The 2nd and 3rd degree burns that lead to the appearance of a large blister or complete destruction of the skin, and which require medical treatment is the main risk of cryolipolysis, an aesthetic treatment that freezes fat.
At the moment the person may feel nothing more than a blaze but soon after the pain worsens and the region turns very red, forming bubbles. If this happens, you should go to the emergency room and start the burn treatment as soon as possible.
However, this risk is minimal when the treatment is carried out with a properly certified equipment and that receives the proper maintenance, every 3 months of use.
Learn to recognize a 2nd and 3rd degree burn and how to treat
How Cryolipolysis Works
Cryolipolysis is a technique of freezing body fat that damages adipocytes by freezing the cells that store the fat. With this, the cells die and are naturally eliminated by the body, without increasing cholesterol and without being stored again in the body.
This crystallized fat is naturally removed by the body and no supplement is required, just a massage after the session. The technique has excellent results even with only 1 session and these are progressive. So after 1 month the person notes the result of the session and decides if he wants to do another complementary session. This other session can only be done after 2 months of the first, because before that the body will still be eliminating the frozen fat from the previous session.
The time of a cryolipolysis session should never be less than 45 minutes, and the ideal is that each session lasts 1 hour for each treated area.
Is cryolipolysis safe?
During cryolipolysis, a machine with two cold plaques is placed on the skin of the belly or thigh. The device should be calibrated between 5 to 15 degrees Celsius negative, freezing and crystallizing only the fat cells, located just below the skin.
The best cryolipolysis equipment is Zeltiq Aesthetic Inc. because it respects all the necessary characteristics for a safe and effective treatment, having a large number of scientific publications on protocols that have been effective in eliminating more than 40% of fat in the treated region. Other more economical brands, often found in Brazil, for commercial purposes do not always respect the scientific part, in order to a higher financial return not being safe or efficient.
In addition, part of the burns that have happened with this type of treatment were due to lack of maintenance of the machines or incompetence of the professional. Anvisa does not require cryolipolysis to be performed only by physicians or specialist physiotherapists and therefore may be used by any professional with aesthetic knowledge.
Other alternatives to eliminate localized fat
In addition to cryolipolysis, there are several other cosmetic treatments to eliminate localized fat, such as:
- Lipocavitation, which is a high-powered ultrasound that eliminates fat;
- Radiofrequency, which is more comfortable and 'melts' fat;
- Carboxytherapy, where gas needles are used to eliminate fat;
- Shockwaves, which also damage part of the fat cells, facilitating their elimination.
Other treatments that have no scientific proof that they can be effective in eliminating localized fat are the use of creams that eliminate fat even when using ultrasound equipment to penetrate more in the body and the modeling massage because it can not eliminate the fat cells, although it can move it in place.
