In the battle to look good, a cosmetic treatment is going a few rounds with cellulite and small fatty deposits. Mesotherapy is knocking out fat and rejuvenating skin in people who give it a try. Chances are you’re doing everything you can to cut away cellulite and small fatty deposits. You’re watching what you eat. You’re using creams and lotions. But nothing is working, right? Well, that’s because cellulite is the heavy-hitting problem facing men and women alike. It is one of the hardest cosmetic problems to get rid of!

Gweneth Lowe is the mother of two children. She has been in the ring with fat for about five years. She works out in a gym three times a week for an hour. Still, she could not get rid of the fat in her problem area: her thighs. Ten sessions with mesotherapy has given her the relief she’s been working out for. Lowe says, “I’ve lost about three inches from my hips. My thighs have shrunk. I’m down to a dress size 6 and loving it!”

Lowe gained her weight and cellulite after having babies. Doctors believe cellulite and small fatty deposits affect more than 90 percent of post-puberty women. We don’t have accurate data on the number of men who suffer from it. Men don’t complain about it as much as women, so cellulite and small fatty deposits are seen as a “ladies problem.” You can find the extra fat most commonly on the buttocks, hips and legs. Overweight people are not the only ones affected by it. Skinny people can have cellulite and small fatty deposits as well.

What Is Cellulite?
You definitely know cellulite when you see it. It gives the surface of the skin a lumpy, dimpled appearance. Cellulite forms due to water retention in fat cells. The fat cells are surrounded by tissue. The tissue hardens forming a sclerosis. The result is the “cottage cheese” appearance on the outward layer of the skin. And fatty deposits form because of genetics. It’s not your fault you have them. Mesotherapy helps to get rid of the fat to sculpt your body where it’s needed.

More and more physicians are looking to mesotherapy as a viable means to fight cellulite and excess fat. Mesotherapy has been used in France for years. Dr. Michel Pistor invented it in 1952; however, the treatment’s popularity is just now coming to the forefront as a safe and effective cosmetic treatment. And it is used in dozens of countries by thousands of trained practitioners.

Mesotherapy helps to improve the body in many ways. It improves blood flow to the area that’s being treated. It dissolves excess fat deposits, removes hardened tissue and improves lymphatic drainage.

Lipodissolve Therapy
Recently, one form of mesotherapy has distinguished itself from others. It is known as lipodissolve therapy, and it consists of injections of specific “fat busting” agents into the fat in the middle layer of the skin called the mesoderm (hence the term “mesotherapy”). The treatment sessions take only a few minutes, but you may need several injections over the course of several weeks. (Fortunately, the needle used is tiny.) Doctors’ estimate that four to ten sessions is enough to block your ability to store fat and stimulate your ability to burn it up.

In lipodissolve therapy, the drugs work together to break down fat faster than any other method. A licensed practitioner puts medication and vitamins into the middle layer of the skin using microinjections. The medicine helps to reshape the body. A single mesotherapy session can cost as much as $500 because of the amount of drugs used. The treatment uses drugs that are commonly used for asthma and high blood pressure. Vitamins and supplements are also used to knock out the fat.

Mesotherapy is safe according to the doctors and researchers who have trained in it. However, some doctors are concerned about the combination of drugs used together to eat away at the cellulite and small fatty deposits. Some say the Food and Drug Administration should approve the drugs for use in combination. So far, the drugs are approved for individual use, and a medical doctor is licensed to use medications as he or she sees fit.

A second concern is what happens to the fatty acids if they are not burned off. Where are they going? The ideal situation is for the fatty acids to burn off. A problem could arise if the fatty acids go directly into other tissue. This could lead to damage in the other tissue, increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Fortunately, none of these concerns has materialized despite hundreds of millions of treatments done around the globe.

For people like Gweneth Lowe, the benefits far outweigh the concerns. She says, “I’m just happy to get rid of the excess fat. I eat right. I see my doctor on a regular basis for checkups. I’m happy with the results.” You could be too! Mesotherapy gives you a viable option if you want to get rid of cellulite and small fatty deposits.