InMode FX vs Forma

FX or Forma

What is the difference between InMode FX and Forma?

The short answer

FX and Forma are two handpieces on the same InMode radiofrequency platform, and Rewind's device record gives them separate jobs. FX, which the clinic's Korean menu also calls Mini FX, is directed at fat cells beneath the chin and in the cheeks, to reduce the fat stored there. Forma is directed at the skin, where heat promotes collagen and elastin so the surface firms. Neither uses needles. Both pass current between electrodes held against the skin, the arrangement known as bipolar.

Source: Rewind's own device documentation. Session length, comfort measures and session counts are not published for either handpiece and are confirmed at consultation.

Put plainly, choosing between them means deciding what is making the lower face look heavy. If it is a pad of fat, FX is the handpiece the record points to. If it is skin that has lost its spring, Forma is. If it is both, the two can be run in one appointment, and Rewind lists that pairing as a line of its own.

What neither handpiece does is lift tissue that has descended, or reach fat lying deep beneath the neck muscle. Those findings change the conversation entirely, and the examination exists to catch them before a handpiece is chosen.

Mechanism

How FX and Forma use the same bipolar current differently

Both handpieces send radiofrequency current from one electrode to another across a small patch of tissue. What differs is the tissue each is designed to heat, and so the change each one is meant to produce.

01Shared

Bipolar and needle-free

Current stays between the electrodes on the handpiece, so no return pad is needed on the body and nothing pierces the skin. It is the basis for the same-day return to ordinary activity that the clinic's record describes.

02FX

Heat directed into fat

The record describes FX as destroying fat cells beneath the chin and in the cheeks. Laboratory work on selectively heating subcutaneous fat with radiofrequency has shown fat cells to be vulnerable to sustained heat, the principle a fat-directed handpiece relies on.

03Forma

Heat directed into the dermis

Forma is described as promoting collagen and elastin. Published work on bipolar radiofrequency in the dermis has recorded new collagen and new elastin forming in treated skin, the tissue response a skin-directed handpiece aims for.

04Together

Why the pair can share one appointment

Fat reduction and firming answer two halves of one complaint: a lower face that is both fuller and looser than it was. Running both in one visit treats the two findings together, and the clinic lists that visit as a single item.

Pricing

FX and Forma prices at Rewind, single and combined

Each InMode handpiece has its own face line, and the pairing has a third. Knowing which of the three your plan uses answers most of the price question.

List rates before value-added tax. On the current list the combined line equals FX and Forma added together, so pairing them is a clinical choice with no price incentive either way. Body FX is a separate line quoted per area, and the number of sessions is set after examination.

Aftercare

Aftercare is the same for InMode FX and Forma

Rewind gives one set of InMode instructions whichever handpiece is used, so the choice between them does not change the days that follow.

Radiofrequency literature reports burns, blistering, prolonged redness, altered sensation and, occasionally, unwanted fat loss beneath the treated skin. An analysis of injuries in energy-device practice supports having the examining doctor set the plan. Declare earlier fillers, threads and device sessions before treatment.

Questions

InMode FX or Forma: the questions asked before choosing