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What's the best cellulite treatment?
I'm looking for a good cellulite treatment. Are there any cellulite treatments that are more effective than others? What are my options?
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October 31, 2008
Be realistic
The best single way to reduce cellulite is to lose weight through a great diet and regular exercise. Everything else we provide as doctors is second best to this solution.
True cellulite is caused by irregularities in the very superficial fat of the skin. Unfortunately, that is very close to where the blood supply of the skin is, in the subdermal plexus. Treatments such as superficial liposuction, lasers all risk severe irregularities, discoloration, burning or even perforation of the skin. There is in my opinion and the opinion of most plastic surgeons no reliable safe way to "tighten the skin from the inside" with a laser without risking the problems above.
Endermologie can temporarily improve the appearance of cellulite.
Liposculpture at deep levels can sometimes break the septae, or interconnections of deposits of fat, and thereby reduce (not eliminate) the appearance of cellulite. It can certainly make the appearance of cellulite better.
So be realistic, and don't fall for any snake oil!
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October 28, 2008
Micro canula liposculpture is the best we got at this time although not 100% effective
Cellulite is caused by excess fat cells pushing out on the skin from underneath and fibrous bands pulling in on the skin. Endermologie temporarily improves the look but if you stop the treatments, 2 months later all the cellulite is back.
Microcanula liposculpture improves cellulite by breaking these little fibrous bands and by removing the fat cells pushing out on the skin. It is done under local anesthesia and is probably the only permanent way to help cellulite. Although it is not 100% effective, it is the best we got at this time.
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September 17, 2008
Combination treatment works best for cellulite
Answer by Max Grishkevich, MD
In my experience there is no single treatment that works great for cellulite. Using trial and error method I came to the conclusion that the best treatment at this point of time is a combination of Mesotherapy with Acoustic Wave Therapy. It's a fairly long treatment about 3 months and does require one maintenance treatment every 3 months, but it works for most of the patients.
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August 1, 2008
Endermologie for cellulite
The best choice is time honored, Endermologie. Nothing is permanent but this therapy has been around longest and has consistently given excellent results. It is not painful and very reasonably priced.
It is also not a time consuming procedure. Most patients do a series of about 14 treatments in weekly intervals. After that, maintenance is simply 2 - 4 treatments yearly.
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9/26/08
1. TriActive - A cellulite machine which combines a low-energy laser, a skin-cooling mechanism, and suction massage. The goal is to stimulate collagen, circulation, and lymphatic drainage in the lower skin layer and below while protecting the skin by cooling. Because no FDA approval is neccessary you don't need a licensed physician to treat you. There's not much data around yet but early results seem good. It's not clear how long the effects of the treatment will last and as it's likely to cost you up to $1,500 for a course of TriActive treatments - that matters!
2. VelaSmooth - Another cellulite machine but with a different combination of radiofrequency energy, infrared laser and suction massage. The heat generated by the radiation from the RF (Radiofrequency) causes some fat cells to burst. The infrared light heats the juncture between skin and fat to improve circulation 'remodel' connective tissue. The suction massage evens out the newly softened tissue and stimulates drainage. Velasmooth claim that this combined approach reduces cellulite by 50% or more. Downside is you need ten sessions and at $200 a pop it's not going to be cheap. Unlike TriActive, VelaSmooth has FDA approval and can only be operated by a licensed physician. There is no proper clinical evidence of how good VelaSmooth is but so far customer experience seem to be promising.
10/11/08
Well - to be perfectly correct here - the best cellulite treatments involve both laser and radio frequency heat and both these approaches are usually combined with deep tissue or suction massage to help firm those lumps and bumps we hate so much
Laser-based cellulite treatments appear to have a higher success rate than most other cellulite treatments which often result in very little improvement.