What is injection lipolysis and how does it work?
Injection lipolysis is a non-surgical treatment for unwanted collections of fat utilizing natural detergents, such as a deoxycholate. Deoxycholate, a natural bile salt, is injected in the area of concern, where it works by breaking fat cells apart. 2. How is this procedure different than mesotherapy? The terms Mesotherapy and Injection Lipolysis are often interchanged these days. However, “purists” remind us that these are two different procedures. Mesotherapy was invented in 1952 by the French physician, Dr. Michel Pistor, who used this specialized injection technique to treat both medical and cosmetic conditions with mixtures of medications so that their systemic effects would be reduced (or avoided). Injection lipolysis only recently became popular when Dr. Patricia Rittes, a dermatologist in Brazil, used a combination of phosphatidylcholine and deoxycholate specifically for fat reduction. Dr. Rotunda and his colleague, Dr. Michael Kolodney discovered that only one of these ingredie
