With the all-round and three-dimensional pursuit of beauty by those seeking beauty, it has extended from “facial beauty” to “body sculpting”. Most people’s appearance transformation order is from face shape to skin and then to body shape. As the idea of weight anxiety and body shape anxiety continues to penetrate the general public, more and more beauty seekers are shifting their attention from face to body. The concept and focus of medical beauty consumption are extending from facial “beauty” to body “perfect sculpting”, and more people are pursuing firmness and emphasizing body shape sculpting.
Medical lipolysis
Medical lipolysis Advantages of medical lipolysis: Targeted slimming
Only slim the parts you want to slim down, and keep other parts unchanged. This method should be more accurately called body sculpting rather than weight loss, because it changes the body shape. In short, it destroys targeted fat cells, thereby reducing the number of fat cells and rearranging the fat cells. Even if the body shape after fat redistribution grows fat again, it will not become fat to the original body shape, but will increase in volume evenly according to the curve of the new body shape.
Medical cosmetic lipolysis: three major methods
Cryolipolysis is a relatively new lipolysis technology. Frozen fat promotes apoptosis. Non-invasive fat reduction is safe and effective. The principle is to kill fat cells through specific low-temperature technology and let the fat be excreted with the body’s metabolism to reduce fat. The purpose of cryolipolysis treatment is to target subcutaneous fat cells and freeze the fat cells to a temperature that triggers the crystallization and apoptosis of fat cells. Cryolipolysis selectively targets subcutaneous fat tissue while protecting the skin and surrounding tissues. In the following weeks, the body naturally metabolizes these fat cells through the immune process, and achieves the ideal plastic effect after 2-3 months.
Scientific principle: Using the high sensitivity of fat cells to low temperature to promote natural apoptosis. Fat cells in human subcutaneous tissue are rich in triglycerides and are particularly sensitive to low temperature. Fat cells will be inactivated at a specific low temperature (0-10°C), while adjacent tissue cells, vascular cells, peripheral nerve cells, melanocytes, fibroblasts or fat cells with insufficient fat content are less sensitive to low temperature and will not be affected. 72 hours after treatment, damaged fat cells induce an inflammatory response and a lobular lipomedullary inflammation-like reaction occurs. The reaction reaches a peak on the 14th day and lasts until the 30th day. Macrophages phagocytize damaged fat cells. From the 60th to the 90th day, inflammation gradually subsides, the volume of fat cells decreases, and the fat septum lobules thicken. Therefore, cryolipolysis often takes 90 days as a treatment cycle.
Cryolipolysis is not liposuction surgery, and does not require wearing thick shaping clothes for recovery. A protective film will be applied before treatment to prevent frostbite. It has been certified by the US FDA and is a relatively safe and popular black technology for fat reduction.
Advantages: Flexible, less painful and safer than liposuction, you can leave immediately after the operation, and there is no recovery period; the effect is good and it is not easy to rebound.
Disadvantages: Painful. You will shiver from the cold in the first 5 minutes of the operation, and the massage afterwards will also be painful. The cycle is long, and the best effect will not be seen until 2 or 3 months later, and the waiting time is long. And if you want to achieve the ideal state, one time is not enough.
2. Ultrasonic lipolysis
Ultrasonic lipolysis uses the principle of ultrasonic wave emission outside the body and focusing inside the body to irradiate the abdominal fat tissue of the human body at a fixed point. Through high-frequency, high-energy, focused ultrasonic wave targets, the fat layer of 1.5cm-1.0cm-0.7cm under the skin is focused. Through the mechanical effect and thermal effect of destroying the fat cell membrane, the fat cells are ruptured and dissolved, the number of fat cells is permanently reduced, and the body shaping effect is achieved. This method uses a non-invasive treatment method and does not affect work and life. It is safe and efficient, and can achieve multiple effects of fat reduction, skin tightening, and body shaping, and its postoperative effects can usually be maintained for a long time.
Advantages: safe treatment, minimal damage, no bleeding. No damage to the skin, blood vessels or nervous system. A comfortable “come and go” procedure. One treatment takes about 1.5 hours.
