I see so many people come into my clinic really frustrated with stubborn fat they can’t seem to get rid of no matter how hard they try. They exercise, follow a healthy diet, and drink lots of water and yet there are areas of their body where the fat just won’t shift. This is very common, and if this is you, you are not alone. It happens for a number of reasons including our age, hormonal changes, medical conditions or medication and lifestyle. All of these factors can affect how well our body functions and its ability to lose fat.
Fat freezing, also known as cryolypolysis may be your answer.
Fat freezing is a technology that has been in the aesthetics arena for many years now. It is a safe and effective method to eliminate fat cells in a targeted body area. It can be used on many parts of the body including the lower abdomen, the upper abdomen, upper arms, inner thighs, outer thighs, hips, thighs, love handles, bra fat and the chin. The fat needs to be soft as it is gently vacuumed into the freezing handpiece. My motto is “if you can squeeze it, I can freeze it!” It is clinically proved to eliminate 20-40% of the fat cells treated.
It is a relatively quick treatment, 45 mins maximum depending on what body area is being treated, and only one treatment is needed to achieve a measured loss. Further treatments can be carried out in the same body area 6 weeks later to achieve further fat loss (40-80% of the fat in the treated area) as long as the 4 complimentary sessions of shockwave have been carried out. If not, then the same body area can be safely treated again 12 weeks later.
During the treatment, the body area being treated is covered with a cryo pad to protect the skin. The hand-piece gently vacuums the body area and the two cooling plates slowly freeze the area to around -7 degrees centigrade. Fat cells are destroyed at -1 degree centigrade. Blood and surrounding tissue freeze at a much lower temperature so you can be assured that it is only the fat cells that are destroyed during the treatment. The freezing effectively kills the fat cells and they become waste in your body. It is regarded as controlled cell death (apoptosis.) Having complimentary shockwave treatments, drinking a minimum of two litres of water every day and gently exercising if you can, allows this waste to be processed through your lymphatic system and it then leaves the body naturally. It takes up to 3 months to see the full effects of the treatment but often sooner.
At Ultimate Bodyworks we use 3D Lipo’s newest, and only, medical grade body contouring machine, the Ultimate Pro. Medical grade in this context means there are independent clinical papers available that prove the efficacy of the treatment. The Ultimate Pro is able to carry out two fat freezes at the same time so we can, for example, freeze both arms at the same time, or the lower and upper abdomen. The only body area we can’t freeze simultaneously is the inner thighs due to the positioning required.
Fat freezing (cryolypolysis) is a non-invasive, painless treatment with no downtime.
If you have pockets of soft fat then fat freezing is a great option and will help to reduce the fat in this body area.
A full consultation is necessary before treatment to check if there are no factors that would make the treatment unsafe or ineffective.
