The short answer: Onda Pro is the one to pick when the skin over the area is part of the problem — laxity, cellulite, crepiness — because it treats fat, connective tissue and skin tightening with three different handpieces. Physiq 360 is the one to pick when the area is soft rather than loose, because it reduces fat and builds the muscle underneath at the same time.
Said another way: Onda works downward from the skin. Physiq works upward from the muscle. Both meet at the fat in between.
What they have in common
Both are entirely non-invasive, both have no downtime whatsoever, and both are delivered as a series rather than a single dramatic session. You can have either on a weekday and carry on with your day immediately.
And neither is a weight-loss treatment. This is the most important sentence on the page. Both work best on someone reasonably close to their goal who wants a specific area refined. If the goal is weight loss, that is a medical weight loss conversation first, and contouring afterwards. Doing it in the other order wastes money, because the area you paid to contour changes underneath you.
How Onda Pro works
Onda Pro uses Coolwaves, a specific form of microwave energy that reaches fat and connective tissue at a depth other devices struggle with, while a cooling system protects the surface of the skin. That depth is what lets one platform address three different things rather than one.
We carry all three handpieces, which is the part that actually matters. One is tuned for localized fat, one for the fibrous bands and superficial fat behind cellulite, and one for tightening mild laxity in the more superficial layers. Having the full set means each area is treated with the applicator built for it rather than with whichever one the practice happens to own.
It is priced per treatment area and runs as a series of three. It also works on the face — submental fullness, cheeks, jawline — using a smaller pocket handpiece, which Physiq does not do.
How Physiq 360 works
Physiq 360 does two things in the same session. LZR laser energy heats and disrupts fat cells in the treated area, and EMS — electrical muscle stimulation — drives deep muscle contractions of a kind you cannot reproduce voluntarily in a workout.
Running both at once is the point. Reducing the fat layer while building the muscle underneath changes the shape of an area more visibly than doing either alone, because definition depends as much on what is under the fat as on how much fat there is.
It runs as a series of five sessions spaced over several weeks, on body areas: abdomen, flanks, arms, thighs. You will feel warmth from the laser and rhythmic contractions from the EMS, and you can relax through the session.
Side by side
| Onda Pro | Physiq 360 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | Coolwaves microwave energy | LZR fat lysis + EMS muscle stimulation |
| Targets | Fat, cellulite, skin laxity | Fat and muscle |
| Builds muscle | No | Yes |
| Treats cellulite | Yes — dedicated handpiece | No |
| Tightens skin | Yes — dedicated handpiece | Not directly |
| Face as well as body | Yes — pocket handpiece | Body only |
| Standard series | 3 sessions | 5 sessions |
| Downtime | None | None |
| Results | Progressive over the series | Progressive over the series |
| Pricing | Onda is priced per treatment area; Physiq is priced by plan. Current starting prices are on the Onda Pro and Physiq 360 pages, and the plan is confirmed at consultation. | |
When we reach for Onda Pro
- Cellulite is part of what is bothering you. Physiq does not address it; Onda has a handpiece built for it.
- The skin over the area has softened as well as the contour — post-pregnancy abdomen, inner thigh, upper arm.
- The area is on the face: submental fullness under the chin, cheeks, or jawline definition.
- You want a shorter commitment. Three sessions rather than five is a genuine difference in both time and cost.
- Compact, specific pockets — axillary fat along the bra line is a good example of an area that responds well.
When we reach for Physiq 360
- The area reads as soft or undefined rather than loose. Muscle tone is doing more of the work than skin quality.
- The abdomen after weight loss, where fat has reduced but definition has not arrived.
- You already train, and want to push a specific area past what training alone has produced.
- Arms and thighs, where tone and shape are usually the goal rather than skin tightening.
- You want the strongest single-area transformation and can commit to five sessions.
When we use neither
- When weight loss is the actual goal. Both devices treat areas, not body weight. Start with medical weight loss and contour afterwards.
- When there is significant loose skin. Neither device removes skin. Substantial excess after major weight loss or pregnancy is a surgical problem, and we will say so.
- When you want a single dramatic session. Both are progressive by design. Anyone promising you a one-session transformation with a non-invasive device is overselling it.
- When we need to screen first. Pregnancy and nursing mean we wait. Certain implanted electronic devices rule out the EMS component of Physiq, which we check before booking rather than on the day.
Onda works downward from the skin. Physiq works upward from the muscle. Pick the one that starts where your problem is.
Can you combine them?
Yes, and for some plans it is the obvious answer — Physiq to reduce fat and build definition, Onda afterwards to address the skin quality over the newly contoured area. They are complementary rather than redundant.
It is also worth measuring rather than guessing. Body composition testing before and after a series tells you what actually changed, which matters with treatments whose results build slowly enough that memory is an unreliable witness.
