What is Mesotherapy or lipodermtherapy?
Pioneered by the French physician, Dr. Michel Pistor in 1952, mesotherapy is a non-surgical, relatively painless injection technique with a broad range of applications. Mesotherapy promotes the body's circulatory, lymphatic, and immune system to create a biological response and reverse abnormal physiology.
Mesotherapy is commonly practiced in France, where more than 15,000 physicians utilize mesotherapy for the care of their patients. In France, mesotherapy is actually taught in medical school. Mesotherapy is also practiced in many other countries around the world, including Germany, Spain, Belgium, Columbia, Argentina and throughout Europe.
Mesotherapy is an interventional injection technique that is performed by licensed health care clinicians who are permitted to do injections. Mesotherapy is a safe and effective alternative for the treatment of cellulite, weight loss, hair loss (alopecia), and face and neck rejuvenation. Unlike surgery, mesotherapy is virtually painless, requires no post-operative recovery time, requires no heavy bandages or girdles, and no anesthesia is necessary. While many surgical procedures require one to two weeks of recovery, patients undergoing mesotherapy have no interruptions to their daily life, while obtaining a natural cosmetic rejuvenation. Mesotherapy involves the injection of a customized mixture of vitamins, amino acids, and medications, placed just millimeters under the skin into the problematic area. Just a "drop" of solution is used at each injection site.
The results obtained with mesotherapy are dramatic. After completing a series of mesotherapy treatments, generally over a three month period of time, patients can notice improvement in skin quality, less dimpling of the skin, and weight reduction including a loss of approximately ten pounds and one to two clothing sizes. For those suffering from sagging skin and poor skin quality of the face and neck, a "mesolift" may be beneficial.
Uses for Mesotherapy

Fat Loss
For those patients seeking fat loss, mesotherapy is a revolutionary and essential tool. This is how it works: the biology of the fat cell is modified by blocking the signals of fat accumulation and simultaneously triggering the release of stored fat. Again, the desired area of treatment can be patient specific, targeting your most problematic areas. Additionally, a complete dietary and nutrient evaluation will help you maintain your weight loss goals.
Cellulite

Cellulite affects the majority of women over the age of 20. It is caused by poor circulation, fat herniation, a weakening of connective tissues, lymphatic congestion and hormonal imbalances. Cellulite is classified into four stages, based upon its appearance while standing, laying, and pinching the skin. Causing a dimpling and cottage cheese appearance of the skin, cellulite is not a disease of excess weight. Mesotherapy treatment is targeted to correct these problems by improving circulation, strengthening connective tissues, and dissolving excess fat. .
Face and Neck Rejuvenation with Mesolift
Aging, sagging and wrinkling of the skin occurs from accumulation of fat, loss of skin elasticity and excessive free radical damage. Using antioxidants and amino acids, mesotherapy can remove fat from under the neck, remove free radical damage, and tighten loose skin. The effects rejuvenate the face, eyelids, and neck without the unnatural appearance and painful recovery of surgical face lifting.
Body Sculpting

Contouring of the abdomen, arms, back, legs and hands can be obtained with mesotherapy. Vitamins and amino acids are used to tighten sagging skin while other agents are used to remove areas of fat, restoring a more youthful and athletic appearance to the body's contours.
Medical uses

Mesotherapy also has a variety of medicinal uses. Treatments can benefit those patients suffering from muscle spasms, stress, insomnia, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, infections, RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy), and osteoarthritis, among other conditions. Such a wide variety of conditions can be treated with this technique as each treatment is formulated to meet each patient's unique problem. Mesotherapy is administered only into the problematic area, avoiding the side effects of taking oral medications. For example, the dosage of medication used to alleviate the pain of osteoarthritis is approximately 1/50th of the comparable to the equivalent oral dose taken over a one-week period.
Mesotherapy:
Cosmetic uses:
weight loss cellulite removal
face & neck rejuvenation (Mesolift)
wrinkles


Frequently Asked Questions

How many treatments are required?
Generally, the average patient requires eight to ten treatments. However thin people with problem areas such as "love handles" or "saddlebags" may require less, whereas obese individuals may require more. For acute conditions, such as sports injuries, only one to three sessions may be needed.
What are the side effects?

Side effects are generally limited to bruising. The bruises usually fade within one week.
Can I go back to work after the treatment?
Yes. The procedure generally takes 30 minutes and requires no preparation or recovery time. Furthermore, no heavy bandages or girdles are used.
Are the treatments painful?

The majority of patients experience minimal discomfort with mesotherapy. For those with lower pain thresholds, a numbing cream or painkillers can be used.
How long do the benefits last?
Treatment areas will remain free of unwanted fat as long as the patient maintains a healthy diet and exercise. Treatments for cellulite and for mesolift will require maintenance on a six month to one year basis.
How many treatments are required before I see results?
It depends on the patient's body. Some patients see results after one treatment session while others may require four to five treatments to begin to see results. Often the patient's clothing will become looser and friends and family will tell the patient they appear thinner. However, mesotherapy for fat reduction is more about losing inches than losing large amounts of weight.
Is mesotherapy different from liposuction?
Yes, it is very different. Besides involving no anesthesia and surgical risk, mesotherapy requires no recovery time. Mesotherapy also removes the fat from the fat cell without destroying it. We believe this helps give mesotherapy its natural appearance. Also, if you gain weight after having mesotherapy, the fat will simply return to the treated area, unlike liposuction, where fat can start to occur in places that had been thin in the past, such as the arms, neck, face and calves.
How do I make an appointment?
You can call our office at 866-462-8883. Because there are only a select few physicians across the country that properly use mesotherapy, we will make special arrangements for out-of-state or out of country patients who wish to travel to our office.
U.S. News & World Report, March 10, 2003
Mesotherapy promises to target your fat spots with little hassle, little pain, and big results
BY KATY KELLY, U.S. News & World Report, March 10, 2003
W hat if you could get liposuction results without surgery? In a doctor's office, over several short visits, with only a smidgen of pain? What if like singer Roberta Flack, you could say, "I lost 21inches and 2 chins almost immediately"?
Flack is mad for mesotherapy, a French alternative treatment that's gaining popularity stateside. Patients receive 100 to 500 skin-deep injections directly into trouble spots like hips or thighs. The shots usually include tiny amounts of the emphysema drug aminophylline and the heart medication isoproteranol, said to melt fat, along with a homeopathic formula made of sweet clover. The liquefied fat then "time-releases into the body," where it is either used as energy or excreted, says physician Lionel Bissoon.
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