How to do aesthetic cryotherapy

Aesthetic cryotherapy is a technique that cools a part of the body using specific creams or devices to combat localized fat, flaccidity and cellulite.

Aesthetic cryotherapy works by cooling the region that you want to tone up, muscle and skin use energy to try to compensate for the temperature change occurring eliminating localized fat. However this treatment should not be used exclusively for weight loss, it is necessary to make a low calorie diet and practice exercises regularly.

The benefits of cosmetic cryotherapy are related to increased local energy expenditure, because by cooling the skin and muscle, the body reacts trying to reheat the region, reducing metabolism, which gives a small localized fat burning.

Step by step aesthetic cryotherapy

To do this treatment on the face is advised:

• Wash your face with cold water;
• Apply exfoliating cream on the face and then remove the residue;
• Slip equipment that promotes cold (which can be an ice cube wrapped in a gauze) across the face from the bottom up;
• Apply moisturizer to finish.

To do this treatment in the body the following steps must be taken:

1. Exfoliate the skin so that the reducing cream penetrates more easily in the body;
2. Pass a professional cream for aesthetic cryotherapy that contains camphor, menthol, caffeine or Asian centella, for example;
3. Perform a reductive massage throughout the region or good lymphatic drainage;
4. Strain the place to keep the cold, letting it act for approximately 20 minutes.

The cream should be kept on the skin for 4 hours and in this period one can carry out daily activities normally and one can even perform physical exercises. After this time, you should take a shower to remove all the product.

For best results it is recommended to perform aesthetic cryotherapy at least 3 times a week, on interspersed days. The results can be seen from the 3rd week of treatment.

When esthetic cryotherapy is indicated

Indications for aesthetic cryotherapy include:

• Improve skin tone by helping to combat sagging;
• Combat wrinkles and expression lines when used on face;
• Decrease the circumference of the thighs, arms or even the waist.

Cryotherapy can be performed on the face, abdomen, arms, flanks, culottes, thighs, butt, but should not be held in the back by being too uncomfortable.

Who can not do

Contraindications include skin diseases such as urticaria, for example, skin infections, during pregnancy, after surgery, immune system disease, heart disease and cancer. Obese individuals are not advised to do this technique because it only fights localized fat, not overweight. It is also not a good option in case of cellulite.