Ultrasound is sound waves that cannot be heard by the human ear. These waves are very high sounds of a range of 20,000 vibrations/sec. (hertz). For many years already practitioners of sports medicine in particular have used the ultrasound as a means of inserting active substances into the skin. The vibration of ultrasound opens the skin up for the smallest molecules. Molecules above a certain molecular weight cannot penetrate into the skin in spite of ultrasound. Ultrasound at a frequency of 1 MHz penetrates into deeper layers of tissue. In contrast, 3 MHz only oscillate on the upper layer of skin.

However, for cosmetic purposes ultrasound has only been used since the beginning of the 1990s. Again, it was Dr. Kleanthous who played an avant-garde role. His anti-wrinkle cure makes numerous organic molecules penetrate into the skin within a short time frame by using the ultrasound micro-vibration, which was applied in cosmetics for the first time. Sound waves purify the skin, improving the absorbency of active substances. As a side effect scars are smoothed away, skin impurities are lessened and the blood flow of the tissues is improved.

What is new and revolutionary at the same time is ultrasound in the form of bio-resonance. Balancing energetic skin disharmonies have a positive influence on our well being, making us look younger and more radiant. Dr. Elmar Ulrich, specialist in the field of vibration medicine has developed the first bio-resonance instrument exclusively for KLEANTHOUS. Due to the highly adjusted ultrasonic frequencies produced by this instrument the efficiency of almost each cosmetic application is improved.

How does ultrasound get into the skin?

Sound is transmitted very efficiently in water or a moist environment while air insulates ultrasound. This is the reason why a gel or a liquid between the skin and the sound head helps ensure that the sound waves are transmitted into the tissue when ultrasound is applied.