| Cellulite removal is one of the fastest growing | | | | yet to be thoroughly studied by scientists and |
| industries in the medical world today. With 90% | | | | medical practitioners. However, the current trend |
| of women as prospective clients, it is not | | | | points to its drawbacks and the complications that |
| surprising that many are trying to ride the wave, | | | | come with it. So much so, that the procedure |
| and trying to make some profit from the | | | | has been banned in Brazil. |
| despised condition called cellulite. Lipotherapy or | | | | Lipotherapy vs Mesotherapy |
| lipodissolve is one of the products trying to ride | | | | But why is lipotherapy being questioned as unsafe |
| this wave. It has been marketed as an effective | | | | and untested, when mesotherapy which involves |
| way of removing cellulite, but for a consumer, | | | | a similar process has been approved by the FDA |
| does it work and is it safe? | | | | for years. How can they be differentiated from |
| We work hard for our money, and we seek | | | | each other? |
| treatments to improve ourselves, especially those | | | | Lipotherapy can be differentiated from |
| that involve looking good. We expect to see | | | | mesotherapy in that, mesotherapy has multiple |
| immediate results, and we also want to be | | | | applications in the medical world. This is because |
| assured that the procedure or treatment that is | | | | mesotherapy can be used not only for cellulite |
| going to be done is safe, and has minimal risk, and | | | | treatments, but also for muscoskeletal problems, |
| is worth our every dollar. | | | | neurological problems, and other cosmetic |
| Lipotherapy is one of the treatments being made | | | | problems, not necessarily connected with cellulite |
| available to remove cellulite. It allegedly works by | | | | removal. Lipotherapy on the other hand is |
| injecting either of two substances, namely | | | | confined to the mass killing of fat cells, and |
| phosphatidylcholine (PPC) or Sodium Deoxycholate, | | | | nothing else. What it does is kill the fat cells under |
| for multiple sessions to dissolve the fat causing | | | | the skin without any mode of selection as to |
| the cellulite. | | | | which cells are good or bad. There is no |
| FDA Approval | | | | differentiation of targeted cells at all. This is |
| The problem is that Lipotherapy is not yet | | | | different from trying to decrease the fat cells |
| approved by the Food and Drug Association | | | | size which has proven to be safer. |
| (FDA) of the United States. First and foremost, | | | | Not Recommended |
| when looking for a treatment, it should be | | | | In the end lipotherapy is not recommended for |
| approved by the FDA. Secondly, even | | | | cellulite removal. With the host of choices out |
| experts stress that lipotherapy should ideally be | | | | there, there is no need to insist on lipotherapy if in |
| only used for small areas of skin, and is | | | | the end it will endanger your health, especially as it |
| necessary only if there is excessive fat or skin or | | | | is not FDA approved. Experts suggest that one |
| both. | | | | should always find a physician who is certified, and |
| Lack of Medical Trials | | | | not just any other physician who offer their |
| There has been a lack of information, and | | | | services. After all, it is your safety and well being |
| scientific trials to prove that lipotherapy is in fact | | | | that is important, more than anything else. |
| safe. The processes involved in lipotherapy have | | | | |