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Ultrasonic Body Contouring Information

Time: minutes

Recovery Time: No downtime

Duration: Dependent on diet and lifestyle, maintenance treatments recommended

Cost: Average £500 per area in a session

Anaesthesia: None required

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Ultrasonic Body Contouring, available in the UK using the Ultrashape® device and more the LipoSonix® device, is the latest, invasive way of contouring the body. The treatment is aimed as an alternative for women and men who want effective removal of excess fat cells surgery, and on the abdomen, inner and outer thighs (saddle bags) and flanks (love handles). The procedure uses focused ultrasound waves to selectively break down fat cells in a particular area, whilst the outside layers of skin, nerves and blood . is generally considered by most people to be painless. You are able to return to your normal activities straight . The results are seen gradually over a number of weeks as your body clears the fatty debris. Private costs for Body Contouring can range from £300 – £800 per area treated in a session, with an average cost of £500.

Ultrasonic Body Contouring Information FAQs

After puberty, fat cells (adipocytes) remain constant in number and change their size and volume to the lipid (fat) the body to store. Sometimes this fat assumes abnormal proportions in areas, such as thighs, hips and waist - even when your body weight is normal for your height. Attempts to reduce these localised fat deposits by diet or exercise alone are often .

Over the years, a variety of surgical have been used to remove localised fat including suction-assisted, ultrasound-assisted, and power-assisted liposuction. Although these can be in reducing large fat deposits, they do result in a lot of and in the treated area, requiring days to recover; and they can cause some permanent numbness of the skin due to nerve damage.

Ultrasound-assisted  became available in the early 1990s and uses ultrasound energy, via the tip of the (hollow tube) in the body, to emulsify (liquefy) the fat first before it is extracted via the vacuum .

Ultrasonic Body however, uses focused, (at areas only) ultrasound waves, delivered in pulses; some devices short bursts of energy to avoid heat building up in the tissues, to disrupt fat cells, whilst others are at heat to kill fat cells and effectivley contour certain body areas, whilst  surrounding tissue unaffected.  Unlike the liposuction technique, the ultrasound energy is able to be through the skin’s surface, without any incisions, and with all fat debris metabolised and removed by the body itself.

If you are considering with body contouring, the information will give you a basic understanding of the . It can't answer all your questions, since a lot on the individual . Please ask a about anything you don't .

Ultrasonic Body Contouring, initially available in the UK using the  device and more recently the  device, is the latest, minimally way of the body.

The is aimed as an for women and men who want effective removal of excess fat cells surgery, and focuses on the abdomen, inner and outer thighs (saddle bags) and flanks (love handles).

The uses waves to selectively break down fat cells in a area, whilst protecting the outside layers of skin, nerves and blood vessels.

discussions regarding your reasons for wanting  Body Contouring are very important before you begin the treatment. You must also make sure that this can what you want and how you would like to look afterwards. Your practitioner should be able to answer all these .

A medical should also be taken to make sure that there are no reasons why you shouldn’t undertake treatment. You may be asked to read information and sign a form which means that you have understood the potential benefits and risks associated with the procedure.

Your doctor will give you specific before coming in for the procedure. This may include avoiding the use of aspirin or any other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS) drugs for a couple of weeks before .

may also be taken by the for a "before and after" at a later date.

Here we discuss the Ultrashape® treatment.

Anaesthesia

No is required.

The procedure

Treatment begins with the practitioner the area or target zone. The then glides the (hand-held device that energy into ultrasound energy) over the zone, short pulses of ultrasonic energy into the fat.

Each pulse breaks down the membranes of the fat cells, without the blood vessels, nerves or other tissue, and the overlaying skin is also not damaged. By the process, the device a layer of fatty tissue under the skin. .

When treated, the membranes of the fat cells are disrupted and fat cell content, known as triglycerides, is dispersed into the fluid between the cells and then transported through the (veins) and lymphatic to the liver. Once in the liver, there is no distinction between fat coming from the and fat originating from consumed food, and both are from the liver via the body’s mechanisms.

The length of the on how many areas you’re having treated, but can take between ¾ and 1½ hours.

Results

The results are seen gradually over a number of weeks, up to one month, as your body clears the fatty debris.

The manufacturers of the Ultrashape® device claim an average circumference loss of 2cm in one area after a single .

Repeat Treatments

Generally one per area is considered to produce satisfactory results; however may feel that they’d like repeat treatments.

Ultrasonic body is not a for or a weight loss cure.

Although good results with this procedure can be permanent, with a sensible diet and exercise, some people may a repeat procedure in the future in order to or a result.

You are able to return to your normal activities straight afterwards. No rest or is .

is generally considered by most people to be painless, with no pain or post-treatment being reported. A mild and/or warm have been reported during treatment.

There are very few side effects to date, although is considered to be rare and if it occurs will be very mild, some redness and mild may be noticed for a very short time post-treatment. Another rare possible side effect is a blister in the area, which should heal in 1 – 2 days.

It is very important that you follow the advice of your practitioner carefully after any body contouring treatment to help to ensure the success of the procedure and reduce the risk of complications.

recommendations may include:

Women who are or breastfeeding are not .

Body areas with tattoos or significant moles present on the skin will also not be able to treatment.

The following conditions are also likely to mean that you are for ultrasonic body contouring:

As the procedure is aimed at treating fatty areas, practitioners will aim to avoid bony during .

Areas with very large fat deposits may not be for ultrasonic body contouring treatment, in which case liposuction may be by your instead.

Only suitably trained and qualified professionals and should perform an Body Contouring procedure. 

For more information about training, qualifications and relevant medical please view the information contained within the  section of the Consulting Room.

You will not be able to access this treatment via the National Health Service (NHS).

costs for Body treatment depends on the size of the area(s) being treated, and the number of areas that you have done in one treatment session, and can range from £300 – £800 per area, with an cost of approximately £500.

Body Contouring is not a for obesity – it is designed for the safe and of unwanted fatty which are resistant to exercise, in men and women, without the need for .

Using focused waves in such as way as to not affect surrounding tissues, the fat cells are broken down by the pulses of energy, and then metabolised by the body, contouring and reduction in the circumference of abdominal, thigh and flank (love handle) of the body.

Abdomen before Ultrashape® (Midline 96cm, HRT Overview Fat 5.0cm, BMI 25.3) | 3 months after Ultrashape® (Midline 93cm, Fat Thickness 2.5cm, BMI 25.3).

courtesy of Consultant Surgeon, Mr Christopher Inglefield,

BSc, MBBS, FRCS (Plast) at London Bridge .

All before and after photographs are real patients, your results may differ.

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