What money can and cannot buy, safely, in relation to skin tightening and cellulite reduction

• What being a billionaire can offer for cellulite / skin tightening?

• Surgery for cellulite? A disaster. Surgery for non-severe skin tightening? Really stupid.

• No non-surgical skin tightening / cellulite treatment works with 1, 2, 3 or 4 sessions, regardless of how much money one has

• How many sessions are realistically needed by a treatment that stimulates change without damaging tissues?

• After all there is one thing that money can buy: more sessions, the prerequisite for better results

• Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment in London with the experts

• Advanced, infrared / red light therapy treatments in London at LipoTherapeia

• Discover our professional training in cellulite, skin tightening, radiofrequency and ultrasound

What being a billionaire can offer for cellulite / skin tightening?

It may not be a common question but it is a common thought:

“I can throw (tens of) thousands of pounds in an one-off (even very painful, even very unsafe) cellulite / skin tightening treatment. Can I get results in one session and then get on with my billionaire/millionaire life?”

Well, the honest answer to this very valid - yet perhaps somewhat entitled - question is:

“Nah, life doesn’t work like that. Your body needs regular and repeated stimulation (treatments) as well as time to change. Throwing tens of thousands at the problem cannot violate the laws of physics and biology to provide instant results. A lot of money can buy you better treatments, more sessions and better results - but it will not buy you instant results or results in 1-4 sessions.”

Surgery for cellulite? A disaster. Surgery for non-severe skin tightening? Really stupid.

You may have liposuction for (subcutaneous) fat reduction which may indeed be one-off (not always, quite often a revision is necessary, even with the best doctors). But cellulite is not subcutaneous fat and cannot be removed by liposuction.

Furthermore, cellulite surgery (example, example) is usually either not that effective or a disaster.

The same applies to skin tightening. For severe skin tightening, indeed you can do a thigh lift or a tunny tuck, with all the dangers and ugly scars this may entail (example, example). But for anything else than severe skin laxity, the scars and surgery dangers are not worth it.

No non-surgical skin tightening / cellulite treatment works with 1, 2, 3 or 4 sessions, regardless of how much money one has

Regarding non-surgical treatments, nothing works in one session, regardless how much one is willing to pay. As mentioned above, with non-surgical treatments, regular and repeated sessions, as well as time between those sessions, are required for good results.

You cannot have good, long-term results in one day, one week or, in most cases, even one month. We are talking about 6-12 sessions over 2-3 months for most cases - and up to 24 sessions for the more severe cases.

Asking to build better skin in 1-4 sessions with an extreme treatment is like asking to build big muscles in a couple of weeks with 3-12 personal training sessions with extreme weights. It ain’t gonna happen and the end result will probably be the same: injury. Skin injury in the treatment case, muscle/joint/tendon injury in the training case.

In summary, results are not better when the treatment is extremely painful or dangerous. In fact, such treatments can actually cause more damage than benefit.

Throwing money at super-expensive, very painful, very unsafe treatments, which work by first burning deep skin tissue first in order to theoretically build better tissue later (example, example) will not accelerate anything - except the chance of injury (unfortunately, the medium/low intensity, ‘vanilla’ versions of such techniques quite often achieve nothing).

The extra money spent for the ‘instant miracleness’ of such treatments will be money wasted down the drain - and more money may be needed to repair any damage later. Trust me, I’ve seen dozens of such damaged cases (many of them indeed quite rich) and they are not very happy about said damage.

In other areas of life money does indeed offer instant gratification. Unfortunately this is not the case with cellulite reduction / skin tightening. For that, just like with gym training, one has to be regular and patient, just like the poor person does, to see results.

All one can do about building muscle (or getting fitter in general) is get a better trainer or have more training sessions. And this is the case with cellulite reduction / skin tightening. Get a good therapist and have many sessions with them.

It’s not rocket science and it is much smarter than throwing all your money in one training session / one treatment with some ‘miracle worker’ personal trainer / machine operator at a hyped-up cosmetic surgery clinic (there are such clinics that charge $20k a pop for such ‘miracle’ non-surgical treatments in Hollywood).

How many sessions are realistically needed by a treatment that stimulates change without damaging tissues?

