Many people have a reasonable diet but are sedentary, causing the body to accumulate excess fat, leading to overweight and obesity in the long run.
According to Ths. Bs. Tran Thu Ha Phuong - National Hospital of Dermatology, the need to reduce excess body fat is increasingly popular, but not everyone has the time, conditions and perseverance to exercise and adjust. diet. Therefore, methods of treating excess fat were born that have contributed to solving this situation.
However, for safe methods of treating excess fat, medical experts also recommend that it be done in licensed hospitals and professional facilities, with the appointment of a doctor...
Non-invasive methods
Cryolipolysis: Cryolipolysis was FDA approved in 2010 for the treatment of fat loss.
Cryolipolysis technology precisely targets fat cells, and cools these fat cells to a temperature of -11 to 5 degrees Celsius, causing the natural process of fat cell death. Necrotic fat cells coagulate and die without affecting nearby tissues.
The effect is noticeable after a few weeks when the body has completely eliminated the fat cells. This method is only used for excess fat in most areas: abdomen, buttocks, thighs, biceps, chin...
Mesotherapy: This is a minimally invasive method to deliver drugs, active ingredients into or under the skin, this is a method of drug delivery into the body. This method has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of fat loss.
Mechanism of putting active ingredients to increase fat metabolism into areas of the body with excess fat to be treated through subcutaneous injections. Here, these active ingredients directly affect fat cells, then destroy their structure; and at the same time improve local microcirculation to increase product elimination in fat metabolism.
This method reduces excess fat under the skin in areas of the body such as the chin, cheeks, biceps, calves, back, thighs, hips, abdomen... Especially effective for small, localized fat areas (double chin). . Slimming the areas of fat, lack of firmness, cellulite (cellulite skin).
Contraindicated in pregnant women, nursing mothers, people with diabetes, vascular disease, or infection at the injection site.
Invasive method
Liposuction with PAL technology: This is an endoscopic surgery using a cannula combined with PAL technology for liposuction being used at the National Hospital of Dermatology.
Cannula in PAL technology is a vibrating device, which has the effect of dissolving belly fat. The energy-supported cannula works by moving back and forth, swinging and vibrating to liquefy the fat. With a high speed of up to 4000 cycles/minute, it is almost invisible to the naked eye, does not cause damage to nerves and blood vessels.
This method helps to reduce excess fat in the abdomen, buttocks, thighs, arms... The reduction effect can be up to 10-15 cm of the abdomen after 1 treatment.
Plastic surgery: For patients with excessive fat combined with severe sagging skin, non-invasive methods are less effective. It is necessary to surgically remove the fat layer and shape the excess skin to bring about the best effect.
Effectively, it can reduce 15-20 cm of the abdomen after surgery, and at the same time improve wrinkled, sagging skin.