“STOP RESEARCHING MACHINES AND START RESEARCHING THERAPISTS
Most people who research what cellulite treatment to have, try to find “what is the best machine” - not what is the best clinic. However, given that training on these machines is abysmally basic, worldwide; that some clinics only care about money, not the client; and that proper cellulite training is non-existent it would make sense to look for a clinic or a therapist not for a machine.
Furthermore, when even most treatment providers - from beauty therapists to cosmetic surgeons - do not have a technical clue how to choose such a machine based on anatomy or specifications - and when misinformation is so abundant on social media and the web - how on Earth would the average person without technical knowledge and 10, 15, 20 years of hands-on experience decipher what is a good machine, who uses it to its best potential and who has the client - not profit - as first priority?
At the moment, there are about 9 good machines available in the UK (and a similar number in the US, EU etc) which can offer good results with cellulite reduction and skin tightening. A well trained and experienced therapist who focuses on the client, not just on money, can offer a pretty good treatment with any of those machines (perhaps with some limitations, depending on machine used). And a poorly trained therapist can waste the potential of any of these machines or even offer an unsafe treatment (plus, very few people really know which are those machines and how to use them).
So the most practical thing to do is to actually speak to 2-3 clinics in your area and use your common sense to decide which is the best clinic - not machine - for you. You are not looking to buy a machine (the good ones cost £40k-£100k) neither will you provide the treatment. You are looking to buy a course of treatments provided by a human being. The machine by itself is a brick. An actual human being will provide the treatment, so stop looking for the best machines, look for the best human beings.
Below I am offering some guidance on what to look for and what questions to ask. Hope it helps :)”
How to choose a cellulite clinic and have the best possible cellulite treatment in your area
How do I choose a cellulite treatment?
21 tips to choose the perfect clinic for your skin tightening / cellulite treatment
LipoTherapeia® Plus: Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment with London’s cellulite experts
The Cellulite School™: Get advanced training in cellulite reduction and skin tightening
How do I choose a cellulite treatment?
Hundreds of salons and clinics in London now offer cellulite reduction and skin tightening with some sort of machine and everyone seems to be claiming instant, amazing and permanent results that will last until the end of time with something like 1-4 miracle sessions, at a cost of anything from £75-£3,500 each. Obviously, it cannot be all true. And with each of them using a different machine and technique, they cannot all be right.
So the consumer is utterly confused:
How do I choose? How do I know who’s telling the truth? How do I know these people even have a clue what cellulite is? How do I know they know how to use their “miracle machine” effectively? How do I know they care about me and not just the contents of my wallet?
These are common questions, especially from our readers in the US (where everything is overpriced and overhyped), to which our answer is very simple:
Get educated on the basic science of cellulite reduction / skin tightening treatments
Ask clinics some simple key questions
When deciding, take into account many different factors, not just tiktok reels, reviews or just a press article
Use your common sense to put it all together and decide which is the best clinic in your area
21 tips to choose the perfect clinic for your skin tightening / cellulite treatment:
Do extensive research first, including our specialised blog and our How to get rid of cellulite guide.
As a shortcut, look for deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and deep-acting high-power ultrasound cavitation, the two strongest, SAFE skin tightening /cellulite reduction technologies. Strong, cellulite-specific massage is a decent compromise for lower budgets - or if deep, strong RF/ultrasound are not available in your area. Ideally look for a clinic that can offer both RF and ultrasound to suit your specific needs.
Don’t bother with low/medium intensity HIFU (doesn’t work), extreme intensity HIFU (unsafe, doesn’t work well either), RF microneedling (very unsafe, doesn’t work well either), acoustic wave therapy (doesn’t really work), low-power RF/cavitation (definitely doesn’t work unless you treat tiny areas), superficial RF/cavitation (doesn’t work well except on the face). If any of those technologies worked, we would be offering them at the clinic decades ago (I researched theoretically and tried practically all these technologies years before they became known to the general public or even to most clinics).