The fact is that, just like gym training for the muscles, the strongest SAFE skin tightening and cellulite technologies (currently deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation), require multiple sessions to offer good, long-lasting results, in most cases.

As mentioned above, this involves a minimum of 6 sessions and a maximum of 24 sessions, in most cases. This is equivalent to 18-72 training sessions to build a good volume of muscles and a fit body at the gym (3x more gym sessions than skin treatments, as a rough estimate).

This is realistic, 95% satisfactory and 99.5% safe (at least at our clinic).

After all there is indeed one thing that money can buy: more sessions with an intensive but safe treatment, the prerequisite for better results

So if budget is not an issue, forget about throwing tens of thousands of £££££ for 1-4 unsafe, ‘miracle’ treatments, and focus on having a realistic number of 6-12-24 intensive but safe deep-acting, high-power RF/ultrasound treatments with an experienced therapist - something that mere mortals on lower budgets can only dream of (especially those more severe cases that require 24 sessions but can’t afford them).

Furthermore, having a higher budget can allow you to treat several body areas for 6-12-24 sessions, in order to tighten/smoothen the whole body, something that most people cannot afford.

And for faster results one can add high-power LED phototherapy to maximise/accelerate the results of deep, strong RF/cavitation - but still not in 1-4 sessions.

So, overall, a higher budget can allow someone to have more treatments, treatments on more body areas and combined treatments for better results.

What can I do if I do not have a high budget?

One does not need to be a billionera ;) to get great results from a skin tightening / cellulite treatment.

• You can maximise the results of our treatments with more effort in the nutrition / exercise department, in order to make treatments go further

• You can perhaps only treat 1-2 key body areas, as opposed to legs, arms, stomach, waist, back, neck and face that you may want to treat

• Stick to the key technologies only (i.e. strong, deep RF/ultrasound), even though that means a bit slower results

• Apply a real cellulite cream, i.e. one with multiple, high-purity anti-cellulite actives in high concentrations, which will help maximise results at a lower cost

• Follow our 100+ tips for cellulite reduction and skin tightening, for more results at zero extra cost

Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment in London with the experts

At LipoTherapeia we have specialised 100% in skin tightening and cellulite reduction for more than two decades and 20,000+ sessions.

This is all we study and practise every day and have researched and tried hands-on all the important skin tightening equipment and their manufacturers.

As strong, deep acting radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation are the technologies of choice for skin tightening and cellulite reduction, we have invested in the best RF/ultrasound technologies in the world.

Furthermore, over the last two decades we have developed advanced RF and cavitation treatment protocols in order to make the most of our technologies, for maximum results, naturally and safely.

And for even better, faster results, we now combine our RF/ultrasound treatments with high-power red/infrared light LED treatment.

Our radiofrequency/ultrasound/LED treatments are comfortable, pain-free, downtime-free, injection-free, microneedling-free, 99.5%+ safe and always non-invasive.

And our focus is on honest, realistic, science-based treatment, combined with caring, professional service, with a smile.

We will be pleased to see you, assess your cellulite, skin laxity or fibrosis, listen to your story, discuss your case and offer you the best possible treatment.

Learn more or check prices and book an expert cellulite / skin tightening treatment at our London clinic (49 Marylebone High Street, W1).

Advanced, infrared / red light therapy treatments in London at LipoTherapeia

At LipoTherapeia we are passionate about phototherapy (also known as photobiomodulation/PBM, red light therapy, infrared light therapy, blue light therapy, LED light therapy etc) and we use the most powerful equipment available today (up to 240mW/cm2), for best results and treatment of large body areas.

We use specialised therapy protocols for skin rejuvenation / anti-ageing, pigmentation / post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), moderate/severe acne, skin redness, sensitive/inflamed/irritated skin, wound healing, sports injuries / musculoskeletal pain and overall wellness / well-being.

Our LED phototherapy sessions are comfortable, deeply relaxing and super-safe and are great to enhance our radiofrequency/ultrasound treatments for skin tightening / cellulite reduction.

On our booking page you can book stand-alone phototherapy sessions or combine them with our other treatments, as an add-on.

Learn more or check prices and book an expert LED phototherapy treatment at our London clinic (49 Marylebone High Street, W1).

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