[unpaid/treatment/ad] What a stressful day yesterday was! Through nobody’s fault, my timings to go back to The Cosmetic Skin Clinic HERE to try Morpheus 8 got muddled and I ended up having to run to catch a train and then leg it up Oxford Street which had inconveniently closed for buses. From there I walk-ran to the clinic in Devonshire Place and arrived in a sweat but bang on time for 11.30 – a full three hours earlier than planned.
Morpheus 8 is a combination of radio frequency and micro-needling and I’d been curious about trying it since losing some weight over Christmas and realising that if it does give the claimed results, I would be a good candidate to see them. The skin on my neck has become looser and while that’s okay in itself the unexpected side-effects are itching between the folds. I mean, who knew? I suppose that its exacerbated by me constantly looking down to my phone because that seems to be the action that’s the most irritating. So, after assessment at the clinic it was agreed that there would be something to look at afterwards. A few weeks later, and having had time to think about it more, I went ahead.
Let me say that this is what I would call more of a procedure than a treatment. You need at least and hour and 15 minutes with a whole tube of numbing cream on your neck before anything happens and that has its own comedy element I must admit. I didn’t think through using headphones and somehow dragged one of them through the cream and up my face without noticing leaving me with a nicely numbed stripe. It’s hard not to touch but you can’t otherwise you’ll end up with numb fingers as well.
Similar to this
After the time has passed the practitioner, Lee, scraped off the cream with a spatula and started the treatment. I haven’t had a caesarean but I could relate the description that you can feel the rummaging but there is no pain. It’s a very weird sensation and I didn’t like it really. There were certain parts of my neck that were a bit more sensitive – when I say a bit, I mean they really hurt, but very fleetingly… before the swearword that came out of my mouth was finished is how briefly and it was a short one.
The equipment comprises a hand-held ‘zapper’ that Lee pressed with some force against my skin repeatedly to allow a dose of both micro-needles and radio frequency. The absolute mercy of this is that he is like greased lightening in speed so it was all over relatively quickly – about fifteen minutes. I did both before and after videos on Instagram HERE if you want to take a look.
I didn’t find it terribly nice at the time, my neck stung like heck afterwards for about half an hour, and I ended up with a headache from tensing up (Morpheus 8 is a walk in the park compared to Ultherapy which is the worst thing I’ve ever tried in this vein). Having hundreds of tiny needles bounced into your face does the miraculous thing of genuinely stimulating collagen via the healing response needed and radio frequency sort of shrinks the loose skin.
There’s not really any major downtime – I was shopping twenty minutes after but I did feel really thirsty and in urgent need of sugar (thank you Crème Egg!) and my neck will be red for the next 24 hours. There is some home maintenance aftercare to be done – use an antiseptic product on the area for a couple of days, use only tepid water when washing for the next week, SPF after the micro holes have closed, avoid using make up for a few days (not a problem because I don’t use any on my neck) and don’t use retinol (I was given a couple of after care products to use – Epionce Priming Oil and Epionce Enriched Firming Mask (for moisture). I think I’m going to have to clingfilm my neck when it comes to hair washing.
Anyway, that is the long and short of what Morpheus 8 feels like – I have another appointment in 6 weeks and of course will do an update of any result. I hope so – it feels like quite a big experience for no gain so I’d be disappointed to see nothing. But then, I saw nothing with Ultherapy and that was awful so I just have to wait!
*For absolute clarity, the Morpheus 8 treatment was offered to me by The Cosmetic Skin Clinic HERE who I like and trust after having had Coolsculpt there last year and interviewing Dr Tracey Mountford, the clinic director. They did not pay me to have the treatment and I did not charge them for writing about it. We have an open communication and they are happy for me to be as frank as I need to when explaining what a treatment feels like and how I perceive the results.
Transparency Disclosure
All products are sent to me as samples from brands and agencies unless otherwise stated. Affiliate links may be used. Posts are not affiliate driven.
15 comments
Wow, your trip there sounds like the stress dreams I get from time to time!
This is a treatment that piques my interest, so I’ll be keen to read your update(s) after the next treatment and what benefits you see from it.
I’m keen to see as well Caroline. And yes, it was a bit of a stress dream but all worked out well in the end.. I slept like a log last night!
Thanks for this Jane, looking forward to reading the your follow up results. Btw, I think you might be the only person I know who loses weight over the Christmas period
I don’t think there will be results til about April which seems forever away! Yes, I know re weight – bad time to be ill but on the plus, I don’t have to squeeze into my favourite jeans any more – they fit like a glove!
I’m neither here nor there about the treatment, but I just wanted to say your transparency and disclosures are top-notch. What an exemplary corner of the internet this is! I appreciate the openness.
Thank you Alanna – I appreciate that very much x
Thank you for sharing your experience! I just did my first treatment of Morpheus 8 this morning! Apparently I have a high tolerance for pain luckily. I had it on my neck as well. She said she would start at a medium depth and see my tolerance. Between the numbing cream and the laughing gas I had no problem so she went deeper as she claims it is more effective. I look like I was stung by a swarm of bees, but so far so good. I go back in 4-6 weeks for second round. I look forward to seeing your results as well!
You had laughing gas?!! OMG – I feel cheated :-))))))
I am planning to have this procedure done on my neck next month — I will be having both laughing gas AND a valium cocktail! 😀 Of course, someone will have to drive me home afterward, but it sounds like it will be worth it! 😉 Like you, I had Ultherapy which pretty much did nothing to tighten my skin. I would love to see an updated picture showing your results after 8-weeks!
Yes, I’ll definitely post – possibly on my Instagram (@britbeautyblog). Strangely, I think I can see some small difference already from the second although I saw nothing from the first. I just had the Emla cream but while it’s not nice at all, I could put up with it on just that. Not that I was offered anything else, mind you!
Hi Jane can you update us on your Morpheus 8 treatment? Thanks so much.
Sure – it’s here Morpheus 8 Review – An Update 🙂
The machine in the pic is not Morpheus8. That’s Body Tite from same company InMode like Morpheus8. Body Tite is minimally invasive fat reduction and removal procedure also known as Radio Frequency Assisted Liposuction. Morpheus8 is fractional microneedling.
If you look closely you will see that the hand set being used on my face is connected to the machine – maybe as a power source.
That’s possible of course.