“TL;DR: To achieve the best results from cellulite treatments, weight loss should occur concurrently with the treatment course, rather than before or after. This strategy maximises effectiveness by combining the body’s natural lipolysis (fat release) during weight loss with the treatment’s ability to stimulate lipolysis in stubborn hypodermal fat deposits. A negative calorie balance, achieved through a balanced mix of diet and exercise, encourages fat cells to release fat into the bloodstream, which is then oxidised for energy, aiding weight loss. Cellulite treatments, such as deep tissue radiofrequency or cavitation, are more effective when fat cells are in this ‘starved’ state, as opposed to being ‘fed’ after heavy meals or alcohol. A healthy diet rich in protein, low in carbs and fats, and free from sugar and alcohol, alongside regular exercise, optimises outcomes. Even slim individuals can lose 2-3 kg over 6-12 weeks of treatment to boost results, regaining weight gradually if necessary. For very slim people, maintaining usual diet and exercise habits suffices. While treatments work regardless, concurrent weight loss significantly enhances efficacy, whereas weight gain diminishes returns.”
Should I combine weight loss with a cellulite treatment or it is not necessary?
Lose weight during your course of cellulite treatments, not before
Weight loss, cellulite treatments and lipolysis
How does it work?
Must I really lose weight for the treatment to work?
I am slim, I don’t want to lose any weight
How should I lose the weight, with diet or exercise?
Will losing weight get rid of cellulite? Can I lose cellulite by losing weight?
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Lose weight during your course of cellulite treatments, not before
Many people think that they have to “lose all the weight first” and only then start a cellulite treatment, because in this way they are “ready” to start treatment.
However, this is exactly the opposite of what should be done.
The best thing to do is to lose any weight you may want to lose DURING your course of treatments - not before or after.
Weight loss, cellulite treatments and lipolysis
The reason is simple: when you are in a weight loss phase, more lipolysis (fat release) occurs in your body.
Cellulite treatments partially work due to stimulating lipolysis on stubborn hypodermal fat deposits (and partially due to stimulating skin firmness, breaking down fibrosis and boosting circulation).
When you have your cellulite treatments whilst losing weight, stubborn hypodermal fat deposit lipolysis is enhanced - you have the lipolysis effect of your diet and the lipolysis effect of the treatment combined locally on the tissues that matter - and therefore the cellulite treatment is more effective.
If you lose weight before or after your course of treatments, this important synergy is lost.
How does it work?
If you are on a negative calorie balance (i.e. more exercise and/or less food), fat cells feel “starved”. This leads to lipolysis, which means fat release into the bloodstream.
Consequently, this released fat gets oxidised (“burned”) in muscles and organs for energy. That’s how you lose weight.
If fat cells feel ‘starved’, they are more prone to release fat during and after a cellulite treatment, such as deep tissue radiofrequency/cavitation
Conversely, if fat cells feel ‘fed’, most fat release from a cellulite treatment will be inhibited
So don’t go for a cellulite treatment after a pizza and half a bottle of wine for lunch.
Must I really lose weight for the treatment to work?
A good cellulite treatment will work anyway
However, if you help by losing weight it will work better
On the other hand, if you put on weight during your course of treatments, it will work less and you will get less return on the investment you made for your treatment
In all cases, for maximum results try to follow a healthy diet/exercise regime during your course of treatments, based on more protein, less carbs/fat and no alcohol/sugar.
I am slim, I don’t want to lose any weight
Most slim people can still lose 2-3 kg, which is all that is needed to maximise the results of a course of 6-12 cellulite treatments over 3-12 weeks of treatment.
Then, if you really need to, you can always regain those 2-3kg very gradually over a few months (not in 3 weeks!), after you have achieved your goal of reducing stubborn cellulite fat.
Of course, if you are really skinny, then you should not lose any more weight and you should just have your cellulite treatments while following your usual diet/exercise habits.
How should I lose the weight, with diet or exercise?
A mix of diet and exercise is best, but if you prefer one or the other, so be it.
The main imperative here is to be on a negative calorie balance that will enhance cellulite treatment lipolysis.
Generally speaking, for more people it’s easier to lose weight with diet and maintain the weight loss with exercise.
Will losing weight get rid of cellulite? Can I lose cellulite by losing weight?
In most cases, weight loss will indeed lead to cellulite reduction. In some people there is will be significant cellulite reduction with weight loss while in some others weight loss will result in minimal cellulite removal, hence the need for cellulite treatments for most women.
However, in the vast majority of cases you cannot “get rid of” cellulite completely, with any method, unless cellulite is very recent and very little.
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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.
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