ENDERMOLOGIE®

Endermologie® is a unique, non-invasive way of shaping your body, reducing the appearance of cellulite and improving overall skin fitness.

In its original form, Endermologie® was used to rehabilitate scars, burns and damaged muscular tissue when a surprising side-affect was discovered - the reduction of cellulite and significant inch loss from the body.

Cellulite – What is it and how is it formed?

Cellulite is caused by factors which influence where and how fat is stored, where and how fluid is retained, and the amount and arrangement of collagen and elastin fibers in the connective tissue layers of the skin. Factors influencing cellulite include genetic predisposition, hormones, hydration, diet, exercise, stress, drugs and medications.

When normal fatty tissue is stored, it is held in place by a network of collagen and elastin fibers and is supplied by a network of vascular and lymph vessels. When the system works well, the vascular system takes energy from the fat stores when required, and toxins are flushed away via the lymph. When the waste removal system starts to fail, waste products start building up and the connective tissue becomes saturated with fluid, and is often inflamed and swollen. Growing fat cells (adipocytes) destroy the network of collagen and elastin fibers, which then thicken (fibrose) around these cells forming hard pockets of fat, encroaching on vascular and lymphatic vessels. The hardened pockets of fat are the cause of the "orange peel" or "cottage cheese" appearance known as cellulite. Cellulite often becomes painful if the pressure within the pockets of fat becomes too high.

Cellulite can be diagnosed and categorized into four stages. The more advanced the condition of cellulite, the greater the effort required to treat it. When treating cellulite, the congested lymph and waste system needs to be cleared, the fibrosis around the hardened pockets of fat needs to be softened or broken down and the weak network of collagen and elastin fibers needs to be strengthened and re-modeled. Endermologie® will treat cellulite at all these levels. The frequency and amount of Endermologie® treatments is relative to a patient’s condition.

How Endermologie® Works

The Keymodule’s small hand-held, motorized treatment head with specially designed rollers performs the Endermologie® treatment. By gently lifting and rolling the skin the Keymodule® stimulates the venous and lymphatic systems, thereby eliminating toxins. Fiboblasts are stimulated to increase collagen and elastin production, generating a healthier, rejuventated skin tone.

While wearing a body stocking, the motorized rollers are gently run over the full length of the body and then concentrated on the problem areas. The controlled suction gently lifts and rolls your skin, to deeply massage the affected areas, increasing the cutaneous blood flow by 400 percent (Laser Doppler measurements) and lymphatic flow by 300 percent (Lymphoscintigraphy measurements). Toxins and abnormal fluid retention build-up is expelled as connective fibers are stretched and restored.

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