Does it hurt? Do I need numbing?

Most people do not need it. Each pulse is brief: a prick and a flash of warmth that passes before you have really registered it. Numbing cream is available if you would rather have it, and it is offered without charge. Deeper settings on the jaw or the body are felt more than the lighter ones used around the eyes.

How many sessions will I need?

Three is the minimum we recommend, spaced a few weeks apart. The sessions add up rather than each standing alone, so stopping at one buys a fraction of the result. Body areas often take more.

What is the downtime?

A day or two of redness, and pinpoint marks that close overnight. Bruising is less common but can take up to ten days. No makeup until the next morning, and nothing else is restricted after the first 24 hours.

When will I see results?

A slight tightening is often noticeable after the first session, from the heat rather than from new tissue. The real change builds over two to three months after the course finishes, as collagen and elastin are laid down. Results vary from person to person.

Can it be used around the eyes?

Yes, the needle depth is set shallow there, which is what makes it one of the few energy treatments that can work this close to the eye. The eyelids and the under-eye are among the areas it is most asked for.

How does it compare with CO2 resurfacing?

Resurfacing removes the surface and replaces it, which reaches deeper scarring and asks for about a week. This passes through the surface and leaves it intact, which asks for a day but needs a course. For deep, pitted scarring the resurfacing is the better answer, and we will say so.

From $499 a session. The size of the region treated sets the price, and treating several regions in one visit is priced per region. Package pricing is available for a course. Taxes are added at payment.

Rejuvenation Radiofrequency Microneedling aesthetic treatment in Montreal Clinic

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Scarlet Microneedling Rejuvenation in Montreal

Fine needles pass through the surface of the skin and release radiofrequency in short bursts between their tips, so the heat forms below the skin. That is how the heat reaches the layer that needs tightening while the surface stays intact, which is why recovery is minimal. It is planned as a course of several sessions.

Monkland · Châteauguay
Consultations in French and English

Monkland · Châteauguay
Consultations in French and English

Treatment time: 30 to 90min; About an hour for the face; longer for a body area
Downtime: Minimal; Redness for a day or two; pinpoint marks or bruising up to ten days
Results appear: 2 to 3months; A slight tightening comes sooner; the real change builds across these
Results last: About 12months; Then a maintenance session rather than a full course
Price: $499; Confirmed at your consultation.

Scarlet RF® microneedling

How it works

What does Scarlet RF microneedling do?

It tightens your skin from underneath.

Loose skin starts in the layer under the surface. Scarlet uses fine needles to deliver heat to that layer, and the surface stays intact. Over a course of sessions, your skin builds new collagen and elastin. You may feel a little tighter right away, and the full result shows 2 to 3 months after your last session.

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Loose skin starts under the surface
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Fine needles bring heat to that layer
03
Firmer skin 2 to 3 months later

Results

Your results, step by step

3 or more visits, 3 to 4 weeks apart. Full results 2 to 3 months after the last one.

Your visit · 30 to 90 min
Fine needles, quick warm pulses
Your skin is cleaned. The practitioner places the handpiece section by section. Each pulse feels like a quick prick and a flash of warmth. Numbing cream is available if you want it.
Same day
Pink, and a little tighter
Your skin is pink and warm, with tiny marks where the needles went in. Many people feel a little tighter right away. Makeup waits until the next morning.
2 to 3 days
Back to normal
The redness is gone. Tiny marks or bruising can last up to 10 days, and makeup covers them easily.
After the third session
The change that holds
Each session builds on the last. Skin feels firmer, and texture is usually the first thing to improve.
2 to 3 months after the last session
Your full result
New collagen and elastin are in place. The result lasts about a year, then one upkeep session keeps it.

Patient after chin Scarlet-S RF treatment - Ideal Body Clinic Montreal — Patient chin Scarlet S RF Ideal Body Clinic Montreal

Patient before chin Scarlet-S RF treatment - Ideal Body Clinic Montreal — Patient chin Scarlet S RF Ideal Body Clinic Montreal

These photos (or videos) are published for informational purposes to illustrate the nature of the procedure. They do not constitute any guarantee of results. Results vary from person to person.

7 areas

Where is it used?

Where this treatment is used. Your plan is confirmed at the consultation.

