EMERALD™ Laser Body Sculpting

 This procedure, also referred to as “laser lipo,” involves the application of a low-intensity laser to the fat areas you wish to lose. Lasers can generate singular-directional light and heat to a minimal area. With laser lipo, the technician will target the cell with the laser. The laser penetrates the skin, reaches the targeted fat cells, and bores a tiny pore into the cellular membrane. In addition to creating a small hole, the laser emulsifies (melts) the lipids inside the cell, which allows them to seep through the pore.

The body’s lymphatic system then naturally disposes of the lipids. Emerald Laser works differently from other laser lipolysis methods. Emerald’s system uses ten 532 nanometer lasers to target fat cells. While the system allows the cells to drain, they remain intact. Other laser systems destroy the fat cells, which can lead to fatty deposits developing in other areas of the body.

Additionally, Emerald Laser is relatively painless when compared to other laser systems. Most patients don’t feel anything at all. Laser lipolysis is a minimally invasive weight loss method that targets body fat exclusively. It is innovative and relatively new. Laser lipolysis by Emerald Laser is the first FDA-approved laser lipolysis process.

You may be wondering which one is better. The answer is unequivocally laser lipo. Laser lipolysis has a host of additional benefits and almost none of the shortcomings of surgical liposuction. 

Here are some of the benefits of laser lipolysis when compared to surgical liposuction:

• No anesthesia or surgery
• No risk of surgical complications
• No long recovery time
• More fat loss
• More convenient procedure

Laser lipo is clearly the superior form of lipo. Moreover, Emerald Laser’s laser lipolysis is the first FDA-approved laser lipolysis for obese patients, meaning that surgical liposuction or gastric bypass is no longer the only option for treatment for severe obesity.

After an Emerald laser lipolysis procedure, there is a hole bored into the cell membrane of the adipose (fat) cells in the area that is treated. Adipose cells have lipids, or fats, inside of them, and these lipids leak out through the hole, literally deflating the adipose cell. These lipids are then excreted from your body by your body’s lymphatic system. The fat cells are not permanently destroyed as with other body contouring procedures, as this can cause the unwanted regeneration of the fat cells in other unwanted locations. Instead, the fat cells are permanently deflated, and the lipids that leak out are destroyed by your white blood cells.