Year: 2018

What is Cryolipolysis?

It is a painless and safe method and reduces local thickness without surgery or anesthetic, in a single session. With special electrodes, a very low temperature is applied to selected areas. Fat cells are particularly sensitive to cold, unlike other cell types. Controlled cooling has the effect of destroying fat cells, which the body then gradually removes naturally.

When will I see results?

The first results are visible in 4 weeks but the final results are visible after a few months (injured fat cells are gradually eliminated from the body up to 4 to 6 months after treatment), with 25 to 35% fat reduction. The lost centimeters create a slimmer silhouette.

In which areas does it apply?

On abdomen, sides of abdomen, buns, inner thighs, arms, above knees.

How many reps are needed?

More often than not one application gives satisfactory results, in which significant problems a second session offers more improvement.

How long is the session? What should I do next?

The session for each area lasts approximately one hour. Immediately afterwards you can return to your daily activities.

Unwanted actions;

Bruising rarely occurs in the treatment areas and lasts for a few days. The treatment should not be done by patients sensitive to cold (cryoglobulinaemias, cold urticaria, paroxysmal cold haemoglobinaemia).

The xanthemas appear as yellow spots or plaques and are usually found in eyelid skin. They consist of cholesterol and in a percentage of about 50% of the patients it is an indication that the cholesterol in the blood is high. For this reason, patients with xanthelasma should have their blood lipids checked. Xanthelasma do not disappear on their own, but instead may grow larger over time or even multiply.

They are most commonly found in middle age and more often on women, as well as in people of Mediterranean and Asian origin. These accumulations of cholesterol under the skin are removed for cosmetic reasons.

Xanthelasma can be treated in a number of ways. With all of them treatments there is a chance that they will reappear if the person has the tendency, usually in a few years.

Their most effective treatment is achieved with CO2 laser, which destroys the xanthelasma causing the skin to sublimate resulting in the elimination of the damage. After the treatment there is a crust in the area of the xanthelasma which subsides after a week leaving new skin in its place. The advantage of CO2 Laser treatment is the preservation of the entire surface area of the skin, since the skin regenerates from its basal layer and is not removed. So if the xanthelasma recurs it can be repeated.
Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) peel, a chemical substance that causes peeling of skin layers and destruction of xanthelasma at the same time.
Diathermocoagulation during which the xanthelasma is cauterized with the use of an electric current that is transferred with an electrode to the skin. This is a technique that has largely been replaced by the CO2 Laser.
Finally, the surgical removal is a traditional method of treating xanthelasma. The lesion is removed and the skin is sutured. With all treatments, xanthelasma can recur, and this method has limitations on how many times it can be repeated, since skin is removed with each procedure.
The treatment of xanthelasma is done with local anesthesia which is applied either in the form of a cream or in an injectable form. It is very well tolerated and leaves an excellent aesthetic result when performed by a specialist dermatologist. Recovery time is approximately 7-10 days, during which time local care of the area with an antibiotic cream is required. Sun protection is necessary until the skin fully returns to its normal state.