Can I lose weight / fat with radiofrequency?
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Is there such a thing as radiofrequency fat reduction, RF fat melting or RF slimming? Or their same with cavitation?
Local fat/cellulite reduction vs weight loss with radiofrequency or cavitation
How many kilos / pounds / stone can I lose with radiofrequency, ultrasonic cavitation or other non-surgical treatments?
“Liquefying the fat which is then naturally removed via the lymphatic system into the urine”
Looking for “radio frequency fat melting before and after pictures”? Or same with cavitation, RF microneedling or HIFU? Don’t bother…
When fat can be literally melted, but in a very, very bad way
What treatments do is help you locally release fat from a specific stubborn area. But that’s it. No fat burning occurs with a-n-y treatment.
What about the cavitation / radiofrequency lipolysis I have read about? Surely that must break the fat?
If RF fat melting doesn’t exist, why do I need treatments then?
Only two options for weight loss
When radiofrequency / ultrasound cavitation can help
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Is there such a thing as radiofrequency fat reduction, RF fat melting or RF slimming? Or their same with cavitation?
Can I lose weight with radiofrequency or any other non-surgical fat reduction treatment? Does radio frequency kill fat cells? Is there such a thing as a fat burning machine?
These are common questions we hear at the clinic and there is quite a lot of misinformation on this subject, mainly due to absurd marketing claims, so we will do out best to clarify everything.
Local fat/cellulite reduction vs weight loss with radiofrequency or cavitation
There are quite a few treatments that claim to reduce fat and cellulite, such as HIFU, radiofrequency, ultrasonic cavitation and laser lipolysis, among others.
Deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and high-power ultrasound cavitation are effective in cellulite fat reduction, if provided by a well-trained, experienced and knowledgable therapist (unfortunately most RF/ultrasound operators only receive one day's training - and zero training in the science of cellulite).
But neither of these two treatments nor the other ones mentioned above can efficiently reduce deep fat / subcutaneous fat.
If no treatment can help you lose topical fat how can they possibly help you lose overall body weight?
How many kilos / pounds / stone can I lose with radiofrequency, ultrasonic cavitation or other non-surgical treatments?
Our instant answer to this common question is:
None. Zilch. Nada. Not a single gram. Forget about it. It ain’t happening. Ever.
Sorry to disappoint you but weight loss with a non-surgical treatment only belongs to the alternative reality of unscrupulous practitioners and marketers.
No non-surgical procedures, including ours (deep tissue, high-power radiofrequency and high-power ultrasound cavitation), cannot help you lose any weight, whatsoever.
If you have read elsewhere - anywhere - that you can see a reduction on the weight scales with a treatment - any treatment - that was a lie. It is biologically impossible to lose weight (as in weight on the scales) with any treatment.
If at a salon or clinic you have been promised that you can achieve weight loss with a treatment, you have been lied to or they haven’t got a clue what they’re talking about.
Sorry for the brutal honesty but you deserve the truth.
“Liquefying the fat which is then naturally removed via the lymphatic system into the urine”
Claims that a non-surgical treatment removes fat from the body, by first "melting the fat which is then removed from the body via the kidneys and the urine" are utterly false (pure lies, basically) and have absolutely no physiological basis.
Of course nothing melts your fat cells and makes you pee them and then you lose weight. Claims such as these are as ridiculous as they sound.
Fat (triacylglycerols), for example, is liquid inside fat cells (adipocytes), nothing needs to melt.
And no-one has ever urinated fat cells. In fact, no-one urinates fat unless they have kidney damage.
Any biologist would laugh out loud at these suggestions, but unfortunately most people are not biologists and easily fall prey to such verbal garbage.
Looking for “radio frequency fat melting before and after pictures”? Or same with cavitation, RF microneedling or HIFU? Don’t bother…
In fact, there is so much misinformation around that a lot of people actually ask us for ‘before and after pictures’ depicting fat “melted” and “removed” with radiofrequency, cavitation or other energy treatments, which is absurd.
We have been doing radiofrequency and cavitation treatments with the most advanced and potent machines for more than 15 years now and let me tell you: radiofrequency is not even an effective subcutaneous fat reducing technology, let alone a weight reducing treatment.
Radiofrequency (and ultrasound) does help release a little bit of subcutaneous fat but it is not worth all the hassle and expense.
