Fat Layer Reduction Forum

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 non-invasive cold-induced selective destruction of subcutaneous fat in anesthesized Black Yucatan pigs.

The results: There was a “grossly obvious loss of several mm of subcutaneous fat occurring gradually during the 3.5 months study period,” the authors write. Furthermore, “there was no clinical or histological evidence of injury to skin, and no scarring. Serum lipids were not significantly increased.”

The authors conclude that “prolonged, controlled local skin cooling can induce selective damage and subsequent loss of subcutaneous fat, without damaging the overlying skin. Selective cryolysis warrants further study as a local treatment for removal of adipose tissue.”

Stay tuned.

Source: Manstein D, Laubach H, Watanabe K, Farinelli W, Zurakowski D, Anderson RR. Selective cryolysis: a novel method of non-invasive fat removal. Lasers Surg Med. 2008:40:595-604.

Learn more about cryolipolysis devices at the Patient’s Guide to Body Contouring

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