Posts Tagged ‘Radiofrequency’

Cellulite reducing therapy and 5 mythos regarding cellulite reduction

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Cellulite reduction therapy is all those non invasive methods used to get rid of cellulite. It can be the use of massage, lotions / creams, or other devices. There are also some non invasive technologies that try to remove cellulite, with ultrasound, light, radiofrequency (RF) and the most advanced technology on the market TriLipo.

Therapy also means that the procedures take time and must be done on a regular base. Some therapies can take months before seeing results. And in many cases the result is only temporary. The positive side of therapies is that they also work on the appearance of the skin that appears tighter, smoother and healthier.

Cellulite is fat cells and subcutaneous connective tissue found under the skin generally on the thigh and buttocks area, especially in women. It affects women as well as men although in much lower proportion, due to the difference in skin tissue structure between men and women.

Thin woman cellulite

Thin woman cellulite

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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…)