that after a month, we see a result, but you really have to wait six months for the patient to say to himself that 'He achieved the result he wanted,' concludes the surgeon.