I answer the phones on nights and weekends just to be helpful to the poor confused consumer, who is obviously working hard all day to have the money to afford these treatments. Sadly every doctor looking to make a buck and every manufacturer looking to make a buck are overstating and overselling. The average doctor that has never spent any time in formally educating him or herself in cosmetic procedures let alone doing fellowships and attending conferences and studying full time, goes out there buys one machine and claims it does it all. Its simply not true. This time of the year when everyone is getting “beach ready” we are busy doing the right thing. Some people simply have a little cellulite which acoustic wave is excellent at reducing. Patients love it ! Does thermage help a little with cellulite ? Yes, but if you have an acoustic wave machine that is what is going to do a better job. What about fat ? Sure once again Thermage is good and many international patients come in just to do or redo their Thermage with us. They love the fact that its a single treatment and they can get a nice result assuming they are going to someone who knows what they are doing and is actually using the right number of pulses and even multiple tips. I laugh when I hear the prices they are quoted. We sometimes use more than $2000 in consumables for an extensive body treatment. So whoever quoted them a price of $2000 is either using bootleg tips from China, not using the right number of pulses or the right number of tips and they will not get a good treatment or worse yet they could get burned with bootleg tips. Actually I will write another blog post on this. Back to today’s comment, The right machine for your treatment. So back to fat. Exilis, http://www.precisionaestheticsmd.com/services-exilis-nonsurgical-fat-reduction.html which we, Precision Aesthetics, were the first to introduce to New York, is actually the best machine for fat loss, or body shaping. Stretch marks ? Carboxytherapy. The point is dont even think of going to someone who just bought one machine, barely knows how it works, has not been doing it for more than 7 years, doesn’t have at least 4 different machines that excel in each area. If you are going to get your body in shape. Most of our patients get treated with at least 2 or 3 machines. We even are using Illumiwave Lipocontour 635. Its a cold laser that literally allows the fat to leak out of the cells into the interstitial space in between the cells. The point is the right machine or combination of machines for your treatment. Its all individualized treatments. It took me 8 years of constant studying and attending conferences to get to the point where I know all the machines in the market place and which ones are safe and effective for different problems. Dont allow some fast talking salesman or seminar convince you that one machine is going to solve all of your problems. Its simply not true. Different types of energy reach different depths, where the fat lies, where the collage network is. We are talking about one machine using radio frequency another ultrasound. Carboxytherapy is injecting Co2 gas. That actually helps circulation which fades the stretch marks. Are you starting to understand ? These are completely different technologies that are perfectly suited to and excel at one particular problem. That is why we use three or more different machines to treat one person. Get a real consultation, free by the way, and get a custom treatment to get you in your best “bikini” shape now before the summer starts and enjoy it. We can have you looking your best by 4th of July while looking better and better every week thereafter. But dont wait any longer. At least get your consult now.
