01
Sun Damage / Uneven Tone
Brown spots, dullness, uneven tone and very fine surface aging.
Technologies Grace may consider
MultiFrax 1927 · Spectra
Skin tightening — Austin
Skin Tightening in Austin
Different types of “loose skin” come from different causes.
Grace MedSpa uses multiple technologies to address skin laxity, crepey texture, collagen loss, wrinkles and body contour changes based on what is actually contributing to the appearance—not simply which device is available.
Treatment planning starts with the concern, the tissue and the area—not a preselected device.
Start with the cause
Not all loose skin is the same problem.
Visible aging can involve several separate changes:
- 01Surface and photoaging
- 02Fine lines and texture
- 03Collagen and elastin changes
- 04True skin laxity
- 05Subcutaneous fullness or volume changes
- 06Body muscle tone and support
The best treatment depends on what is causing the change you actually see.
Looking for loose skin on the abdomen, arms, thighs or knees? Explore Body Skin Tightening.
The anatomy of change
Why skin changes with time
Skin aging happens at multiple tissue levels. Changes at the surface can look very different from collagen loss, deeper laxity or changes in underlying volume and support.
What looks like ‘loose skin’ can begin at more than one layer.
Visual concern selector
What are you noticing?
Start with the change you see.
See how Grace chooses
02
Fine Lines / Crepey Texture
Fine wrinkling, thinning-looking skin and delicate textural change.
Technologies Grace may consider
MultiFrax 1550 · sometimes 1927 in combination
03
Loss of Firmness / Early Laxity
Subtle softening around the lower face, jawline or neck.
Technologies Grace may consider
Forma · GentleYAG 1064 · MultiFrax 1550
04
More Established Laxity
More visible looseness or crepiness at the face, neck or body.
Technologies Grace may consider
Morpheus8 Face · Morpheus8 Body · Forma where appropriate
05
Body Laxity / Poor Definition
Loose-looking skin with reduced contour or muscular definition.
Technologies Grace may consider
EvolveX Transform · EvolveX Tone · Morpheus8 Body
06
Stretch Marks / Body Texture
Visible striae and textural change on an appropriate body area.
Technologies Grace may consider
MultiFrax 1550 · Morpheus8 Body where appropriate
Illustrative examples only—not Grace patients, diagnoses or before-and-after results. A consultation is needed to assess your tissue and treatment area.
Advanced facial skin assessment
We look closer before we choose a treatment.
For facial concerns, treatment planning at Grace begins before we choose a device. We use the Cartessa GLIMPSE Professional Skin Evaluator as part of our facial consultation process to create a detailed, standardized view of the skin, then combine that information with an in-person assessment of your tissue, anatomy and goals.
The goal isn’t to fit you to a machine. It’s to understand what you’re seeing first.
Explore GLIMPSE Skin Analysis
Standardized skin imaging
GLIMPSE offers 14 analysis modes to help visualize wrinkles, pores, texture, melanin, pigmentation, skin tone and other visible skin-quality concerns. It supports image overlay, split-screen and comparison over time.
GLIMPSE documents visible skin characteristics. It does not diagnose a patient or determine a treatment by itself.
How Grace builds your facial treatment plan
Step 01
GLIMPSE skin imaging
Wrinkles · Texture · Pores · Pigmentation · Skin tone
Step 02
Provider assessment
Laxity · Crepiness · Fullness · Tissue quality · Facial anatomy · Goals
Step 03
Match concern to mechanism
Forma · Morpheus8 · MultiFrax · GentleYAG · Spectra · other appropriate Grace facial options
Step 04
Personalized treatment plan
A recommendation shaped by what the imaging documents and what the provider assesses in person.
Once we understand what you’re seeing—and what may be contributing to it—we can match the concern to the treatment mechanism and tissue level that makes the most sense.
Real results · different mechanisms
See what different treatment approaches can look like.
These previews connect visible concerns with the individual treatment pages. They are examples, not promises or standardized treatment plans.
Grace MedSpa patient · Forma facial tightening
Forma
Mild-to-moderate facial firmness and laxity improvement.
