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Laser Massage
11/29/2003 6:25 AM
By: Medstar.com

Cellulite is a kind of fat tissue that can make skin look dimpled and lumpy. Many women fight it with creams, body wraps and massage. Now, the latest European innovation adds laser energy to smooth out trouble spots everywhere.

Cellulite can show up on almost any body part, even on a slender figure. It’s fatty tissue under the skin that thickens and hardens to look like cottage cheese and toning up won't change it.

"Exercise does not do anything for this,” said The Cellulite Endermologie Center Director Paulette Long. “You need to massage the skin, you need to have suction and rollers to really move that skin, in a way that cannot be done through exercise."

Laserdermatology is a form of mechanical massage to reduce cellulite. The machine's handpiece delivers three different actions at once.

“It's something new that uses the massage and the laser and the cooling sensation to smooth the skin,” Long continued.

Low level laser beams stimulate circulation. Rollers and suction massage the skin to tighten the treated area plus a cooling feature soothes while it smoothes.

The treatment is typically done in a series of visits, usually a dozen or more sessions for best results. And once the skin's orange peel look is gone, you've got to keep it up.

“You can't do this one time and think it's over,” Long said. “It's just like doing your nails and your hair, you need to come back at least once a month, or you could stretch it to six weeks, some people two months. But you want to maintain that look."

The look of smooth glowing skin that's cellulite-free.

This new massage machine is being "rolled out" first in New York and California where an individual treatment usually costs about $100 with discounts for buying a series.