Is Lipo Ex A Good Idea After Drastic Weight Loss?
By Alexandra Lambrou | Published on April 26, 2010 | 0 Comments
Losing weight through diet and exercise alone is tough work, there is no doubt about it. Unfortunately, many men and women who lose significant amounts of weight are still left with excess skin that will not go away no matter how many sit ups or lunges they do. According to Dr. Alexandra Lambrou, Lipo Ex can be an excellent option for people in this situation.
Lipo Ex for previous weight loss
Lambrou, who serves as the medical director for Chicago’s Sculpt Medical Spa, has more than 25 years of experience in the medical field. She says that Lipo Ex is an excellent treatment option not just for people who need to lose fat, but also for those who’ve already done the work themselves and just need a little help with their excess skin. “For people who have lots of extra loose skin around their midsection due to recent weight loss,” she explains, “liposuction by itself can’t help that issue.” That’s because traditional liposuction procedures don’t do anything to address the issue of skin tightness and elasticity. Thankfully, Lipo Ex can specifically address these issues.
The closest comparison to the skin tightening effect of Lipo Ex would be a tummy tuck, Lambrou explains, because that is one procedure where skin in a particular area is tightened (to an extent). The problem with that, however, is that a tummy tuck is a surgical procedure that many people are afraid to undergo. “These types of surgical procedures require anesthesia and downtime, which a lot of people just don’t want to go through,” she explains. Because undergoing Lipo Ex at Sculpt Medical Spa doesn’t require any anesthesia and downtime, people are generally less afraid to go through the procedure.
Lipo Ex after liposuction
Not only is Lipo Ex a good procedure for someone who has recently lost weight on his own, but it’s also a worthwhile option for patients who have recently lost weight due to having traditional liposuction but are still left with the extra skin that won’t go away with liposuction alone. “Lipo Ex really does help people tighten their skin,” she explains, “and that creates a much smoother overall look to the body than what can be achieved with liposuction by itself right now.”
Many women who don’t have weight or cellulite problems at all are still interested in Lipo Ex — specifically for its ability to fade stretch marks. This makes Lipo Ex a popular option for women who have recently given birth, as well. Unlike over-the-counter creams and bleaches, Lipo Ex has been proven to reduce the visibility of stretch marks, Lambrou says.
Lipo Ex for health reasons
Additionally, visceral fat, which is the fat that surrounds the organs, remains an issue for many men and women who lost weight through liposuction, or even diet and exercise. Once the subcutaneous fat, which is closer to the surface of the skin, is gone, many people still struggle with having too much visceral fat around their organs. Even women who look fit can have levels of visceral fat that are just too high, Lambrou says. This issue comes up most often with the older patients coming in to Sculpt Medical Spa, as opposed to the younger patients, since men and women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are able to reduce their visceral fat the most.
As people age, they are more likely to store excess fat in their midsection. At the same time, any fat that they lose is more likely to come from the extremities such as the hands, legs, and arms. Unfortunately, it is this very fat that sits in the midsection that is most dangerous to people’s health. “It’s an evolutionary thing,” Lambrou says. “In the days of hunters and gatherers, it made more sense for the human body to draw from its extremities during weight loss, because you wouldn’t want to have any excess weight being gained on your legs and feet as that would impede your ability to hunt and gather food.”
Because of this, humans are more inclined to store fat in their midsections and burn fat from their extremities. This “apple” body look isn’t in fashion though, which is why so many people are visiting medical spas like Lambrou’s own to try the Lipo Ex procedure and thin out their midsections. Thanks to its skin tightening and visceral fat reduction abilities, Lipo Ex has become a popular follow-up treatment option for men and women who have recently lost weight either on their own or with the help of a cosmetic surgeon performing a traditional liposuction procedure.
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