http://fatlayerreduction.com Discussion forum for dermatologists and general practitioners regarding clinical non-invasive fat reduction Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:44:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two French physicians discuss the differences between laser lipolysis and traditional liposuction in a recent article in the journal Expert Review of Medical Devices. As the authors point out, liposuction is the second most commonly performed cosmetic procedure in the United States. (The most common procedure is breast augmentation.) Traditional liposuction suctions ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=40 Laser-assisted liposuction is the “wave of the future for liposuction, liposculpting, and tissue tightening,” write two physicians in a recent review article in the journal Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. After noting that body contouring with fat removal was first reported in 1921, the authors describe how liposculpting ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=34 In a provocative article in the journal Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, three physicians discuss how cosmetic surgery is “passing through an identity crisis as well as an acute ethical dilemma.” Here’s an excerpt: “Aesthetic surgery that works only according to market categories runs the risk of losing the view for the ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=29 Another study from Anderson, Manstein et al has been published on the new technology of cryolysis and its potential for removing unwanted fat. In this latest study, which appears in the journal Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, the researchers from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital describe the ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=24 A new study suggests that ultrasound imaging can help guide and monitor a laser during treatments to remove subcutaneous fat, thus possibly ensuring even safer and more effective results. The study, published in the journal Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, used pig skin and fat samples. It found that ultrasound imaging ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=20 Fat removal is one of the hottest topics in aesthetic medicine today.  Below is an excerpt from Dermatology Times E-News covering this topic at the Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference in Hawaii.  There are several advantages to laserlipolysis over traditional liposuction.  Among these are less bleeding and bruising, lasers are minimally ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=15 Liposuction has for many years been the gold standard of fat reduction, providing predictable outcomes, some downtime, and generally happy patients. The development of laser lipolysis has increased patient satisfaction by decreasing downtime and improving skin laxity. A new article in the journal Biomedical Engineering Online has published a mathematical ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=13 Laser Lipolysis (or SmartLipo™ as its known thanks to Cynosure’s marketing) is a method of removing fat. It involves the cutting of the skin under local anesthesia and the insertion of a cannula containing a laser. The cannula is passed back and forth to deliver laser energy to destroy the ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=11 Earlier on this blog we made mention of a study by Anderson, Manstein et al reviewing selective photothermolysis as a way to damage and remove the subcutaneous fat layer in a targeted way. This method has now been coined as “cryolipolysis”. Essentially they discovered that fat cells could be selectively targeted ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=9 The amount of fat in a patient’s diet can be a very hard thing to pin down. Assessing diet and disease risk are major steps towards development of better habits and management of weight, however accuracy of patient’s own dietary habits is notoriously imprecise. Researchers at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes ... http://fatlayerreduction.com/?p=7