liposuction for cellulite

Hypodermal fat accumulation is the most important cause and feature of cellulite - not water retention or "trapped toxins"

Hypodermal fat accumulation is the most important cause and feature of cellulite - not water retention or "trapped toxins"

When it comes to cellulite many so-called “cellulite experts” focus on everything else than the elephant in the room, the most important thing: hypodermal fat accumulation - i.e. fat accumulation in the deepest layer of the skin, the hypodermis. It is increased hypodermal fat accumulation that causes circulation constriction and consequent water retention…

Cellulite surgery or non-surgical cellulite treatments: what is best?

Cellulite surgery or non-surgical cellulite treatments: what is best?

It is true that most non-surgical cellulite treatments do not really work. Most such treatments range from generally safe but ineffective (think palper-rouler massage, acoustic wave therapy (AWT), microneedling, bipolar/tripolar RF etc) to dangerous and generally ineffective (high intensity HIFU, high intensity RF microneedling etc). As a result many people think that cellulite surgery is a better, so-called “one-off” option...

Why do I still have cellulite after liposuction?

Why do I still have cellulite after liposuction?

I have recently had liposuction and still have cellulite - how it this possible? It is possible simply because liposuction does not remove cellulite (hypodermal fat), it removes fat (subcutaneous fat), as it is actually supposed to do. Cellulite is superficial fat which is enmeshed into your skin and thereby it cannot be removed surgically (unless you want your skin to be removed). Liposuction, on the other hand, removes deeper fat (subcutaneous adipose tissue) which is located UNDER your skin and UNDER the cellulite layer (hypodermal adipose tissue). These are two different types of fat and two different depths…

Advanced skin tightening treatments after liposuction

Advanced skin tightening treatments after liposuction

Skin tightening after liposuction surgery at the LipoTherapeia clinic (London, W1) with two advanced technologies. Two decades of experience, honest advice, personalised treatment, caring service. Book now!

Advanced cellulite treatments after liposuction

Advanced cellulite treatments after liposuction

Cellulite reduction after liposuction surgery at the LipoTherapeia clinic (London, W1) with three advanced technologies. Two decades of experience, honest advice, personalised treatment, caring service. Book now!

Does liposuction get rid of cellulite?

Does liposuction get rid of cellulite?

To understand whether liposuction can help with cellulite we have to know what kind of fat liposuction removes and what kind of fat cellulite is made of. In addition to deep fat, found deep inside the stomach (visceral fat) and intramuscular fat, found inside muscles (as in “marble fat” in steaks), there are two other types of fat on the human body which are found on the surface of the body: subcutaneous fat, which is found under the skin; and hypodermal and dermal fat, which is found inside the skin…