The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued an official safety communication, highlighting serious complications associated with radiofrequency (RF) microneedling devices for aesthetic treatments, including burns, scarring, fat loss, disfigurement, and nerve damage. This warning serves as a critical alert for industry safety standards.
The risks identified by the FDA are inherent to the invasive nature of traditional RF microneedling technology. This process involves the physical penetration of the skin with micro-electrodes to deliver energy, which unavoidably causes tissue puncture and damage.