Disadvantages: The biggest disadvantage is that the effect is relatively weak. For best results, patients should undergo three consecutive treatments, one month apart.
Radiofrequency lipolysis is to heat fat cells through the emission of high-frequency radio waves by electrodes, causing fat cells to decompose, thereby eliminating excess fat. At the same time, it can also heat the collagen deep in the dermis of the skin, causing it to shrink and achieve the effect of tightening the skin. The beauty effect of radiofrequency lipolysis can usually be maintained for a long time. This method is a non-invasive treatment. It uses patented ring electrode technology to ensure that the radiofrequency field is very evenly distributed, avoiding the risk of skin burns. It is highly safe and has a short recovery time. It enhances blood circulation and lymphatic circulation in the treatment area and decomposes the rapid metabolism of fat tissue; the biothermal effect causes the fat tissue of fat cells to be decomposed into free fatty acids and glycerol, which are ultimately excreted from the body through human metabolism. Radiofrequency lipolysis can effectively improve the orange peel-like skin on the buttocks and thighs, and can successfully reduce weight in the arms, abdomen, thighs and other parts. At the same time, it can also effectively solve problems such as postpartum and abdominal relaxation after liposuction.
Which parts of the body are suitable for radiofrequency lipolysis?
Most parts of the body, such as the face (double chin, etc.), back, waist, abdomen (swimming ring, bucket waist, local obesity, etc.), buttocks, limbs (butterfly sleeves, elephant legs, etc.), can not only solve the accumulation of local fat, but also effectively improve local cellulite. While reducing fat, radiofrequency lipolysis can also improve skin sagging.
Advantages: The biggest advantage of radiofrequency lipolysis is that it avoids the risk of hot spots in the heating area, which may cause skin burns, ensuring easy and safe treatment. While dissolving fat, the radiofrequency instrument shrinks the dermis, subcutaneous fascia, and diaphragm in three dimensions, and the skin firmness can be increased by 40%. It can not only tighten loose skin, but also solve the problem of cellulite.
Disadvantages: The common problem of this type of non-liposuction fat removal surgery is that it takes a relatively long time to take effect. It requires multiple treatments to achieve the desired effect, and the effect is not as obvious as liposuction.
The difference between radiofrequency lipolysis and liposuction surgery
Liposuction surgery is a common body shaping surgery. It is to inject swelling fluid between deep fat and shallow fat to make fat cells swell, and then use a negative pressure machine to forcibly suck out the swollen fat cells from the body. The excess fat in a part of the body is sucked out of the body by medical equipment through negative pressure suction to achieve the purpose of local slimming and body shaping. Clinically, it is common in the face, double chin, neck, shoulders, limbs, upper and lower abdomen, side waist, upper buttocks, buttocks and overall body shaping and reduction.
Radiofrequency lipolysis is a fat dissolving technology that uses the theory of photothermal dissolution. It liquefies fat cells evenly and discharges the liquefied fat from the body during the natural metabolism of the human body. The fat removal effect is more intuitive and direct, and it is a new trend of non-invasive beauty in the future.
The fat reduction principles of these technologies vary. Some promote apoptosis of fat cells (radiofrequency lipolysis), some promote coagulative necrosis of fat cells (ultrasound lipolysis), some promote rupture and decomposition of fat cells (freezing lipolysis), and some physically remove fat (surgical liposuction). These methods can temporarily or permanently reduce fat tissue.
TIPS:
Be very cautious when doing liposuction surgery. It must be done when the skin is not damaged and the body is in a healthy state. And you cannot do liposuction on a large area of the body at one time. The larger the amount of fat sucked, the larger the subcutaneous area will be damaged and the higher the risk. “Medical beauty fat reduction projects alone cannot bring a perfect body. For those who are obese overall, they can first use scientific weight loss methods to reduce weight, and then perform surgery on the parts where local fat reduction is difficult. No matter which type of medical beauty project, there are certain risks. It is necessary to do a good job of risk and benefit assessment, and choose a regular institution for medical beauty projects.
