Velashape: Stories

Has anyone had Velashape and Velashape II treatments? Does anyone think the Velashape II gives any better results? I had the regular Velashape treatments and was very pleased. My nurse did discuss realistic expectations before my treatments and I think that helped.

I actually tried velashape federal way and I was very satisfied! I wonder if it's just the doctor who didn't do a very good job.

I will not recommend this procedure even to my worst enemy. It is just a waste of time and money.

AB- I purchased a package with groupons for $150 before reading your review. I would like to know if it helped with the elasticity of your skin. Was your skin firmer? I really don't have a lot if fat in my belly, it's actually pretty flat, but my skin is sagging. Im interested in helping the cellulite and firming. What do you think? Oh and by the way, thank you for writing the review.

After reading all the comments, I've decided not to get velashape. Thank you, AB! For showing the pictures. U really took ur effort to help others on their decision.
*24 fitness~ I have to admit that I am obsessed to body perfection. Going to gym does helped me to stay in shape. I used to spend 2 to 4 hours @ the gym & I looked great. But based on my busy schedule & financial downtime, I quit gym. Honestly, no matter how many crunches I do (up to 1000 times each day), I still have great tons of belly fat although I was only size 1. Pls do not address pp as "fat" & "lazy". U have a so called great life. Honestly, my life is not bad either, busy schedule w/ 3 kids, still get carded at casinos although I'm almost 40, constantly going on vacation, dine in fancy restaurant, going to church & etc.. However, I still seek for alternative to look good like liposuction. I was thinking to get velashape but thanks to AB, I will not consider it now. Did liposuction when I was mid 20's although I was size 1, hit the gym, sauna room, swim & tennis but it didn't help. Yes, I was LAZY to wait for the best result. Do you know I was constantly asked by pp if I was pregnant eventhough I was not? I was attractive young teen....having pp asking if I was pregnant is a big humiliation. I was not lazy and fat. Well, you can call me fat & lazy now because I do not hit the gym like you, a job like you, time that you have & good like that u have. I'm a size 3 fat & lazy mother of three.
Thank AB for your input.

A. B. Normal, thank you for the post! And for the ignorant people, I weigh 110 and I'm 5'3" I work out everyday (currently on my second month of INSANITY) I have always been active growing up and my body has seen plenty of gyms... But as much as I work out, I still have my lower pouch that I absolutely despise and cannot get rid of it. I have a nice four pack and then my bulge. I was looking into the velashape to get rid of it but I'm not sure I want to spend my money on it anymore. My gymnastics coach always tells me you can work out and eat right but you can't lose fat in one area of your body. You lose fat all around. So hours of crunches and cardio is getting rid of fat all around. Not only my pouch :/

I decided to try Velashape because I'm a dancer/acrobat, and stage lighting is not always flattering. I started to feel like my cellulite was distracting from the art being portrayed, and it shook my confidence in body image. I can't always hide my flaws with costumes. Velashape promises results with no downtime so I gave it a try. I've done 6 of 7 treatments of Velashape on the back and outer thighs, and I feel less self conscious even though the result is not perfect. Cellulite reduced about 50% on back of the thighs and about 70% on the outer part after 6 treatments. My thighs also slimmed down two inches within 4 treatments. The texture of my skin improved significantly and others have commented on it. I may do up to 3 additional treatments after my package end. After that I'll opt for quarterly maintenance treatments until I can set aside the time to do something more drastic but permanently rids cellulite, like lipo since I have a long track record of maintaining my ideal weight. However, I'd love to avoid that draconian option.

To sum up after reading most of the reviews on various sites, Velashape works on a spectrum. One must understand and accept that before giving this treatment a try. It's not cheap. I don't regret trying Velashape, and I'm happy that my result is not on the very low end of the spectrum. Hope my review is helpful to others.

A.B. Normal I'm so glad I came across this thread! I was considering velashape. I have one child, but I had a c section. My abdomen was numb after that for YEARS! The c section cut was uneven so my belly had an abnormal slant to it. I exercise, but there is no exercise that will help an uneven c section cut. I had lipo, but that yielded an uneven result. I was considering velashape to smooth out some bumps that won't go quietly. Your review was really useful!

I think it depends on how much fat and cellulite you are dealing with. I heard of a new procedure called cellulaze but I think it's expensive. Smartlipo third generation also melts fat and can tighten skin. I would do that instead of waste money on velashape, which even if it DOES work is not permanent and requires maintenance treatment. If you are not adverse to surgery and your skin is loose from being stretched out , just save up and go for it. Check my vaser lipo review for my results.

AB normal ... Thank you very much for the information and the review. At least I can rest easy.

