Forget the long lunch ? maybe it?s time for you to book an appointment for a lunch-time facelift. Thermage, which works by stimulating the skin?s natural collagen via radio waves ? with no cutting or injections ? is gaining popularity in North America ? and Bermuda.

After about an hour you can return to the office without anyone knowing your secret.

Registered nurse Willi Lawrence, who has experience working with plastic surgeons, is the local practitioner.

The Thermage rejuvenation system has been featured on news programmes and on ?Oprah?.

The FDA-approved system stimulates collagen regeneration beneath the skin and tightens and firms the surface layers that smoothes away wrinkles.

Mrs. Lawrence said the results are often immediate, but improvements can last up to six months. Costs vary from $1,500 to $3,000 depending on the work done. She uses a machine called ThermaCool.

?The results depend on your age ... the 40s and 50s are an ideal age, although I get people in their 60s. You?re never too young to start with some form of anti-ageing treatment,? she said.

?It is so subtle ... people won?t ask what have you had done, but they will say, ?you look well? or ?you look rested? and then they may ask ?what are you doing???

Mrs. Lawrence, who also does Botox injections and skin peels, said it may be one of Bermuda?s best-kept secrets. ?Most people don?t want anyone to know and some women don?t even tell their husbands,? she said.

Initially the procedure may be slightly uncomfortable, but a sedative is given one hour prior to the treatment. She has already performed about 130 treatments since last May.

During the training process, she even tried the system out herself and said her husband noticed a difference in her skin almost immediately when she returned from training.

?I like doing it because it does make people feel good and I am a walking advertisement.?