Posts Tagged ‘cellulite’

Do Athletes Suffer From Cellulite?

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

I have discussed cellulite in quite a few blogs on this board. It is a hot and important issue for most women of the world and most internet searches will claim that cellulite “curses” sectors of all women, even athletes.

Does she suffer from cellulite?

Does she suffer from cellulite?

I have been searching through photos of active women athletes and I have to admit it is very rare to see cellulite on the exposed thighs or arms. Most athletes are very young and it would make sense that they would suffer less from this problem. However, it seems that active mature female athletes and ballet dancers suffer less than the average woman from dimpled skin. (more…)

What can be done about cellulite?

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Cellulite is a condition many women feel cursed by and would be delighted to find ways to rid the body of. It is common on the thighs, buttocks, arms, stomach and more. The market is flooded with treatments, applications creams and more to deal with cellulite.

Can we get rid of cellulite?

Can we get rid of cellulite?

What do people do to improve their body image?

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Radio Frequency in medicine

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Radiofrequency (RF) energy is a useful method for generating heat, which can be used to cut, coagulate or induce metabolic processes in the body target tissue.
Radio frequency technology has been deployed in medicine for over 80 years. The first surgical procedure using ablative radiofrequency electro-surgery technique was performed in 1926 by Dr Cushing using a mono polar radiofrequency ablative device invented by W.T Bovine of Harvard University. The use of Radio frequency has since been introduced to many other fields and applications in medicine. It is used for safe tissue shrinkage in cases of malignant and non malignant tumors, for reduction of obstructive tissue in cases of sleep apnea, treatment of cardiac arrhythmia by targeting and destroying cardiac tissue that is the source of the arrhythmia. (more…)

Combining Lymphatic Drainage Massage with TriPollar treatments

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

 

Pollogen’s Clincal Applications Specialist report from the field

It is always good to meet professionals that are using our TriPollar® technology in their practice; I learn many working tips from them that can be relayed to our customers to enhance the results of treatment with TriPollar for skin tightening, cellulite reduction and body contouring. In the last TriPollar workshop held in Japan I witnessed the amazing results of combining treatments with the TopJen device (TriPollar RF) with manual lymphatic drainage massage. First the practitioner performed a TopJen™ treatment according to the TopJen device treatment protocol. The treatment was concluded with a 5 – 10 minutes manual lymphatic drainage massage of the treated area. Below are photos of combination treatment results (TriPollar followed by manual lymphatic massage) on the right waist. (more…)