I came to this site to check out reviews for the Velashape because I saw a package deal from groupon and I am vain enough to actually consider it. Thank goodness I saw you review!!

I am actually trying to find solutions for the remaining stubborn fat/cellulite that I couldn't shake off. And 24 fitness.. before you start yakking I was 180lbs last year and worked mu butt off to be between 135 and 140 lbs these days. But as Julie said, no one can foresee nor control what happens after kids.. I was actually 100 lbs until I got pregnant with my 3rd boy (where I became pre-diabetic and obese -- and yes!! I am honest enough to say it out loud!) Even after losing 45 lbs, I can't seem to lose some of my bell and love handles, not to mention this deposit on my hips.. I thought the deal could be worth it, but after reading AB normal's review, I don;t know. I think I'd rather spend my 160 bucks on a tankini top from victoria's secret. At least that should comer my tummy! Hehehehe!!

brilliant, AB normal.

lets see, there are those who are born without sensititivy and then those who are just plain narrcisicts. people who cant step outside of their own immediate expereience to consider another view or a limitation different from their own. these are the people who--when you say, im cold--they say--its not cold. they devalue your own personal reality becasue it doesnt match their exact and immediate reality. they arent cold so therefore you shouldnt be cold either. they cant possible imagine how someone could be cold when they arent. they cant possibly imagine why everyone cant cardio two hours a day? the blind, the handicaped, those with pulminary heart disease. i mean, c'mon you lazy quadroplegics, you need to cardio two hours a day. i do. so should you. i cant imagine any other exisitance than my own and you are lazy because you arent exactly like me. this would be comical if not for the fact that these people do have children and they devlaue their kids just as much as they do people who post on here. could you imagine this kind of parent, what they would say to their child who had a learning disability or was dyslexic or had a heatlh problem? they would make them out to be wron/lazy/unintelligent simply becasue they could not relate to anything outside of their immediate experience. let this one go ab normal, tryin to get them to see is like flavor flav intervieiwng einstein. Word.

The point i was trying to make is you need to try the old fashion way first, then if you can't loss the last stubborn fat that's when you should consult a plastic surgen. What's wrong with doing 2 hours cardio? I've know people does it I'm not the only one and soo much hate on my comment thats I called " haters"!

im reading all comments and need to put this out there: we all have bodies that look a certain way when we're younger. if you havent had a child, you cannot relate to how much your body changes outside the scope of your control. i have always been 125/130 and 5'10 with a super high metabolisim. when i saw larger woman, i too held thoughts that they just didnt take care of themsleves. i thought if they just ate right and exercised they would look weight proportionate. then i became pregnant at 36. i gained 90 pounds in less than 8 months from diabetes. my baby was a month premature and weighed 10.5 pounds. i went from 130 pounds to 225 pounds. after my hormones settled, i still weighed 170 pounds. my stomach was destroyed from the pregnancy. as my body shrunk, the monstrosity of my stretched skin and tissue hung on my stomach like a walrus pouch. i felt shame, anguish, the beauty of my body, this thing ive always relied on to garner me some sort of attention and good feelings out in the world, felt to me anyway--broken. i got a tummy tuck. the scar ran over more than half the circumfrance of my body. it extends all the way back past my hips. a huge area of scar tissue developed on the front of the scar, under my belly button, this grapefruit size area of scartissue prevented my nerve endings [severed during the surgury] to fuse back together. it is four years later. i am in daily nerve pain, buring on the surface of my stomach. the doctor went in initially and cut out the scar tissue. and guess what? it came back, larger and more painful. its like an ice burg and has created a dent on my stomach under my belly button. i spent 10k to fix my stomach and it has a dent in it. the pain in my stomach from the nerve / scar tissue issues means im not doing abdominal exercises. it hurts. after the surgury, i began gaining weight, my hair began falling out. i now had thyroid disease [common after pregnnany]. so skinny white girl looking like a model is now with a sagging metabolism, a big belly and extra settled fat along my back and hips, with the rest of me skinny. why am i making you suffer thru my story? because not a single one of us on here can know what our body is going to do after having a child, how badly it is going to stretch out, how much loss of control we are going to experience in trying to rein it back in to its former shape. not a single voice on here--and that goes for the guy and the chick--needs to be stating their small minded opinion about what one woman should be doing instead of cosmetic procedures. your body isnt her body and no woman [or man] for that matter should not conceptually grasp how the age old issue of women/fat/post pregnancy issues are relevant for a reason: our bodies change. and for many there is only so much you can do. i exercise 4x a week, i consume only 1200 calories a day, and still when i sit down i have fat that spreads up out of my jeans. its depressing. and no judgement ever should be given a women's body who has given birth.