The StarFormer Guide
What Is the StarFormer PRO? Magnetic Muscle Stimulation, Explained
The StarFormer PRO is a magnetic muscle stimulation platform that triggers thousands of involuntary muscle contractions while you sit or lie fully clothed. One device runs two pathways: IntimaWave for pelvic floor strengthening and TightWave for body sculpting. No needles, no downtime, and it treats both women and men.
Most people meet the StarFormer PRO sideways. You are researching why you leak a little when you laugh, or why your core never quite came back after a baby, or why the gym is not shifting the last bit of definition, and a clinic mentions a chair, or a device, or a word like Tesla. It sounds technical and a little intimidating.
It is simpler than it sounds. The StarFormer PRO is one machine that strengthens muscle without you having to move. This guide explains what it does, how it does it, who it is for, and where it honestly fits.
What is magnetic muscle stimulation?
Magnetic muscle stimulation uses a focused magnetic field to make your muscles contract on their own, more strongly than you could contract them yourself. The field passes straight through clothing and skin and reaches the motor nerves that switch your muscles on. When those nerves fire, the muscle contracts. Repeat that many times across a session, and across a course of sessions, and the muscle is trained much as it would be through exercise, reaching fibres that ordinary effort struggles to recruit.
These contractions are often called supramaximal, which simply means stronger than the strongest contraction you could produce voluntarily. A Kegel or a crunch recruits a fraction of the available muscle fibres. A magnetic pulse recruits more of them at once, including deep fibres you cannot consciously isolate.
You stay fully clothed. You feel a strong, rhythmic pulling sensation that builds as the clinician adjusts the intensity to your comfort. Nothing pierces the skin, and there is no recovery time afterwards.
What does HITS technology actually do?
The StarFormer PRO runs on Fotona's HITS technology, which stands for High Intensity Tesla Magnetic Stimulation. Fotona is a European medical device manufacturer that has built energy-based clinical devices since 1964, and the StarFormer is a CE-marked Class IIa medical device. What sets it apart is how it is engineered: the chair carries a seat and a back applicator that work together, the handheld applicators target individual muscle groups, and the platform can run up to four applicator channels at once. The result is a treatment built to activate muscle precisely and completely, including the deep fibres ordinary effort cannot reach.
That capability is something you can feel. The pulses repeat quickly, so a single thirty-minute session can drive in the order of fifty thousand muscle contractions, far more than anyone could perform through voluntary exercise in the same time.
The mechanism is well studied as a category. A 2021 review in the Journal of the Laser and Health Academy examined the evidence base for this class of high-intensity magnetic stimulation across muscle strengthening, pelvic floor rehabilitation, pain and motor recovery. It describes how the stimulation recruits muscle fibres that are difficult to activate with exercise alone. That is the part that is genuinely hard to reproduce on your own.
Individual response varies, and your clinician will assess your progress across the course rather than promising a fixed result.
What are the two pathways: IntimaWave and TightWave?
The same platform runs two treatment modes through different applicators.
IntimaWave is the pelvic floor pathway. You sit fully clothed in a chair applicator for around twenty to thirty minutes. The chair has both a seat and a back applicator that can fire together, so the pelvic floor and the lower back are treated in one session. Fotona lists IntimaWave for stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, post-partum pelvic floor rehabilitation, mild pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic floor rehabilitation after surgery, and male pelvic floor conditions.
TightWave is the body sculpting pathway. Your clinician places handheld applicators directly over a muscle group, such as the glutes, abdomen, thighs, arms or back, for a session of similar length. It builds and tones muscle. It is not a weight-loss treatment, and we are clear about that throughout this guide.
Pink's StarFormer PRO range lives here, with both pathways under one platform.
There is also a combined option. In Quattro mode the PRO can run up to four applicators at once, so more than one area can be treated together in a session.
Who is the StarFormer PRO for?
Both women and men, with no upper age limit. You may be a candidate if you experience urinary leakage or urgency, pelvic floor weakness after childbirth or through menopause, mild pelvic organ prolapse, chronic pelvic pain, recovery needs after prostate surgery, or loss of muscle tone in the core, glutes, arms or back.
