Fat dissolving injections and body shaping: what works for what? Dr Bhavjit Kaur explains. Many people have pockets of stubborn fat that are hard to get rid of even after weight loss. So what can help get rid of it? Dr Kaur uses a number of devices in her Health and Aesthetics Clinic and here she runs through the pro’s and con’s of some of them. Fat Dissolving injections “Aqualyx is good for removing stubborn pockets of fat. It is injected using a cannula just under the skin where goes to work to break down the fat cells…
There’s a new kid on the block when it comes to body contouring that reduces fat & increases muscle mass. It’s called EMSculpt. “The ice age is over,” declared Lee Boulderstone, the director of BTL Enterprises at the launch of the company’s new body sculpting device, EMSculpt. But in a world where new body contouring devices boasting big claims seem to hit the market with resounding regularity – is he right? What’s so different about EMSculpt? Let me explain. Traditional body sculpting devices use either heat, cold (eg fat freezing – hence the ‘ice age’ comment) to break down fat…
Body image issues are rising so does the medical aesthetics industry need to shape up its act when it comes to the images it portrays? Heather Stephen finds out. Dermatologist Dr Anjali Mahto was flicking through a magazine over breakfast when she came across an ad which almost made her choke on her coffee. The advert for a body sculpting treatment showed a very slim woman pulling a small section of skin of her washboard flat tummy with the strapline ‘if you can pinch it we can treat it’. Speaking on her Instagram feed, Dr Mahto, a consultant dermatologist…
What is Cryolipolysis (fat freezing)? Cryolipolysis, sometimes called Coolsculpting or fat freezing, is one of a handful of new body sculpting techniques that tackle stubborn localised fat without needing surgery. It gets its name from freezing the fat cells beneath your skin. As with other body sculpting methods, cryolipolysis is designed to hit specific spots of fat which even diet and exercise can’t shift. Different regions of the body have different thresholds for shedding fat so sometimes a diet or exercise regime that have helped overall weight loss will still leave some areas with a unwanted bulges. Clinical trials have shown…
