Lose Fat and Cellulite
Cellulite has always been a cosmetic plague for women and many medical devices as well as topical treatments have claimed to be effective in keeping the unwanted “orange peel” effect at bay. According to Diletta Vitali, M.D., a plastic surgeon in the plastic, reconstruction and aesthetic surgery department at the Traumatologic Orthopedic Center in Florence, Italy, the Med Contour from General Project (Florence, Italy) can successfully treat deep cellulite and localised fat, achieving visible results even after the first treatment.
Featuring a unique approach to the treatment of cellulite, the Med Contour system uses an innovative vacuum technology to raise the adipose tissue at the treatment site and then focuses the combined action of two low-frequency ultrasounds on the target area. This approach allows for highly selective and targeted
therapy of the fatty layers and spares the surrounding tissue from the deep penetrating action of the ultrasound, making the procedure highly effective and safe.
Rapid formation and subsequent collapse of millions of microscopic bubbles (or cavities) in a liquid is a phenomenon known as cavitation. Med Contour’s dual ultrasound technology provides an advanced cavitational system which produces these microbubbles and has an astonishing effect on cellulite and localised fat.
Ultrasound waves, like all sound waves, are alternating high and low pressure waves and this oscillation can cause cavitation. These bubbles increase in size during the low pressure phase and are compressed and thus implode in the high pressure phase. This implosion causes an increase in temperature with pressure and heat exchanges that occur in microseconds.
The implosion of these bubbles in the adipose tissue leads to breakage of cellular membranes and subsequent mechanical lysis of adipocytes.