Body Contouring

What is body contouring?

Comprehensive weight loss can happen with diet and exercise, but you can’t always control from where you lose weight. Despite achieving a healthy weight, parts of your body may just retain fat, especially your thighs, buttocks, and belly.

Body contouring procedures target these “trouble” areas that persist despite your healthy reduction efforts.

What are the available body contouring treatments?

Melvin Ashford, MD, offers a wide variety of body contouring treatments. After a thorough consultation, a customized plan is developed for you and might include:

UltraShape® Power

UltraShape® Power uses pulsed, focused ultrasound to destroy fat cells. It’s the only FDA-cleared device of its type. UltraShape Power is non-surgical. It painlessly and permanently destroys fat cells without harming surrounding skin, nerves, or blood vessels. UltraShape Power requires no downtime but leaves you with smooth, contoured results. 

VelaShape III

VelaShape III smooths the skin’s surface, notably reducing cellulite. Treatments also result in a significant reduction in circumference in treated areas, such as the backs of the thighs, abdomen, and buttocks. The treatment itself feels like a warm deep-tissue massage. The technician can adjust the treatment settings to ensure you get a comfortable experience every time. 

You may feel some warmth in treated areas for a few hours after your treatment, as well as some reddening, but these side effects fade quickly. There is no downtime after VelaShape treatments.

Smartlipo® Triplex®

Smartlipo Triplex is the most widely accepted and clinically studied laser-assisted lipolysis system available today. In this minimally invasive procedure, fat is liquified with laser energy and vacuumed away. Smartlipo Triplex is less invasive than traditional liposuction, so it does not have the same risks.

EndyMed™ 

EndyMed technology provides FDA-cleared 3DEEP technology – an innovative multisource radiofrequency technology. EndyMed delivers controlled, focused energy deep into the skin, without any pain or risk. The 3DEEP technology stimulates collagen renewal without overheating your outer layers of skin, minimizing side effects, and providing for a more comfortable treatment session. 

EndyMed provides effective treatments for body toning, tightening, and cellulite reduction, especially after weight loss.

What if I need help with comprehensive weight loss?

A medically supervised diet can help you achieve a healthy size, so you do benefit from body contouring treatments. Dr. Ashford offers the HCG diet. This diet has you follow a controlled eating plan while receiving injections of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), which helps you burn fat effectively and keeps you from feeling hungry.

To learn more about body contouring from Melvin Ashford, MD, set up an appointment online or call the office today.