What is the actual difference between Onda and Thermage?
The energy band and the layer it lands in. Onda delivers Coolwaves™ microwaves at 2.45 GHz and works in the subcutaneous layer, on a soft pocket with slack skin above it. Thermage FLX delivers monopolar radiofrequency into the deep dermis to tighten the envelope and refine its surface. Neither reaches the deep support layer a focused-ultrasound lift is aimed at.
Is Onda just a different kind of radiofrequency?
No. Microwaves sit in their own band, which is the single most common misreading of this treatment. It matters commercially as well as clinically: “energy-based contouring” covers several technologies that behave quite differently, so the frequency and the delivered energy are the two specifications worth writing down when you compare quotes.
Which one costs more at Dear Clinic?
A single Thermage FLX tip is ₩1,900,000 (≈ $1,355) against ₩500,000 (≈ $355) for a 60 kJ Onda session, so one session of Onda is the smaller figure. Over a plan the gap narrows, because Onda is repeated and a tip usually is not. Compare the two as plans.
Can I have both Onda and Thermage?
Some plans do use both, spaced apart rather than stacked into one visit, with the interval set at diagnosis so the tissue is not recovering from two kinds of heat at once. Each is billed at its own published unit. Whether your face benefits from the pair, or only from one, comes out of the reading.
I have a heavy double chin. Which one?
If the fullness is soft and can be lifted between two fingers, that is the shape of problem Onda was built for. If the chin reads as skin that has slackened over a jaw with little fullness under it, radiofrequency is the better instrument. A hands-on examination separates the two in about a minute, and the scan confirms it.
Which one is better for the eye area?
Thermage, without much argument. Eye Thermage runs on a dedicated 450-shot tip at ₩2,200,000 (≈ $1,570) with its own protocol for lid and under-eye skin. Onda has no published eye line here.
Which one hurts more?
They are unlike each other. Thermage is a repeated pulse of deep heat with a snap of pressure behind it, hundreds of times, with vibration and cooling taking the edge off; if it feels strong, the energy level can be lowered, and depending on the case sedation, gas anaesthesia or an injected painkiller may also be used — the director decides at the visit. Onda is a rising and falling warmth under a moving applicator, with the cooled plate keeping the surface comfortable; comfort measures are confirmed at consultation.
Which one has more downtime?
Neither asks for a day off. Thermage leaves a stronger flush for a few hours and soreness for a day or two; Onda leaves mild pink and a firm feel in the treated zone for several days. Nothing is broken at the surface either way.
Does either one work on the body?
Onda does, on a separate body line using the body applicator and a larger energy budget. There is no body line for Thermage on this clinic’s published list, so a request for body tightening is answered with Onda or with something else entirely, and the assessment says which.
How many sessions of each should I expect?
Thermage is normally one tip per visit with a long gap before the question is asked again. Onda is bought a session at a time, with the next one decided at review. Neither is pre-sold as a package here, so a plan that turns out to need less simply costs less.
Is there anyone you refuse for both?
Yes. Descent at the deep support layer is redirected to focused-ultrasound lifting, because heating the wrong layer twice wastes your money. A pacemaker or another implanted electronic device rules out monopolar radiofrequency outright. Active inflammation or broken skin inside the treatment zone postpones either session until it has healed. In each case the consultation ends by naming what would suit you instead.
I am visiting Korea. Can I be assessed and treated on the same day?
Usually. The reading and the consultation take the first part of the visit, and if the plan confirms a platform the session can follow immediately, though naming your dates in advance lets a Thermage tip be set aside under your name. Everyone reads the same published rates, weekends and public holidays are ordinary booking days across 365 days a year, and the form below is answered in English as soon as possible with no deposit taken.
