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Bodysculpting
- before & after
Your skin is tied to your muscles
and deeper tissues by small bands of tissue
called "dermal ligaments". These
dermal ligaments run from the deep fascia
and muscles to the skin much like the ropes
that support a tent. As fat is deposited under
the skin and push the skin upwards. The dermal
ligaments cannot stretch and resist this where
they are attached, holding the skin down.
The fat bulging up around these areas where
the skin is bound down by dermal ligaments
is called cellulite. The random pattern of
the dermal ligaments creates the characteristic
irregular patterns of cellulite. New technologies
are finally achieving significant results
in treating cellulite.
Several machines on
the market such as endermologie and synergie
stretch the skin and dermal ligaments with
rollers and vacuum force. As the ligaments
are stretched they lengthen, relaxing the
"dimple". The overall effect is
to give a smoother appearance to the skin.
Subcision with special needles can also help
cellulite by cutting the dermal ligaments
tying the skin down. After the skin is released
the skin rebounds and the cellulite dimpling
is improved. The patients own fat is then
injected to prevent the dermal ligaments from
re-attaching to the skin. This treatment can
achieve good results but is time consuming
and expensive. Cutting the dermal ligaments
also removes the support structure for the
skin.
Certain types of cellulite may also be treated
with Liposolve by injecting it into the bulging
fat deposit. The Liposolve shrinks the fat
deposits reducing the upward pressure on the
skin and eliminating the bulging fat without
cutting or stretching the dermal ligaments.
This method preserves the attachment system
of the skin to the deeper tissues.
There are some creams that can help with cellulite.
These are usually available only through a
physician and generally used with other treatments.
Results with over-the-counter creams are minor
at best.
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