Individual results vary.
Explore Forma
Grace MedSpa patient · Morpheus8 Face
Morpheus8 Face
More intensive fractional RF remodeling for laxity and texture.
Individual results vary.
Explore Morpheus8 Face
Grace MedSpa patient · Morpheus8 Body
Morpheus8 Body
Body laxity and abdominal skin remodeling progression.
Individual results vary.
Explore Morpheus8 Body
Grace MedSpa patient · MultiFrax
MultiFrax
Fractional skin remodeling, texture and skin-quality improvement.
Individual results vary.
Explore MultiFrax
Grace MedSpa patient · Lutronic Spectra
Lutronic Spectra
Skin-quality, pigment and rejuvenation support—not Grace’s strongest lifting treatment.
Individual results vary.
Explore Lutronic Spectra
Grace MedSpa patient · EvolveX
EvolveX
Body contour, tissue remodeling and definition shown without assigning the result to one component.
Individual results vary.
Explore EvolveXTechnical guide
Different depths. Different causes. Different solutions.
Different technologies interact with tissue differently. Wavelength, RF delivery, pulse structure, treatment depth and modality all affect which concerns a treatment may be best suited to address.
Illustrations show relative tissue interaction and are not to scale. Actual treatment depth depends on anatomy, treatment area, device settings and protocol.
A
Two MultiFrax wavelengths
1927 nm: more superficial treatment for pigmentation, sun damage and surface rejuvenation.
1550 nm: deeper fractional dermal remodeling for fine lines, texture, crepey skin, wrinkles and stretch-mark or textural concerns.
B
Forma vs Morpheus8
Forma: non-needle bipolar RF with broad controlled dermal heating.
Morpheus8: fractional RF microneedling for targeted and deeper remodeling.
C
Same 1064 nm. Different pulse structure. Different tissue effect.
GentleYAG: long-pulsed 1064 nm with deeper thermal dermal interaction.
Spectra: 1064 nm delivered through different pulse structures for skin-quality, rejuvenation and pigment-oriented applications. They are not interchangeable.
D
Body remodeling has separate components
EvolveX Transform: RF tissue heating and remodeling.
EvolveX Tone: EMS muscle stimulation and definition.
LIPOcel: focused HIFU primarily for localized fat reduction with secondary thermal tissue contraction.
Treatment selection
How Grace chooses the right approach
“We don’t start by asking which machine you want. We start with what you see, what may be causing it, and what you want to improve.”
01
Surface / pigmentation
MultiFrax 1927 · Spectra
02
Fine lines / crepey texture
MultiFrax 1550 · Morpheus8 where appropriate
03
Stretch marks / body texture
MultiFrax 1550 · Morpheus8 Body where appropriate
04
Mild-to-moderate facial / neck firmness
Forma · GentleYAG 1064 · MultiFrax 1550 where appropriate
05
More established laxity
Morpheus8 Face · Morpheus8 Body · Forma where appropriate
06
Body laxity / contour
EvolveX Transform · Morpheus8 Body
07
Poor muscle tone / definition
08
Localized fat + laxity
LIPOcel for the localized fat component · An appropriate tightening modality when laxity is also present
This is a concern-to-option framework, not a diagnosis or rigid protocol. Anatomy, treatment area, skin quality, medical history and downtime preferences shape the final recommendation.
Personalized planning
One concern can have more than one cause
Two patients can both say ‘my skin feels loose’ while having very different combinations of surface aging, collagen loss, true laxity, fat or poor tone.
Skin quality, skin tightening, localized fat reduction and muscle tone are separate goals—but they can be part of the same personalized plan.
These are examples of Grace's assessment logic, not standardized protocols for every patient.
Concern-first planning
Sometimes the concern isn’t skin tightening.
Skin tightening is one treatment category. Some visible aging concerns belong to a different one, and treating the wrong category is a common reason a plan feels disappointing.
Dynamic expression lines
Lines that appear or deepen when the face moves.
Volume loss or deeper folds
Hollowing or folds shaped by reduced support rather than looseness of the skin itself.