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Face and cheeks
02
Jaw and chin
03
Eyelids and under-eye
04
Lips and marionette lines
05
Neck and chest
06
Abdomen, arms and knees
07
Glutes and inner thighs

Reviews

Google reviews that mention this treatment

★★★★★
On m’a proposé l’option plus profonde en une séance et j’ai choisi le Scarlet parce que je ne pouvais pas prendre trois jours. Explication honnête du compromis, sans pression dans un sens ou l’autre.
Dominique P. · October 2026 · Google
★★★★★
Je n’ai eu besoin d’aucune anesthésie pour le Scarlet. C’est une piqûre rapide, un peu de chaleur, et ça passe à la suite. Rouge pendant une journée, c’est tout.
Olivier T. · September 2026 · Google
★★★★★
Did my neck and chest, which I had given up on. It took the full Scarlet course plus a couple of months, but the crepey look is much softer now.
Carole B. · September 2026 · Google
★★★★★
Three sessions of the Scarlet on my face for texture and old acne scarring. Each appointment was under an hour and I went straight back to work. The difference after the third was the one that counted.
Sabrina N. · August 2026 · Google
★★★★★
They treated my eyelids with the Scarlet, which nowhere else would touch. Careful work, and the crepiness there is noticeably better.
Francine M. · July 2026 · Google
★★★★★
Booked the triLift microneedling version for texture and the lift version for my cheeks. Different recoveries (the microneedling needed a day), but both did what they said.
Karine B. · September 2026 · Google
★★★★★
Rouge environ une journée après les polynucléotides et présentable le lendemain matin, exactement comme annoncé. L’étape de microneedling ressemblait à un léger grattement, rien de pire.
Stéphanie D. · September 2026 · Google
★★★★★
Trois séances de PRP pour des cicatrices d’acné, combinées au microneedling chaque fois. La texture de mes joues est bien plus lisse. Les creux plus profonds près des tempes ont à peine bougé.
Jonathan P. · September 2026 · Google
★★★★★
J’avais fait trois fois le microneedling par radiofréquence plus léger ailleurs, en payant à chaque fois pour de petits résultats. Une séance de Profound a fait plus que les trois réunies. Cher, mais le calcul était bon.
Nathalie R. · August 2026 · Google
★★★★★
I added the exosomes to my microneedling session on the nurse’s recommendation. The redness settled by the next morning instead of dragging on for two days the way it usually does. Three sessions in now.
Noémie V. · August 2026 · Google

Compare

A course of light sessions, or one deep one

Both deliver radiofrequency under the skin through needles. What differs is how much is given at once, and therefore what the week afterwards looks like.

Compare with

	Scarlet RF® microneedlingThis treatment	Profound RF™ microneedlingView treatment →
Sessions	Three or more, a few weeks apart	One
Recovery	A day or two of redness	About three days, bruising possible for a week
Numbing	Usually none	Always, and it takes 45 minutes
How long it holds	About twelve months	Up to five years
Treatment time	30–90 minutes	45–90 minutes, depending on area
Downtime	Minimal (redness, swelling, or pinpoint bleeding for a few days)	Minimal (redness, swelling, or bruising for a few days)
Price	$450 – $2,000, depending on package	$1,200 – $2,450 per zone

Each treatment’s facts come from its own page. Prices and timings are confirmed at your consultation.

Your visit

Cleansed, passed over in sections, and done

Performed by trained medical aestheticians and nurses, after an assessment of your skin.

First visit
First visit
Assessment, plan and cleansing
Your skin is assessed and the number of sessions is set, with needle depth chosen per region: shallower around the eyes, deeper on the jaw and the body. Makeup and sunscreen then come off completely; numbing cream is offered, but most people go without.
20 to 60 minutes
20 to 60 minutes
The passes
The handpiece is placed section by section. Each pulse is brief: a prick and a flash of warmth that is over before you have decided what you think of it.
5 minutes
5 minutes
Soothed and out
A calming serum and sunscreen go on. You can go back to work; makeup waits until the next morning.
3 to 4 weeks
3 to 4 weeks
The next session
Sessions are spaced a few weeks apart so each lands on recovered skin. Three is the minimum and the plan is reviewed as you go.

Stop retinoids and acids for three days
They leave the surface more reactive than the settings assume
Come without makeup if you can
It has to come off completely before the needles go anywhere
Tell us if you get cold sores
Needling near the mouth can trigger one, and it is prevented rather than treated

Safety

Side effects, and who it is not for

The surface is punctured rather than removed, so what follows is small and short. The one thing to respect is that the entry points are open wounds for a day.

Needle depth is set per region, shallower around the eyes
A sterile single-use cartridge for every session
The plan is reviewed between sessions rather than fixed

Common and temporary

Redness and warmth for a day or two
Pinpoint marks where the needles entered, closing overnight
Mild swelling or tenderness, settling within a couple of days

Less common

Bruising, which can take up to ten days to clear
A breakout in the days after a session, as the skin settles
Infection at an entry point, or pigment change on deeper skin tones

Wait, or choose another option, if

You are pregnant or breastfeeding
You have a pacemaker or another implanted electrical device
There is an active infection, open lesion or inflamed acne in the area
You have taken oral isotretinoin in the last six months
You have a history of keloid scarring
You have a bleeding or clotting disorder

Call the clinic or seek care right away if

Redness spreads outward from the treated area after the first two days, the area becomes hot and increasingly painful, pus or yellow crusting appears, or you develop a fever.

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