It is worth saying plainly that this is not a women-only treatment. Pelvic floor weakness affects men too, particularly after prostate surgery, and the chair treats the male pelvic floor on the same principle. Body sculpting with TightWave works in the same way for either.
Suitability always depends on your individual circumstances, which is what the consultation is for. Where a concern such as pelvic organ prolapse is more than mild, IntimaWave works alongside specialist care rather than in place of it.
What does a session feel like, and how many will I need?
A session is generally comfortable. Most people describe strong, rhythmic contractions that feel unusual for the first minute and then settle. There is no heat, no needles and no downtime, so you can return to your day straight afterwards. Some people notice mild muscle fatigue or tenderness afterwards, much as you might after a workout. Many people read or scroll through the session.
Course length depends on the pathway and your starting point. As a general guide, pelvic floor strengthening with IntimaWave usually runs across several sessions, often two to three times a week, and body sculpting with TightWave runs across a shorter course. A full course gives the best clinical result and is what we recommend. Your clinician sets the exact plan after assessing you.
Where the StarFormer PRO fits, and where it doesn't
Honesty is part of the brand here, so two boundaries.
On the pelvic floor side, the evidence-based first step for incontinence is conservative care: pelvic floor physiotherapy, supervised exercise and lifestyle measures. The StarFormer PRO works alongside that pathway, not instead of it. For many people it helps activate muscles they could not isolate on their own, and it pairs well with physiotherapy rather than replacing it. If your symptoms are new, changing, or affecting your daily life, see your GP or a continence or women's-health physiotherapist as well.
On the body side, TightWave builds muscle. It does not remove fat and it is not a weight-loss treatment. It suits people at a healthy weight who want definition, tone or post-pregnancy core strength, and it works best as a complement to training and a healthy lifestyle.
The treatment is not suitable for everyone. As a general rule, magnetic muscle stimulation is not used over a cardiac pacemaker or other implanted electronic device, near metal implants in the treatment area, or during pregnancy. Your clinician will screen for these and anything else relevant at your consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the StarFormer PRO?
The StarFormer PRO is a CE-marked magnetic muscle stimulation platform made by Fotona. It uses HITS (High Intensity Tesla Magnetic Stimulation) to trigger supramaximal muscle contractions, for pelvic floor strengthening through the IntimaWave chair and for body sculpting through the TightWave applicators. It is used fully clothed, with no needles and no downtime.
What is the difference between HITS and HIFEM?
HITS (High Intensity Tesla Magnetic Stimulation) is Fotona's magnetic stimulation technology, used by the StarFormer PRO. HIFEM (High Intensity Focused Electromagnetic) is the technology behind BTL's Emsella and Emsculpt devices. Both use a magnetic field to make muscle contract. The main practical difference for you is the device, the applicators and how a clinic runs the treatment, so the most useful comparison is between specific treatments rather than between the underlying acronyms.
Does the treatment hurt?
Most people find it comfortable. You feel strong, rhythmic muscle contractions rather than pain, because the magnetic pulses pass through the skin without acting on its pain receptors. The intensity is built up gradually to your comfort, and some people notice mild muscle fatigue or tenderness afterwards, much like after exercise.
How many sessions will I need?
It depends on your goal. Pelvic floor strengthening usually runs across a course of sessions, typically two to three times a week, and body sculpting usually runs across a shorter course. Your clinician recommends a plan after assessing you, and a single session is still a real treatment rather than a taster.
Can men use the StarFormer PRO?
Yes. IntimaWave treats male pelvic floor conditions, including recovery after prostate surgery and chronic pelvic pain, and TightWave body sculpting works in the same way for men and women.
Is it a weight-loss treatment?
No. TightWave builds and tones muscle, it does not remove fat. It suits people at a healthy weight who want definition or core strength, and it works best alongside exercise and a healthy lifestyle.
More on Pink's StarFormer PRO
One platform, two pathways, treated fully clothed in Doncaster. If you want to see how IntimaWave and TightWave fit your situation, explore Pink's StarFormer PRO range.
