Just Did It This Morning, Extremely Painful Procedure! - Branford, CT

The pics show improvement but as you know it also depends on the light what do you think, have you done anything else like velashape or massages?

Four months post op now. Still really itchy in treated area. Also still dark bruise in and around treated area. I hope I haven't changed one problem for another "different" problem. I'm deeply concerned at this point. I may have wasted $ 8,000 for nothing. I'll post at six months and beyond.

I just had procedures on both legs for vascular repair, as I had valve failure in one and the beginning signs of it in the other. Due to the resulting poor circulation (pre-prodedure) I had acquired really dreadful-looking cellulite on the fronts and inner sides of my thighs, as well as the usual minor amount at the base of my butt. Talk about demoralizing, and I had never had any cellulite at all in my 20s or 30s. I was really into the idea of getting Cellulaze after my circulatory issues were fixed, but since the bruising and edema from those procedures have subsided, I have been using message as my primary treatment for the cellulite for now. I have a Salux Japanese wash cloth which works great as a massager in the bath, and I use a dry body brush 2 or 3 times a week, which is supposed to help, too, but the thing I think is *really* working is my Finulite massage "brush", just a manual massage tool that has a strap to hold it on the hand while you use it, and smooth rubber projections that look like rounded teeth, as well as some bead like massagers on the part that touches your skin. I'd read about the benefits of massage as a way to release the trapped toxins that are trapped/stored in those nasty fat cells which resist burning like normal fat, maybe because they get clogged with trapped toxins and impurities which don't get filtered out easily the way they do from normal tissue. I'm not sure why that is, and I wasn't even sure it would make one bit of difference, but I started doing it *vigorously* once a day for a few minutes on each trouble area, using Nivea Skin Firming Cellulite gel as a lubricant. (I know creams and potions don't get rid of cellulite, but I figured it might have some benefits used as a lubricant along with massage.) The thing that's great about a manual tool is, you control the speed, intensity, type of motion, etc. totally. It never hurts so you needn't be afraid of doing it pretty hard. Anyway, the upshot is, that if I did not see these results with my own eyes, I would not have believed them. This is astounding, in just a few days, to see that dramatic a difference. The horrifyingly lumpy appearance of the fat is reduced by over half already. It is so much smoother it's hard to believe. I work out regularly and I don't have that much fat overall on my thighs, butt, etc. And this has made what there is markedly smoother in a short time. I read online about a woman who was really miserable and self-consciouss about the cellulite on her upper arms, and could not afford Cellulaze, so she massaged the daylights out of it in the shower for 10 minutes a day, over a period of 6 weeks. At the end of that period, there was no visible cellulite. It stands to reason that this is a good way to keep it from returning, as well. I plan to keep up the massage for about 5 more weeks-- well, permanently, but to go from there and assess whether or not anything as drastic (and expensive) as Cellulaze would be justified.

Thank you for the detailed review.  Do you think you have improvement?  Was it worth the down time?  

Wow...you look great! Well, what we can see of you looks amazingly firm and like a no-cellulite zone to me, and there's nothing wrong with my vision. And your @$$ looks totally fabulous--there's absolutely no "saggage" whatsoever! You may be the demure and modest sort, or you may be like my younger sister, (who would have no problem running around buck naked) but now you can rock a string bikini anywhere without inhibition or feeling embarrassment.

I had vasersmooth a week ago, I'm still brushed but no significant pain. I did do this procedure under general as part of a larger procedure . I don't expect to see any results for several weeks, with final results in 3-6 months.