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Mesotherapy (from Greek mesos, "middle", and therapy from Greek therapeia, "to treat medically") is a non-surgical cosmetic medicine treatment. Mesotherapy employs the technique of multiple injections of commonly used homeopathic medications, plant extracts, vitamins, and other ingredients into the subcutaneous fat.
Mesotherapy injections are purported to target adipose fat cells, apparently by inducing rupture and cell death among adipocytes, thus minimizing lines, wrinkles and cellulite.
Mesotherapy is a medical specialty that involves injecting microscopic quantities of natural extracts, homeopathic agents, pharmaceuticals and vitamins into the skin. It can be used to eliminate cellulite, promote weight loss, treat aging skin and redundant (sagging) skin, and rejuvenate the hands and neck.
Read... What are the benefits of Mesotherapy over surgical techniques such as liposuction?
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Perhaps you have heard of lipodissolve. There is much buzz about this experimental "fat-melting" technology, which is being billed as a non-surgical alternative to liposuction.
While studies are now looking at just how effective lipodissolve really is, nothing tops liposuction when it comes to the removal of unwanted fat. Liposuction is the only scientifically proven method for removing fat cells permanently and is the top overall surgical cosmetic procedure performed in the United States.
Here's what we know now about lipodissolve and what we still need to learn.
Lipodissolve: The Promise
Lipodissolve involves a series of medicated injections that may melt away unwanted small, localized areas of fat. Think love handles, saddlebags and muffin tops. Lipodissolve is also known as mesotherapy, lipolysis, injection lipolysis or lipostabil...
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Botox is the number one cosmetic procedure in the United States, with 3.8 million treatments in 2005. Botox was introduced in the late 1980s by ophthalmologists for treating optic muscle disorders. It was approved by the FDA for cosmetic use in 2002, helping millions of patients get rid of nagging facial lines and wrinkles.
Today, the variety of Botox uses includes ocular muscle spasms, problems with eye coordination, severe armpit perspiration, and as an anti-wrinkle treatment for crow's feet, frown lines, and to eliminate furrows in the forehead.
How Botox Works
Botox combats wrinkles that are created when nerve cells within the muscles beneath the skin release a chemical called acetylcholine. This chemical triggers a muscle contraction that creates wrinkles. The Botox product, medically known as Botulinum Toxin Type A, is an injectable compound that disrupts the release of acetylcholine, which essentially paralyzes the muscle and stops the contraction. Results are fully evident within one week after treatment and remain for a minimum of three months.
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Injectable fillers can plump thin lips, enhance shallow contours, soften facial creases and wrinkles, or improve the appearance of recessed scars.
Beauty for life: Enhancing your appearance with soft tissue augmentation
The visible signs of facial aging occur over time as a result of sun exposure, heredity and life style.
One of the earliest signs of aging is a loss of facial fullness and the development of wrinkles. Softening of these facial lines and the restoration of volume and fullness in the face often can be achieved non-surgically with injectable fillers.
If you would like to restore facial contours, or reduce the appearance of lines and creases, injection therapy with soft tissue fillers may be right for you.
Injectable fillers can:
* Plump thin lips.
* Enhance shallow contours....
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