And the same applies to any other non surgical treatment available today: they are not efficient enough to make sense financially or time-wise.
Deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation though are great (in fact the best) technologies for reducing hypodermal adipose tissue, i.e. cellulite.
When fat can be literally melted, but in a very, very bad way
Having said all the above, there is indeed a case where you can lose local fat: as an adverse reaction of a destructive energy based treatment, which is usually in the form of extreme intensity RF / HIFU / RF microneedling treatment.
In this case the treatment causes severe damage (necrosis) to the deep tissues, including fat and the surrounding connective tissue, quite often leaving either an indentation/gap, some deep fibrosis, a visible superficial scar, a fibrotic lump or all of the above.
Believe me, you do not want to lose local fat as a side effect of having your skin and deep tissues burned and damaged beyond repair…
But even those destructive treatments do not remove the fat stored in those fat depots, so you still don’t lose weight with destructive treatments. Fat just moves to another area of your body, unless you burn it with diet and exercise.
What treatments do is help you locally release fat from a specific stubborn area. But that’s it. No fat burning occurs with a-n-y treatment.
What treatments do is help you LOCALLY release fat (lipolysis) from a specific stubborn area (such as the thighs, stomach, arms, cellulite fat etc.), thereby leading to the minor slimming of that area or, with a good treatment, to a quite significant reduction of cellulite.
However, this mobilised fat has then to be oxidised (burned) for energy in different body tissues (muscles, liver, brain etc) in order for it to be eliminated and for you to see a weight reduction on the scales.
Some treatments do not only release fat but also help reduce the number of actual fat cells in the area (adipolysis) but that does not mean that the fat found in those fat cells is out of your body.
Again, fat (triacylglycerols) contained in your fat cells needs to be released out of them, be transported to muscles or other organs and then be oxidised for energy in order for it to be eliminated by the body - something that can only happen via diet and exercise.
Otherwise, it stays in your body. Forever.
What about the cavitation / radiofrequency lipolysis I have read about? Surely that must break the fat?
Radiofrequency lipolysis (or any other lipolysis) refers to releasing fat from stubborn fat cells, not eliminating the released fat.
The released fat stays in the body and still has to be oxidised/burned for energy, something that can only happen via diet and exercise.
If RF fat melting doesn’t exist, why do I need treatments then?
Local fat/cellulite reduction treatments are necessary to release triacylglycerols (fat) from stubborn fat cells (adipocytes), i.e. those which are unaffected by diet and exercise). Then you can burn that fat yourself with diet/exercise.
Without the topical treatments you would still have cellulite or stubborn fat deposits in those difficult areas, no matter how much exercise you did or how healthily you ate. This is the benefit of non-surgical treatments for cellulite fat reduction.
Cellulite treatments are generally more effective (the very few ones that work), while spot fat reduction treatments are largely ineffective. This is because hypodermal adipose tissue (‘cellulite’) is for various reasons much more responsive to radiofrequency/cavitation than subcutaenous adipose tissue (‘fat’).
Only two options for weight loss
For fat to be eliminated from your body (and consequently for you to lose weight) there are only two options: diet and exercise (i.e. spending more calories than you ingest every day) or liposuction.
Diet and exercise is natural and healthy and helps you lose large amounts of weight, but it can not be targeted (you can NOT focus the weight loss on a specific area by exercising the muscles of that area, hence the need for RF/cavitation treatments)
Liposuction, on the other hand, can only help you lose a limited amount of weight but can be targeted. However, it is an uncomfortable surgical procedure, accompanied by pain, swelling and quite often by fibrotic / scar tissue lumps.
When radiofrequency / ultrasound cavitation can help
If you wish to have a quality cellulite/skin tightening treatment, the deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and deep acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation technologies are the most effective technologies, ideally when combined with high-power LED red/infrared light therapy.
However, if you want to lose overall weight (or even lots of localised deep fat), non-surgical treatments cannot help you and we suggest you start exercising/dieting and/or visit a good plastic surgeon.
And finally, if you think you know better because you have read somewhere that at the XYZ clinic or salon they will help you lose pounds with a non-surgical cosmetic treatment (many people fall prey to such claims), then be prepared to lose sterling £££ pounds, not weight pounds...
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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.
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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.
Advanced, infrared / blue / red light therapy treatments in London at LipoTherapeia
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