high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is the latest and most advanced medical breakthroughs in non-surgical fat reduction procedures for body shaping.
Traditional liposuction causes tissue trauma and bruising due to tissue destruction necessary to manually break up and separate the fat, while HIFU treatment emulsifies fat without damaging adjacent tissues. Traditional liposuction can sometimes produce wavy areas of fat as a side effect. Using the focussed ultrasound technique, this side effect is kept at a negligible level.
HIFU is different from diagnostic and other therapeutic ultrasound equipment in that it focuses on fat cells only; causing significant damage to the fat cell membranes. The fat cells release their contents into the lymphatic system which is then delivered to both the liver and kidneys which process the fatty products. The entire process is painless and requires no anesthesia or sedation. Patients can resume their daily routines immediately. Since hifu is designed specifically to only affect the fat cell, all other tissues such as muscle, nerve, blood vessel and other organs, are not affected at all.
More importantly the procedure fairly comfortable, fast, and reliable. Patient selection is very important and it does not accomplish the same thing as liposuction. Some patients are better candidates for liposuction- but if you are a candidate for hifu treatment it will give you a noticeable result without the costs and other issues related to surgery and anesthesia.
It is not an alternative for a tummy tuck for significantly loose skin. If you are adverse to surgery and have only mild to moderate skin laxity then Thermage for Body might give you some modest skin tightening. HIFU coupled withThermage might provide a nonsurgical option for adequate fat and mildly loose skin, but not if you have little fat and a lot of loose skin.
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