Cellulite and loose skin before and after losing weight

Cellulite reduction and skin tightening before and after weight loss

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• Increased fat volume leads to an increased skin surface area and therefore more skin laxity when we lose weight

• Fat tissue expansion leads to reduced skin firmness

• Fat gain almost always means cellulite fat gain too

• How to beat cellulite and skin looseness during / after weight loss

• Have your course of cellulite / skin tightening treatments DURING the weight loss phase, NOT AFTER you lose weight

• What is the best treatment to tighten skin / reduce cellulite for overweight and curvy people and for people who have lost weight?

• Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment in London with the cellulite experts

• Advanced, infrared / blue / red light therapy treatments in London at LipoTherapeia

• The Cellulite School™: Get advanced training in cellulite reduction and skin tightening

Increased fat volume leads to an increased skin surface area and therefore more skin laxity when we lose weight

Cellulite and skin looseness affects both overweight and slim women, but it is generally worse in curvy/overweight women - and men.

When we put on weight, skin stretches to accommodate the extra fat/volume. This also leads to the creation of stretch marks.

Skin does not look so loose when we are still overweight, as the extra volume keeps skin taut. For the same reason stretch marks do not look as pronounced either.

When we lose weight fat that kept the skin taut is lost and as a result skin looks looser and stretch marks look more pronounced.

Fat tissue expansion leads to reduced skin firmness

However, there is another reason for skin laxity / reduced firmness, in addition to excess length of skin.

As fat tissue expands, it breaks the collagen infrastructure around it and replaces it with fat and loose, thin collagen fibres.

Basically, adipocytes (fat cells) use metalloproteinases (collagen-breaking enzymes) to break collagen tissue around them in order to make space for their expansion.

Ad fat cells are soft and jelly-like, this means that when we put on weight, skin graudally becomes soft, spongy and wobbly because fat tissue literally “eats away” the collagen tissue.

Of course, after weight loss, this degraded, spongy skin looks and feels even more soft, puffy, thin and loose.

Fat gain almost always means cellulite fat gain too

The most important component of cellulite is fat, so overall fat gain almost always leads to hypodermal fat gain, i.e. cellulite.

This is especially true for people who follow the western lifestyle: sedentary life, smoking/vaping, yo-yo dieting, drinking alcohol, sugar intake, hormonal contraceptives, microplastics and forever chemicals in the food/water supply etc.

In areas of developing countries where people follow a traditional lifestyle based on a lot of walking, eating fresh food and natural living in general, overweight may exist sometimes but cellulite is almost non-existent.

Furthermore, even when weight is lost, the resulting loose skin makes cellulite look more evident.

How to beat cellulite and skin looseness during / after weight loss

If you are curvy/overweight and you are about to start (or you have already started) a diet and exercise regime to lose weight, you may wonder what is the best time to have a cellulite / skin tightening treatment: during the weight loss period or after?

Have your course of cellulite / skin tightening treatments DURING the weight loss phase, NOT AFTER you lose weight

Many people think that they must first lose all the weight and then have a course of treatments to tighten up the skin and reduce cellulite. However, this could not be more wrong.

In fact, having a course of cellulite treatments DURING your weight loss phase will increase the efficacy of the treatment, as in this way you will combine the lipolytic (=fat releasing) stimulus of your diet/exercise with the lipolytic stimulus of the treatment you are having.

Plus, having a course of skin tightening treatments DURING the weight loss phase will help your skin contract / tighten whilst you lose weight, thereby helping you maintain your firmness and prevent skin laxity after weight loss.

What is the best treatment to tighten skin and reduce cellulite for overweight and curvy people and for people who have already lost weight?

Deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency combines skin tightening and cellulite reduction and is thereby the best possible treatment you can have if you are - or have been in the past - overweight.

High-power ultrasound cavitation works primarily for cellulite reduction and can also helpful in some cases for skin firming.

High-power LED red/infrared light therapy helps maximise the results of the above technologies (although it does not do much itself for cellulite reduction and skin tightening.)

(Any other treatment apart from those two is either not safe or not effective, despite the wild marketing claims.)

So start your deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency treatment as soon as you start losing weight, in order to maximise cellulite reduction and skin tightening.

In most cases, a course of 6-12 sessions is great during / after weight loss.

(Treatments that claim to get rid of cellulite / tighten skin in 1-4 sessions are unsafe, ineffective or both, despite the misleading marketing claims. Don't fall for beauty marketing hype.)

For people with significant weight loss (20-50 kilos), up to a maximum of 24 sessions may be needed for great results.

If you do not want to lose weight (many people want to stay curvy and that is absolutely fine), 6-12 sessions are also great to reduce cellulite and tighten skin, even without weight loss.

Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment in London with the experts

At LipoTherapeia we have specialised 100% in skin tightening and cellulite reduction for more than two decades and 20,000+ sessions.

This is all we study and practise every day and have researched and tried hands-on all the important skin tightening equipment and their manufacturers.

As strong, deep acting radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation are the technologies of choice for skin tightening and cellulite reduction, we have invested in the best RF/ultrasound technologies in the world.

Furthermore, over the last two decades we have developed advanced RF and cavitation treatment protocols in order to make the most of our technologies, for maximum results, naturally and safely.

And for even better, faster results, we now combine our RF/ultrasound treatments with high-power red/infrared light LED treatment.

Our radiofrequency/ultrasound/LED treatments are comfortable, pain-free, downtime-free, injection-free, microneedling-free, 99.5%+ safe and always non-invasive.

And our focus is on honest, realistic, science-based treatment, combined with caring, professional service, with a smile.

We will be pleased to see you, assess your cellulite, skin laxity or fibrosis, listen to your story, discuss your case and offer you the best possible treatment.

Learn more, check prices and book an expert cellulite / skin tightening treatment at our London clinic.

Advanced, infrared / blue / red light therapy treatments in London at LipoTherapeia

At LipoTherapeia we are passionate about phototherapy (also known as photobiomodulation/PBM, red light therapy, infrared light therapy, blue light therapy, LED light therapy etc) and we use the most powerful equipment available today (up to 200mW/cm2), for best results and treatment of large body areas.

We use specialised therapy protocols for skin rejuvenation / anti-ageing, pigmentation / post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), moderate/severe acne, skin redness, sensitive/inflamed/irritated skin, wound healing, sports injuries / musculoskeletal pain and overall wellness / well-being.

Our LED phototherapy sessions are comfortable, deeply relaxing and super-safe and are great to enhance our radiofrequency/ultrasound treatments for skin tightening / cellulite reduction.

On our booking page you can book stand-alone phototherapy sessions or combine them with our other treatments, as an add-on.

Learn more or check prices and book an expert LED phototherapy treatment at our London clinic.

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