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Mesotherapy Treatment

Why having mesotherapy injections in your bottom and thighs might not be such a bad idea.

A cocktail of tailor-made ingredients delivered precisely where your cellulite needs it most. Will you grin and bare it?

That annoying saying 'You have to suffer to be beautiful' comes to mind with this treatment. Mesotherapy involves a practitioner firing a gun with a micro-fine needle at your cellulite-ridden areas, which might remind you of when you had your ears pierced. Instead of just making a hole, the needles deliver a homeopathic mix of plant extracts, drugs and vitamins into the 'mesoderm', or middle layer of the skin. The gun will be fired several times over each of your dimply patches, depending on how extensive they are.

Shooting out of these tiny needles is a mix of ingredients combined to help improve lymphatic drainage and circulation - both of which are cited regularly as vital in the battle against bulging fat cells. The cocktail of ingredients can be tailor-made to suit whoever's on the couch, which is why you need a proper consultation with the therapist first, who must be medically trained. (Remember to let the practitioner know about any health conditions you have, as this treatment doesn't suit everyone.)

The mix might include herbal extracts to boost circulation, vitamin C to help collagen production, plus any number of minerals and drugs with unpronounceable names. But the general idea is to get sluggish body systems moving to improve the look and feel of the skin.

We're all different and so is our cellulite, so having a tailor-made mixture aimed directly at our worst areas sounds appealing. The other plus is that mesotherapy can be targeted at any area of the body, whether that's fatty deposits above the knees or wobbly upper arms.

The downside is that, though it's been used in Europe for more than 50 years to treat all kinds of conditions with different ingredient mixes, including migraines, back pain and stress (using it for celulite-busting is comparatively recent), there are no scientific studies to pove that it works. There's no shortage of volunteers - celebs included - willing to give it a whirl, with some claiming smoother, less bumpy skin, but you also need top-up treatments to stop any good effects fading. It could work out expensive because you need a course of treatments followed by the periodic maintenance sessions.

But back to what it feels like, so you can decide whether it's worth a shot. Pain thresholds are dramatically different among those who've braced themselves in front of the gun, some saying it's a breeze with others gritting their teeth. Don't attempt it if you have a needle phobia, but for most of the rest of us it's probably not that bad - a bit like pin pricks. The needles are normally only a few millimetres long, if that helps.


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