For RF/cavitation, ask a clinic simple key questions such as, “What is the maximum power of your RF?”, “What frequency is your cavitation?”, “Is your RF capacitive or resistive?” or “On which skin layers does your treatment act?”. If they don’t know these basic facts, they most probably don’t know what they are doing either. Look for people who take pride in their education and training.
Ask “How does the treatment work?”. If they start talking about “toxins”, “melting down the fat cells which are then naturally removed by your kidneys” or “by breaking the cellulite into smaller pieces”, run away…
Ask “How often do I need to have treatment?”. Treatments received less often than every two weeks (minus the odd exception) are pointless yet many clinics claim you only need to have treatment once a month, just because it suits their schedule. Treatment should be every 2-15 days to be effective. Of course those ones who say you only need to have treatment “Just once [with an extortionately expensive treatment] and your cellulite / skin laxity will be gone”, are really taking you for a fool.
Stay away from exaggerated claims. If it sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true, especially in beauty and aesthetics where BS is the norm (sorry but BS is the appropriate word to use here).
Stay away from painful / semi-invasive / invasive procedures that need anaesthetic injections or numbing creams to mask the extreme pain: these are usually ineffective, in addition to frequently causing quite bad adverse reactions.
Don’t even think of believing that your cellulite will “go” in 1-4 sessions. Look for clinics honestly talking about good results with about 6-12 sessions instead (more for severe cases).
Stir clear from overly cheap or overly expensive treatments. A £75/session treatment will probably not help while on the other hand a £3,500/session treatment is definitely a rip-off and a sheer waste of money.
Check which clinic focuses on their science and which one puts a lot of resources (which you pay for) on shallow marketing reels directed to the naive and the gullible on tiktok and instagram
Check “before and after” pics but with caution. 95% of before and after pictures are fake, one way or another, so use common sense.
Check reviews but also use common sense. Many are fake or bought from review farms and these days a package of 100 or 200 reviews can be bought for very little money.
Take into account published research but take it with a large pinch of salt. Much of the “peer-reviewed”, so-called “research” published in cosmetic dermatology journals is made up, low quality and not worth the paper it is written on.
Take most press articles with a pinch of salt too. In many cases they are blurb based on copy-pasting press releases rather than genuine writing.
Prefer specialised clinics/therapists than the “We offer 50 different treatments with 30 different machines” ones. No-one can be an expert in 50 things.
Do not be swayed by aesthetic surgeon-led clinics. Sure, aesthetic surgeons do know how to perform surgery but most are quite clueless when it comes to energy-based treatments, cellulite reduction or non-surgical skin tightening. Plus the main aim of such huge clinics is to make tons of money, not to provide the best treatment at the best price.
Do not even think of being swayed by shallow bloggers, vloggers, tiktokers, YouTubers, B-list celebrities and other so-called “influencers”. No one who has time to do social media all day also has the time needed to read hundreds of research papers or provide themselves thousands of treatments every year, in order to know what really and honestly works and what doesn’t. Plus they only promote what they get paid for - not necessarily the best companies/clinics.
Don’t bother with shallow articles in snobbish magazines, such as Vogue or Tatler. Only aesthetic manufactures or clinics with huge PR budgets can get through their closely guarded doors - not necessarily the best manufacturers or clinics.
And, of course, don’t bother with A-list celebrities either. Again, only aesthetic manufactures or clinics with huge PR budgets can get through to them - not necessarily the best companies or clinics.
And most crucially: actually talk to three clinics in your area; have a consultation with all three of them and use your common sense to see who is serious and competent and cares about you and who is all about sales, commission and a quick buck. And, if possible, have an actual treatment with each of them in order to get a real feel of what they have to offer.
LipoTherapeia® Plus: Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment with London’s cellulite experts
At LipoTherapeia we have specialised 100% in skin tightening and cellulite reduction for more than two decades and 20,000+ sessions.
This is all we study and practise every day and have researched and tried hands-on all the important skin tightening equipment and their manufacturers.
