What is Mesotherapy?
Mesotherapy is a medical specialty that involves injecting microscopic quantities of natural extracts, homeopathic agents, pharmaceuticals and vitamins into the skin. It can be used to eliminate cellulite, promote weight loss, treat aging skin and redundant (sagging) skin, and rejuvenate the hands and neck.
Mesotherapy is an historic French-designed therapy that was first used in the 1950s to treat a variety of conditions, including osteoarthritis, chronic pain and migraines-even depression and anxiety. Today, mesotherapy has been applied to the cosmetic enhancement industry, most notably as a cellulite reducer. The simple, non-invasive treatment applies microinjections of conventional or homeopathic medication and/or vitamins to the mesoderm, or middle layer of skin, to heal or correct a specific area of the body. It works to spot-treat fat deposits, reduce cellulite and rejuvenate the skin. The Cellulite Connection: Mesotherapy breaks down fat and cellulite in a very particular way. First it’s important to understand what constitutes cellulite. Cellulite results from a combination of fatty tissue and fluid retention in the subcutaneous level of skin tissue. Fat cells are arranged in chambers surrounded by connective tissue, and as water is retained, fat cells held expand and stretch the
Mesotherapy is a technique which has been used in France for over 50 years, where small amounts of medication, vitamins and supplements are injected into fat and the connective tissue of the skin (called the mesoderm) for many cosmetic and medical purposes including reduction of cellulite and fat.
Mesotherapy is a technique, invented in 1952 by Dr. Michel Pistor, where medication is injected into the mesoderm, the layer of fat and connective tissue under the skin. Since its inception, in excess of 15,000 physicians world-wide have used Mesotherapy on a daily basis for a variety of purposes, including weight loss, spot weight reduction, cellulite reduction, scar revision and wrinkle elimination. In 1987, the French Academy of Medicine recognized Mesotherapy as an inherent part of traditional medicine. The International Society of Mesotherapy encompasses 14 countries throughout Europe and South America. In Mesotherapy, very small doses of different medications are administered in specific areas, depending on the condition being treated. The medicines and plant extracts that we use at Westside Medical Spa are obtained from local pharmaceutical companies in the United States. All medicines used are FDA-approved for their use. In combination, medicines for Mesotherapy are used for of