Pigment or surface texture
Sun damage, uneven tone or roughness concentrated at the surface of the skin.
True laxity
Skin that has genuinely loosened or lost firmness in an area.
Treatment category
Forma · Morpheus8 · GentleYAG · MultiFrax 1550, where appropriate
See the tightening frameworkLocalized fat or fullness
A defined area of pinchable fullness that is fat rather than loose skin.
This is general education about treatment categories, not a diagnosis. A consultation determines which category your concern falls into—and whether more than one contributes.
Grace technology
Skin tightening and remodeling technologies at Grace
01 · Non-needle bipolar RF
Forma
Broad controlled dermal heating for facial and neck firmness, mild-to-moderate laxity and a lower-downtime tightening option.
Explore treatment02 · Fractional RF microneedling
Morpheus8 Face
Targeted, deeper remodeling for laxity, wrinkles and texture across the face, jawline and neck.
Explore treatment03 · Fractional RF microneedling
Morpheus8 Body / Deep
Body-focused treatment for appropriate laxity, crepey skin and deeper tissue-remodeling concerns.
Explore treatment
04 · Two fractional wavelengths
MultiFrax 1927 + 1550
1927 is more superficial for pigment, photodamage and surface rejuvenation; 1550 supports deeper dermal remodeling, fine lines, crepey texture and stretch-mark or textural concerns.
Explore treatment05 · Long-pulsed Nd:YAG
GentleYAG 1064
Long-pulsed 1064 nm energy with thermal dermal interaction associated with collagen remodeling, firmness, wrinkles and skin quality.
Explore treatment
06 · Skin-quality and pigment adjunct
Lutronic Spectra 1064
A 1064 nm platform with different pulse behavior from GentleYAG, used for skin-quality, rejuvenation and pigment-oriented applications rather than as Grace's strongest lifting treatment.
Explore treatment
07 · Bipolar RF
EvolveX Transform
Body tissue heating and remodeling for laxity and contour. Transform is the RF component, not the muscle-stimulation treatment.
Explore treatment08 · EMS
EvolveX Tone
Muscle stimulation for tone and definition. Tone addresses muscular contribution rather than directly tightening skin or reducing fat.
Explore treatment09 · 2 MHz focused HIFU
LIPOcel
Primarily a localized-fat reduction treatment, with secondary thermal tissue contraction and an approximately 13 mm focal depth for the relevant cartridge and protocol—not Grace's primary option for loose skin alone.
Explore treatmentGrace results
Real treatment plans, documented at Grace
These examples show authentic Grace clients treated with Morpheus8 Face or Body. They illustrate possible outcomes from one modality—not a promise that the same plan or result applies to every concern.
Combination planning
Sometimes more than one layer matters.
Face + neck
Surface aging, collagen loss and deeper laxity are different concerns and may benefit from different treatment mechanisms.
Body
Localized fat, loose skin and reduced muscle definition are three separate goals, even when they affect the same area.
Combination therapy is not automatically better and is not required for every patient.
Supportive care
Skin Quality & Recovery Adjuncts
Alongside a primary plan, Grace offers Rejuran Healing Essence—a polynucleotide-based (salmon DNA-derived) topical protocol, part of the PDRN and polynucleotide family discussed in aesthetics as skin rejuvenation. It is used as a supportive or finishing step alongside another in-office treatment for skin comfort, hydration, fine texture and overall skin quality, typically as part of a series.
It is an adjunct, not a lifting or skin-tightening treatment. Grace’s service is a topical in-office protocol rather than an injectable Rejuran product, and it is not presented as regenerative medicine.
Explore PDRN / Salmon DNAConsultation
Not sure which treatment fits your concern?
A consultation helps determine what you are actually seeing, which tissue levels may be contributing, and which treatment options fit your goals, treatment area and downtime preferences.
Frequently asked
Skin tightening questions, answered
Visit
Northland Drive, Central Austin
Grace MedSpa and Body Solutions treats patients from one Austin location, convenient to Northwest Hills, Allandale, Rosedale and the Domain.
Hours
- Monday – Friday
- 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday – Sunday
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