Saturday, February 21, 2009

What is Lipodissolve

By Charles Donovan

One of the biggest things that affect women is cellulite. There are others types of unwanted fat but cellulite is bar far the biggest concern for most women. This is something that not only affects obese women, but also women that are in great physical condition. Eating healthy and getting proper physical exercise does not always solve the problem.

A new procedure called lipodissolve is a treatment that is designed to melt fat away from the body. One of the biggest pluses to lipodissolve is that it does not require surgery and is a fairly simple and easy process. The treatment is conducted by injecting ingrediants that include sodium deoxycholate and phosphatidylcholine into the fatty area. After the drugs have been injected the start working to melt or dissolve the fat tissue from the body. Many believe the body then expels the fat cells from the body. There is not really proof of how the body does this, but most believe it gets expelled through the liver.

The basics of lipodissolve are that they can be used to treat any area above the kneee. Some commen areas that this treatment is used on include the thighs, abdomen, hips, under the chin, jowels, and of course the love handles. The procedure usually lasts around 20 minutes to 30 minutes for each treatment. It most cases it will take three to four treatments for the procedure to properly melt fat away from the body. Some of the common side effect to these treatments are things such as redness, bruising, swelling, as well as soreness around the area that received the injections. Doctors have a typical amount of time for each treatment to work. They say in general it takes about four weeks for each treatment to start working and it can work for up to 12 weeks.

Lipodissolve has been met with some critisizm. Some people believe that lipodissolve is not safe and they are trying to prevent the treatment from being conducted. This was seen in the state of Kansas as people tried to ban the treatment from being conducted in the state. This was blocked however, and the state said that they required more research to be conducted before they would agree to a ban of the treatment. The lipodissolve treatment has already been banned in Canada, the UK, and Brazil.

Believe it or not there is an alternaive to lipodissolve out there. This is called Mesotherapy. It is not as widely known and it does not really do the same thing. The difference here is the the drugs involved with mesotherapy are only injected into the middle layer of the skin whereas lipodissolve is injected all the way into the fat tissue. Mesotherapy wants to smooth the skin rather than dissolve of the fat like lipodissolve.

Diet and exercise are always the best way to lose weight and to keep it off. However, neither one of these methods offers "spot reduction", nor getting rid of fat precisely where you want to. Lipodissolve and mesotherapy do offer this "spot reduction" option with promises of a better looking body in a minimal amount of time with a minimal amount of pain. However, there is little formal research on these methods and no studies of the long-term side-effects. It is important to remember that even if one should undergo either one of these procedures diet and exercise are still essential in achieving the maximum result. - 16004

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