Highly focused ultrasound energy is used to break down fat cells and give your body the shape you’ve been dreaming of.
Body contouring is simply a fancy term used to describe the process of non-surgical fat reduction. There are number of different aesthetic procedures that can be used to get rid of these stubborn pockets of fat that refuse to move when you’re using traditional exercise methods, but one of the best is to use HIFU to get rid of them for good.
HIFU, otherwise known as high intensity focused ultrasound, is a piece of technology which has been around for a number of years now and has quite a few different uses within both of the beauty and medical industries, but one of the things that it is incredibly good at it targeting specific cells at a much deeper level than any of its competitors without causing any risk to the surrounding cells and tissue. By going much deeper, it can target the subcutaneous level beneath the skin and actually break down the fat and in the process, tighten the outer levels of the skin.
What areas can I contour?
But really, thanks to how safe it is, HIFU treatments can be used to perform body contouring on near enough any area of the body that has built up stubborn fat via any means, whether that is down to a medical problem or something that has just happened over time.
HIFU body contouring treatments are suitable for near enough anyone who wants to either remove some stubborn fat or tighten their skin to get their body looking exactly how they’ve always wanted it to! It doesn’t matter whether you’re 30 or 60, if you feel you could benefit from a body contouring treatment then our team will be able to advise you and help you take the next step.
So what happens to the fat cells?
During the treatment, the ultrasound energy causes damage to the fat cells at a molecular level, causing them to break down and disperse into your lymphatic system where it is transported to your liver. Your liver then simply processes this in the same way that it would with food that you are consuming and passes it through the body’s natural methods.
Following your treatment, you may notice a bit of redness in your skin and its very common to experience some swelling or tingling sensations in the area where you have had the treatment done, it’s important to know that these are very mild and completely temporary.
Dependent on your exact goals, you may require multiple treatments to get to where you want to be and sometimes we see clients comeback once or twice, but post treatment you should expected to see a loss of one or two inches over the coming weeks and months.