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Laser Treatment for Cellulite

Laser treatments used to be offered to cellulite sufferers until the arrival of endermologie, the machine-based massage therapy and one of the very few cellulite treatments to get hard-to-come-by approval from the FDA (American Food and Drug Administration). At that time, clinics and salons tended to stop doing laser and switched instead to endermologie, which gave better results.

But it's a different story now. Endermologie is still a favoured cellulite-buster, but the next generation of treatments has arrived. These have two, if not three, different elements, often including both endermologie and laser technology, with maybe a heat source, such as radiofrequency, thrown in. In the race to find ever more effective treatments, new therapies with tech-y names keep appearing, many of which overlap confusingly with one another. It's enough to make you pine for the days when all you had to choose from was a good old body brush or a pot of cream (well, almost)!

But it's worth checking out these new therapies, because some serious money and research is going into the quest for the holy grail of cellulite treatments, and out there somewhere could be the one that works for you. That said, don't swallow everything you read in brochures or on company websites - and it's best not to expect miracles, however high-tech the treatment sounds.

One new treatment, known as Velasmooth, was developed in the USA and has aleady been given FDA approval. It uses a combination of massage rollers and vacuum sucking of the dimply fat (like endermologie) to help break fatty deposits down, and infrared light and radiofrequency (a bit like microwave technoloy). The idea is partly that warming up the fat will soften it and make it easier to disperse. Whatever you make of being partly cooked, vacuumed and pummelled - and some of the more sensitive among you might not like it much at all - so far much of the photographic evidence of the results coupled with first-hand experience make it look worth a try. A big plus seems to be that, as long as you can commit to having enough treatments in a fairly short space of time, results can be pretty rapid.

Be warned though that with this, and other machine-dependent treatments, you may have to keep going back for more to keep your thighs looking good - a bit like botox for the forehead or facial lines, or collagen for plumping up lips.

What's up next?

One of the top laser development companies that has been using laser technology to zap acne, reduce age spots and remove tattoos, is launching a new variation on cellulite zapping in time for summer 2006. Called Bio-cellulate, this one combines deep endermologie massage with infrared laser therapy, and research and trial results are described as 'exciting'.

Word from the moles in the white coats is that a million dollars has been spent on MRI scanners, which will be able to measure the depth of fat deposits, so that cellulite layers beneath the skin can be more easily targetted. And follow-up results on testers apparently show that thighs can remain smoother for six or even 12 months without their owners having to resort to more treatment - provided healthy lifestyle rules are followed, of course.

One other reason these high-tech, rapid-result treatments might be worth investing in for is if you have a special event in mind. A beach wedding maybe (whether your own or someone else's), a holiday with someone you hope might fall in love with your fabulous figure (of course he's already fallen in love with your bubbly personality and superior mind), or a night of romance when you might be giving your best underwear an airing. Enjoy!


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