No matter the season, cellulite can be a frustration that can impede your confidence. While genetics can play a major role in whether you have cellulite and where it appears, there are now plenty of options available to help smooth your skin’s texture and boost your confidence at the same time!
Reduce the Appearance of Cellulite
Cellulite can appear for a few different reasons. The first is an increase in fat deposits beneath the skin, which results in a dimpled appearance. The second is the connective tissue's degradation, which creates a more uneven skin texture. It can increase with age or weight gain, typically on areas like the thighs, hips, buttocks, and occasionally on the stomach.
While diet and exercise can help reduce the body's fat percentage and lessen the appearance of cellulite, they won’t always smooth your skin to the degree you’d like them to. There are faster and more effective ways to specifically target this common skin concern.
Effective Ways to Reduce the Appearance of Cellulite
The cosmetics industry is filled with lotions and creams that claim to improve the appearance of dimpled skin. However, the issue with them is that topical treatments can’t penetrate deeply enough to break down the fatty deposits.
Equally, if weight loss through exercise isn’t achieving your desired results, or it’s not a viable option for you, there are more direct treatment options that can make a significant difference in cellulite. While you can reduce the volume of body fat through surgical means like liposuction, it won’t help smooth the skin or improve its overall texture or appearance.
Cellulite is located in the subcutaneous, lipid-rich layer of the skin. Topical treatments only penetrate the very outer layer, the epidermis. Surgical means will reduce the fat content but won’t treat the skin.
You'll need a dual approach to reach deeper levels of the skin’s tissue and improve the texture. Options like radio-frequency technology, microneedling, or a combination of the two are your best choice.
InMode's Advanced Cellulite Treatment Options
Cellulite can occur at almost any age for a number of reasons. InMode offers a broad spectrum of treatment options to suit your unique anatomy and aesthetic goals. Whether you want to smooth and contour your jawline or treat a broader area across your legs, back or arms, there are non-invasive and minimally invasive custom treatments that deliver exceptional results.
OptimasMax
Our latest multiplatform, OptimasMax, features a broad range of devices that are especially indicated for body contouring and improving the appearance of the skin. With a multitude of innovative devices, you can use a combination, targeted approach to get the smooth and even skin texture you desire.
Our top OptimasMax recommendations for improving cellulite's texture and appearance are Morpheus8 and Forma. Morpheus8 is one of InMode’s premier, award-winning technologies that utilises fractional radiofrequency (RF) and microneedling. Forma operates topically, using targeted bipolar RF energy that can reach into the subdermal zones of the skin’s structure.
Morpheus8 Burst Deep, the next generation of this award-winning device, offers up to 8mm penetration and can target and break down excess fatty deposits with heat. Through the microneedling, it also promotes collagen production in the skin, giving you a smoother look and better texture as well as less subcutaneous body fat.
If you’d prefer something that’s non-invasive, Forma for the face and Forma Plus for larger areas of the body feature auto-adjusting therapeutic temperature control. It delivers clinically proven 43℃ temperatures that feedback to the device 1000 times per second to ensure optimal coverage and even treatment.
Through heating the tissues, Forma and Forma Plus deliver a relaxing, warming treatment that stimulates collagen and elastin production, making it a perfect choice for cellulite caused by thinning skin that often comes with age.
BodyFX
Another excellent non-invasive, non-surgical alternative to liposuction indicated for cellulite is BodyFX. Designed for use across larger areas of the body where cellulite is commonly found, including the thighs, stomach, buttocks and back, the use of RF energy serves to tighten the skin and break down excess fat.
The heat it generates improves circulation while simultaneously heating deeper into the tissues than a non-RF device would be able to. BodyFX is clinically proven to reduce fat cells by 30% at a depth of up to 2.5cm, ensuring it can penetrate deeply enough to reach the layer that causes irregular texture.
It delivers even heat distribution throughout, targeting both the surface layer of the skin and subdermal tissues. This results in reduced fat content overall, along with smoother and more even skin texture.
MiniFX
To target the smaller areas, MiniFX utilises the same highly effective RF heating technology as BodyFX but is specifically designed for areas including the arms, neck and knees. A combination of controlled and monitored RF energy with suction-pressure delivers unparalleled results for smoother texture and reduced subcutaneous fat levels.
MiniFX can be used alone in your treatment plan, or you can find a provider to offer a combination treatment with one of our other recommended InMode devices.
BodyTite
BodyTite is another minimally invasive device that can improve both the texture and appearance of cellulite. It smooths and firms the skin with use of radiofrequency-assisted liposuction (RFAL) technology to target and reduce fat while tightening the skin.
How Long Does Each Treatment Session Take?
Treatment times are relatively short, typically no longer than 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the areas being treated and the device being used.
The number of sessions and frequency of treatment can vary. For non-invasive options like BodyFX, MiniFX and Forma/Plus, you can expect to see lasting, visible results in as little as six to eight weekly sessions. For minimally invasive options like Morpheus8, the time between treatments may be several weeks, and, depending on your skin condition and the recommendation of your provider, you may only need maintenance treatment after several months.
Does the Treatment Hurt?
Depending on the device or multiplatform you’ve opted for, some treatments are totally non-invasive, while some are minimally invasive. They’re non-surgical alternatives to removing excess fat and reducing the appearance of cellulite, meaning that, at most, you’ll have a local anaesthetic for anything that penetrates more deeply.
Most treatments will have very few side effects after. With cellulite treatment options like the next generation Morpheus8 Deep Body, you may have some localised swelling or redness, which typically subsides within one to two days.
How Long Will the Results Last?
The results can vary depending on the device used, your lifestyle, how many treatments you have and how well you follow your aftercare instructions. Your provider will be able to advise you on the best ways to get the most out of your treatment and extend the results.
How Should I Prepare for My Treatment?
Your aesthetician or doctor will be able to guide you with more personalised advice, depending on your treatment plan. As a general rule, we recommend making sure that you’ve eaten and had plenty of water. You may also want to wear loose-fitting clothing after treatments where temporary skin sensitivity can occur.
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