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 fat cell. The fat is [...]
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 and removed by the use [...]
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 recently published an article which [...]
A study published in the Journal of Laser in Surgery and Medicine reported on the effects of a Free Electron Laser (FEL) when targeted at the subcutaneous fat layer at 1,210nm and 1,720nm. The researchers from Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, assessed that the excitation of fat was twice that of the dermis, [...]
Hello and Welcome to our fellow dermatologists and surgeons interested in fat reduction! This website is dedicated to the discussion of fat removal, both invasive and noninvasive. Fat is obviously an incredibly hot topic right now. The research being done by many of us is very exciting and holds some true promise. Many of our [...]
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