Is it similar to VASER, liposuction and retrodermal currettage?
In three words, no, no and no. VASER, despite having a name that looks similar to Laser, is actually just a vibrating tool with suction. The tool vibrated at ultrasound frequencies, which is meant to be very good to break up fat – and VASER was initially sold as a liposuction technique to get rid of fat. There is no logic or evidence yet that the vibration is particularly good at destroying sweat glands – unlike the laser which is specifically used to do so. Several patients have contacted me through the sweating website reporting failures of the VASER in removing armpit sweating – It will be interesting to wait for scientific studies to see if it can be made to work. As there is no logical or scientific reason to suppose that ultrasound vibration would kill sweat glands anywhere near as efficiently as the Nd:YAG laser, it is not something that we are aiming to study at The Whiteley Clinic. Liposuction is the removal of fat – as the eccrine sweat glands are in the dermis and not the fa