As strong, deep acting radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation are the technologies of choice for skin tightening and cellulite reduction, we have invested in the best RF/ultrasound technologies in the world.
(Of course, we keep looking for new technologies every day and if/when a better technology materialises we will be the first to provide it. However, we will never follow the latest ineffective gimmick, just because it’s good marketing to offer the latest hyped up - yet ineffective and/or unsafe treatment.)
Furthermore, over the last two decades we have developed advanced RF and cavitation treatment protocols in order to make the most of our technologies, for maximum results, naturally and safely.
And for even better, faster results, we now combine our RF/ultrasound treatments with high-power red/infrared light LED treatment.
Our radiofrequency/ultrasound/LED treatments are comfortable, pain-free, downtime-free, injection-free, 99.5%+ safe and always non-invasive.
(No unsafe and ineffective RF microneedling or HIFU and no safe but ineffective acoustic wave therapy, superficial RF (bipolar/tripolar/multipolar etc), low power RF/cavitation, electrical muscle stimulation, lymphatic massage, cupping, dry brushing and no ridiculous bum bum creams.)
Our focus is on honest, realistic, science-based treatment, combined with caring, professional service, with a smile.
We will be pleased to see you, assess your cellulite, skin laxity or fibrosis, listen to your story, discuss your case and offer you the best possible treatment.
Check prices and book an expert cellulite / skin tightening treatment at our London clinic.
Look Inside Your Skin™ with a Cellulite Ultrasonography™ scan, exclusive to LipoTherapeia in London, and assess your cellulite, skin laxity, post-liposuction fibrosis and more
We are proud to be the first and only cellulite clinic in the world to offer Cellulite Ultrasonography™ to our clients, for accurate assessment, better treatment and enhanced results. Since 2022 we have assessed and provided valuable insights to hundreds of clients to better understand their specific case, see how their skin looks from inside and make informed decisions.
You can now book your Cellulite Ultrasonography™ session and assess your:
Cellulite
Skin laxity
Lipedema
Subcutaneous fat levels
You can also assess the presence and severity of fibrosis and adhesions after:
Liposuction in all its forms, including vaser, smart lipo, bodytite, abdominoplasty/tummy tuck, thigh lift, arm lift, lipedema surgery etc
Cellulite surgery, such as cellulaze, cellutite, cellfina, subcision etc
Face-lift surgery
Non-surgical procedures, such as RF microneedling, extreme intensity HIFU, extreme intensity RF, extreme intensity ultrasound etc
Everything will be shown and explained to you clearly and you can see and understand how the different structures inside your skin affect your appearance.
If there is scar tissue / fibrosis, those will be clearly seen and you can differentiate between fibrosis, water retention or unremoved fat after all types of cosmetic surgery or harsh non-surgical procedures such as RF microneedling, extreme intensity HIFU etc.
(DISCLAIMER: Please note that this service is for your informational purposes only and does not constitute medical diagnosis or advice.)
The 45’ appointment includes full assessment and consultation and optional treatment plan for cellulite reduction and/or skin tightening.
If you do wish to have treatment with us, the ultrasound scan, assessment and consultation will be used to optimise your course of treatments and maximise your results.
The Cellulite School™: Get advanced training in cellulite reduction and skin tightening
Why train with The Cellulite School™?
We all know that training in cellulite reduction and skin tightening is as basic as it gets. It is typically a 4-6 hour training, involving only basic instruction from the manufacturer on how operators can use the machine; lots of myths, erroneous information and misconceptions; and some basic health and safety on how to use the machine.
There is no proper, real training in the science or cellulite, skin tightening, radiofrequency, ultrasound and all related technologies is non-existent - worldwide.
Do you want to deeply understand radiofrequency, ultrasound cavitation, LED phototherapy, cellulite and skin tightening?
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Understand deeply - and get properly trained in - the science of radiofrequency, ultrasound cavitation, LED phototherapy, cellulite and skin tightening and confidently offer your clients the safest, strongest and most effective treatment possible.
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