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How it works
Needles 0.5 to 7 mm deep, heat at the tip
- Resurfacing tip0.5 mm
- 12-needle tip1 – 4 mm
- 24-needle tip1 – 7 mm
- 40-needle tip2 – 7 mm
Heat is delivered where the needle tips stop. Deeper settings reach below the dermis.
Heat is delivered where the needle tips stop. Deeper settings reach below the dermis.
Can Morpheus8 melt your face fat?
How deep its needles go by tip, why the area decides whether they reach the fat beneath the skin, what the FDA and Health Canada warnings report, and the three questions to ask before a session.
What it costs
Treating the face costs $600 – $1,500 a session on clinic pages
Tap to add or remove an area. Quoted combinations apply where listed.
| Area | One session | Three-visit budget |
|---|---|---|
| $600 – $1,500a session | $1,800 – $4,500three-visit budget | |
| upper or lower | $600a session | $1,800three-visit budget |
| from $450a session | from $1,350three-visit budget | |
| $600 – $1,035a session | $1,800 – $2,700three-visit budget | |
| one price for both | $1,000 – $2,000a session | $3,000 – $6,000three-visit budget |
| one price for both | $1,000a session | $3,000three-visit budget |
Budget for three visits
$1,800 – $4,500Three visits on the face, before tax; a budgeting assumption
Results & duration
Tightening studies added a second device
Patient satisfaction
Would do it again
with FaceTite93%of 247 people
Asked by the clinics that treated them, with FaceTite added.
Doctor-rated appearance
Looked tighter
with AccuTite55%of 9 people
Rated “marked improvement” at six months on the investigators’ evaluations, which the abstract says were blinded for tightening, with AccuTite, a second device, added.
Why the answer is still open
2 of 15
published studies measured tightening
8 of 15
declare a tie to InMode, the maker
5 of 15
have no open full text, so their authors’ ties could not be checked
0 of 2
compared it with no treatment
2 of 2
paired it with a second device
1 of 2
used Morpheus8 rather than Fractora
Every record the searches returned
- published studies measured tightening: Among all PubMed records listed here, this counts those classified as measuring skin tightening.
- declare a tie to InMode, the maker: Among all PubMed records listed here, this counts a declared InMode consultancy, sponsorship or holding, including sponsorship documented in a linked trial registration.
- have no open full text, so their authors’ ties could not be checked: Among all PubMed records listed here, this counts those marked unchecked because no open full text was available to assess ties to InMode.
- compared it with no treatment: Among the tightening studies, this counts those with a no-treatment or sham comparison group.
- paired it with a second device: Among the tightening studies, this counts those recorded as combining the radiofrequency microneedling device with another device.
- used Morpheus8 rather than Fractora: Among the tightening studies, this counts those recorded as using Morpheus8 rather than Fractora, including combination treatments.
- PubMed · “Morpheus8” and radiofrequency microneedling as a device type · 15
- Dayan 2020 · measured tightening · Fractora · 247 people · with FaceTite · a tie to InMode declared
- Demesh 2021 · measured tightening · Morpheus8 · 9 people · with AccuTite · a tie to InMode declared
- Stein 2025 · assessed adverse events after facial radiofrequency treatments · a tie to InMode declared
- Garcés 2025 · measured facial appearance, pore visibility, luminosity and fine wrinkles with nanofat grafting · no tie to InMode declared
- Dayan 2021 · measured airborne particle counts and sizes during treatment · no open full text to check
- Dayan 2019 · described radiofrequency microneedling combined with FaceTite or BodyTite for skin laxity · a tie to InMode declared
- Hamadani 2025 · measured acne relapse after treatment · a tie to InMode declared
- Safir 2026 · measured hidradenitis suppurativa severity and treatment response · a tie to InMode declared
- Ugonabo 2022 · reported a case series on cellulite treatment · no open full text to check
- Cala Uribe 2024 · measured complications, satisfaction and aesthetic outcomes after multidevice arm liposculpture · a tie to InMode declared
- O’Daniel 2026 · assessed fibrosis, surgical complexity and neck-lift outcomes after earlier neck treatments · no tie to InMode declared
- Sharkov 2024 · described devices used alongside body-contouring surgery · no open full text to check
- Magro 2022 · reviewed radiofrequency microneedling technology and applications · no open full text to check
- Hendricks 2022 · reviewed Morpheus8 technology and facial dermatology applications · no open full text to check
- Hurwitz 2020 · discussed noninvasive and minimally invasive alternatives or additions to abdominoplasty · a tie to InMode declared
- ClinicalTrials.gov · “Morpheus8” · 7
- NCT03945422 · InMode · jowl and neck laxity after a facelift
- NCT04103619 · InMode · lower eyelid
- NCT05085730 · UT Southwestern · fine lines and wrinkles
- NCT03769649 · InMode · cellulite
- NCT06283056 · InMode · cellulite
- NCT05830968 · InMode · inflammatory acne
- NCT05860972 · InMode · axillary hyperhidrosis
How long do results last?
Clinic pages say 12 to 24 months, with a maintenance session at 6 to 18 months. No study has measured it; a review and a randomized split-face trial of other radiofrequency-microneedling devices report skin still remodeling at 6 months.
Tan 2021, PMID 33577211 · Liu 2024, PMID 38923679 · clinic pages
Recovery & risks
Downtime varies with treatment depth
Manual, clinic pages and Dayan 2020 · 247 people
- Downtime
- 1 to 6 days, depending on energy and depth, the operator manual says; 1 to 5 days on three clinic pages, up to 2 weeks on one.
- Redness, swelling, crusting
- Redness no longer than 24 hours; swelling 1 to 3 weeks; crusting flakes off after 1 to 3 weeks.
- Reported in a study
- Of 247 people treated with FaceTite added: swelling past six weeks in 12 (4.8%), a hard area past twelve weeks in 8 (3.2%), a weak lower lip for a time in 3 (1.2%); all resolved without further treatment, the paper reports.
Side effects reported to the FDA
No rate established for Morpheus8.
Burns and scarring
Fat loss
Nerve damage
Serious risks reported with RF microneedling · FDA safety communication, passed on by Health Canada · Illustrations are schematic.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
- Health Canada · MDALL licence 101725, InMode RF
- FDA · 510(k) K240017, Morpheus8 90 applicator (2024)
- FDA · RF microneedling safety communication (2025)
- Health Canada · Health Product InfoWatch, January 2026, “Potential risks of radiofrequency microneedling”
- InMode · operator manual DO609736B (2020); no public manufacturer-hosted copy linked
- PubMed · “Morpheus8” and radiofrequency microneedling as a device type
- Chopra 2015, PMID 26508650 · facial skin thickness at 39 sites, Aesthetic Surgery Journal
- ClinicalTrials.gov · “Morpheus8”
- Excise Tax Act · s. 165, Sch. V Pt. II, Sch. VIII
- College of Nurses of Ontario · Aesthetic services, practice guideline (2026)
- Ontario e-Laws · Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, ss. 27 and 30, and O. Reg. 107/96, Controlled Acts
- FDA · K200947 (2020), Morpheus8 applicator specifications