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I Tried XERF, the Korean Skin-Tightening Treatment for Jawlines (opens in a new tab)
menshealth.com · 2026-10-17
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I Tried XERF, the Korean Skin-Tightening Treatment for Jawlines
menshealth.com · 2026-10-17
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedXERF is a Korean skin-tightening treatment for jawlines that the writer tried in a first-person review.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedXERF is a radiofrequency treatment that heats tissue beneath the skin while using bursts of cooling to keep the outer skin from getting too hot.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedThe treatment is intended to cause immediate collagen contraction and, over weeks to months, collagen remodeling that can make skin look firmer and less saggy.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedThe article says published research on XERF is still early and so far largely limited to animal studies, but it supports the idea that heat can contract and remodel collagen.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedDuring the treatment, the writer says the half of his face that had been treated looked visibly lifted, with a cleaner, sharper jawline and only slight redness.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe writer describes the experience as feeling less like a cosmetic procedure than like someone repeatedly pressing a warm washcloth against his face, and says he left feeling as if he had gotten a facelift without the redness, swelling, surgery, or trauma.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Europe PMC, Crossref · 15 candidate papers
Objective and subjective retrospective evaluation of XERF, a novel single-shot dual-frequency non-invasive monopolar radiofrequency.
Lasers in Medical Science · 2026 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Correction to “Efficacy of Dual‐frequency Noninvasive Monopolar Radiofrequency in Skin Tightening: Histological Evidence”
Skin Research and Technology · 2026 · Crossref
A Dermatologist’s Guide to Nonsurgical Rejuvenation of the Neck and Jawline
2026 · Europe PMC
Evaluation of efficacy and safety for the energy delivery and skin tightness of monopolar radiofrequency device in Asian.
Lasers in Medical Science · 2025 · PubMed
91 Fractional radiofrequency technology Facial radiofrequency skin tightening Facial Radiofrequency Skin Tightening and Fractional Radiofrequency Technology
Masters of Cosmetic Surgery—The Video Atlas · 2021 · Crossref