XERF Skin Tightening Before the Emmy Awards

Reviewed by Jinli Wu, PA-C, Dermatology-trained Physician Associate, Skin Select Brentwood

The Emmy Awards take place each September in Los Angeles. TV actors preparing for the ceremony use non-surgical treatments that fit around active summer filming schedules, such as XERF radiofrequency skin tightening, typically booked in July to allow four weeks of collagen remodeling before the show. XERF firms and smooths skin, and clients are back on set the same day.

The Emmy Awards: Television’s Biggest Night Comes to Los Angeles Each September

The Emmy Awards have recognized excellence in American television since 1949, and for more than seven decades the ceremony has remained rooted in Los Angeles, home to the studios, streaming platforms, and production companies that define the industry. The Primetime Emmy Awards take place at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles each September, drawing the full breadth of the television industry’s talent to a single red carpet that is broadcast to a national audience and dissected across entertainment media for days afterward. For the working television actors, writers, directors, and producers who walk that carpet, the ceremony is the most visible professional moment of the year.

The streaming era has expanded Emmy eligibility and nominee diversity significantly. Content from Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV+, Peacock, Hulu, and Amazon now competes alongside traditional broadcast and cable programming, bringing a broader international pool of talent to the ceremony. At the same time, a large share of Emmy nominees and attendees are based in Los Angeles, specifically in the Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Brentwood, and West LA corridor where television production infrastructure is concentrated. According to Nielsen Media Research, the Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast reaches approximately 14–17 million U.S. viewers annually, with social media impressions across the red carpet window generating hundreds of millions of additional engagements each September (2024). For actors whose careers depend on sustained visibility, the Emmy red carpet isn’t a single night. It’s a media event with a multi-day footprint.

“September is one of the most natural times to be thinking about your skin in Los Angeles. Clients have been outdoors all summer, they’re thinking about how they look at the beach, at events, on camera, and XERF fits right into that mindset. You come in, you go back to your day, and over the next four weeks your skin builds in a way that looks completely natural by the time September arrives,” says Jinli Wu, PA-C at Skin Select in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

Summer is, counterintuitively, an ideal season for XERF. Unlike ablative treatments that require clients to avoid sun exposure during recovery, XERF carries no post-treatment restrictions on sun, pool, beach, or outdoor activities. A July treatment at Skin Select integrates into a normal Los Angeles summer without disruption and delivers peak collagen remodeling results precisely as the September Emmy ceremony arrives. For TV talent based in Brentwood, West LA, and the broader entertainment corridor, Skin Select’s location at 11620 Wilshire Blvd offers appointment-only access to that preparation window within minutes of home or production.

When to Book XERF Before the Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony takes place in mid-September. For clients who want XERF’s collagen remodeling to reach its full expression by show night, the optimal single-session booking window is mid-July. XERF stimulates collagen production in the deeper dermis, a process that builds progressively over four weeks and continues improving through week twelve. A treatment completed in mid-July delivers peak firmness and texture improvement precisely as September arrives.

According to a study published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, radiofrequency treatments that stimulate dermal collagen remodeling show measurable improvements in skin laxity and texture scores at the four-week post-treatment mark, with continued improvement observed through week twelve (2022). For clients seeking the strongest results from a two-session protocol, the optimal schedule is a first session in late June followed by a second session in late July, both within the collagen-building window that peaks at the September ceremony.

Because XERF carries no downtime, neither session requires any adjustment to summer plans. Pool days, beach outings, outdoor events, and travel are all compatible with treatment. Clients who contact Skin Select in June can schedule a consultation and move into treatment the same week, with the full preparation window still intact.

Summer Filming in LA: XERF Works Around Your Production Schedule

Television production in Los Angeles doesn’t pause for summer. Streaming series, broadcast pilots, and cable productions run year-round, and many of the actors who attend the Emmy Awards in September are actively on set through July and August. According to FilmLA, Greater Los Angeles hosts more than 10,000 permitted filming days per year, with television production representing the majority of that activity, a volume that keeps working actors in wardrobe, in makeup, and in front of cameras through the summer months (2023). A XERF session at Skin Select takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour. Makeup and on-camera work are fine the same day.

“TV actors ask me all the time whether they can be on set the next morning. With XERF, the answer is always yes. There’s nothing to see the next day. No marks, no swelling, no restriction on the makeup chair. The treatment happens underneath the surface, and everything above it stays completely normal. That kind of compatibility with a production schedule is genuinely rare in aesthetic medicine,” says Tiffany Wang, PA-C at Skin Select in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

Whether you’re shooting days away from the Emmy ceremony or wrapping a season weeks before, XERF requires no recovery window that conflicts with your schedule. Treatments can be booked between production days, during press windows, or on any available date throughout the summer.

Skin Select doesn't discuss clients. Treatment records stay between you and your provider, and that applies to everyone on staff. Providers keep detailed notes across visits, so the provider who sees you in July is working from a complete record if you come back before the following season. For clients whose publicists or assistants typically make first contact, that's how the practice works routinely. Call (310) 218-5701 to speak with a provider directly.

XERF Skin Tightening in Brentwood, Los Angeles

Skin Select is located at 11620 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 700, Brentwood, Los Angeles, convenient to Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and the broader West LA corridor, and easily accessible from Studio City, Sherman Oaks, and the San Fernando Valley neighborhoods where much of LA’s television production is based. The practice operates by appointment only, Monday through Saturday.

Address: 11620 Wilshire Blvd #700, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 218-5701
Hours: Mon, Wed–Fri 10:00am–6:30pm · Sat 10:00am–2:00pm · Closed Tue & Sun

Related Awards Season Skin Prep

Television’s awards season extends well beyond the Emmys. Explore our preparation guides for the SAG Awards, the Academy Awards, and the Critics Choice Awards. For a complete overview of XERF skin tightening across the full awards calendar, visit our Awards Season Red Carpet Prep hub.

Learn more about our full XERF treatment approach on our XERF Skin Tightening Los Angeles page.

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