Beauty Tech Review: Cellulite Reduction
Millions of women suffer from cellulite, a dimpling of the skin caused by uneven fat cells under the skin and seen most often around the thighs and buttocks. Even thin women can have cellulite and many have struggled for years to rid themselves of the 'cottage cheese' appearance. New treatments are available to reduce the appearance of cellulite and restore confidence in smooth, healthy skin.
"We know that cellulite involves multiple layers of the skin, including fat cells that are in an abnormal location in the dermis as well as an irregular arrangement down in the deeper fat layer of the tissue," says renowned New York dermatologist Dr. Neil Sadick. "So, by having a newer technology like Reaction by Viora that can target both mid-dermal as well as subcutaneous fat cell targets - and also be able to heat the surrounding septum around fat cells - we are able to produce a more effective cellulite outcome for our patients."
Reaction by Viora Results of Dr. Neil Sadick
He also says that this treatment is really appropriate for all saying that it can be used by "any woman that wants improvement of her cellulite and wants to move to the next level with a more advanced technology.... You can improve all patients with all clinical classification types of cellulite. Certainly those who have the more milder/moderate classifications of cellulite will do best but even those that have more significant cellulite or grade 3 or 4 can benefit from this type of treatment modality."
Reaction by Viora Results of Dr. Neil Sadick
Patients are able to see results relatively soon and regular maintenance is simple. "I think most people see significant results after two or three treatment sessions and most individuals have continued improvement for approximately 6 months and they will require a single maintenance treatment to continue the outcome." He says that patients should return for follow up treatment every six months.
Dr. Sadick says that Reaction can be used in conjunction with other methods to improve results. "Well if you have cellulite by itself you can use it as the sole modality there are new again, mesotherapy or injectable lipolysis type of treatments that are now being researched by companies such as Ulthera and Kythera as well. We are working on a new scientific injectable product also that can induce lipolysis so I think at some point you will see combination treatments including injectable fat dissolution again in conjunction with these types of radio frequency heating sources that again remold the fat cell as well as tighten the connective tissues - stroma around the fat cell - and then push the fat cells back down to their normal subcutaneous compartment where they belong. Combination therapy will probably in the future be utilized to give optimized outcomes."
Watch Dr. Sadick discuss cellulite reduction by the Reaction by Viora:
Dr. Neil Sadick
American Health and Beauty, in an effort to provide the most up-to-date information to our readers, presents the Beauty Tech Review. The next installment in this ongoing series discusses Cellulite Reduction technology. Join American Health and Beauty editor, Keith Veseleny, as he speaks with leading physicians who share their knowledge on each cellulite reduction platform.
The Beauty Tech Review: Cellulite Reduction - will include: Dr. Neil Sadick on Reaction by Viora, Dr. Hema Sundaram on Velashape and Dr. Leyda Bowes on SmoothShapes.
Previous Beauty Tech Reviews have included the following topics: Laser Lipoloysis, Fractional Resurfacing and Body Contouring.
