Recently, coolipolysis has become a popular topic in the field of cosmetology. Companies start to introduce this technology as one of the alternatives to lose weight, which attracts the attention of many, especially those who are afraid of invasive fat grafting or lipolysis.
If you have watched ‘Eight Below’, an America adventure drama film that describes the life in Antarctica. Before, then you might be familiar with a scene of a person who accidentally dropped his gloves which led to serious frostbite of his finger within minutes. In the end, the person has to amputate his fingers in order to avoid further complication. This has clearly shown us that extremely cold can result in irreversible consequences upon living tissues of humans and animals.
During a conference that introduces the coolipolysis machines in May 2011, an American professor Robert Weiss has issued a few thesis to prove that cooling can cause cell death of subcutaneous fat tissues without apparent damage to the overlying skin. The damage caused by the low temperature will lead to the deficiency of oxygen and blood in the tissues. Once back to the optimum temperature, the blood will flow across the damages tissues, which then results in serious inflammation. This is also the so-called infamous medical term, ‘Ischemia-reperfusion injury’.
The effect of destroying the fat tissues through cooling so they can be disposed, is the base idea of the invention of coolipolysis. This theory can actually be achieved by the Coolsculpting that is non-invasive and pain-free.
The theory of coolipolysis is to extract the fat in and under the skin of the abdomen through a probe. The edge of the probe will then suck out the heat to lower the temperature. During the process, the temperature of the skin and the fat will decrease but it is the temperature of the fat that decreases by the largest scale. As the temperature is decreased, the fat will crystalize ‘crystallization’ which then leads to inflammation, cytolysis and the engulfment of the cells by the phagocytes. The results will show after three months. The real question is, how do we freeze the fat without causing frostbite to the skin, the blood vessels, nerves and the muscles? There is the place where the machine works its charms.
Furthermore, there is another question I’m concerned, is this machine applicable on face slimming? Hence, during the Q&A session in the conference, the answer I received is that for the time being the Ministry of Health only allows the machine to be used for the lipolysis of the abdomen because other parts are not suitable. Upon this answer, according to the related journals I have studied before, the results of this method may not be better than the traditional lipolysis. In fact, this method is no help in the problem of the sagging skin after lipolysis.
In addition, the article also mentioned that, ‘the practice of freezing fat graft at -20℃ for extended periods prior to reimplantation, is likely to results in graft failure…’ This means that if the fat is only defrozen before the implantation, the surgery might not succeed.
It is always best to use the fat directly from the body, rather than the fat being frozen in the fridge. For instance we can look at the food and the fruits kept in the fridge. Those who harbor high hopes, if they try it based only on curiosity or the urge to do it, the results might turn out the otherwise.
According to a medical article, 1/5 of the fat can be removed after one coolipolysis treatment. If the patient wishes t conduct more treatments in the future, the amount of fat that can be removed would be limited.
Whether it is coolipolysis, smartlipolysis or ultrasound lipolysis, there is always the external and internal type. The results for the external treatment are not as good as the internal treatment. As for the effect of freezing on the fat, stated in the coolipolysis thesis, freezing usually damages the fat tissues. The survival rate of the fat tissues is very low if you defreeze the frozen fat that inject it back to the body. Autologous fat grafting for breast augmentation and facial treatment should stress on this matter.
During a conference that introduces the coolipolysis machines in May 2011, an American professor Robert Weiss has issued a few thesis to prove that cooling can cause cell death of subcutaneous fat tissues without apparent damage to the overlying skin. The damage caused by the low temperature will lead to the deficiency of oxygen and blood in the tissues. Once back to the optimum temperature, the blood will flow across the damages tissues, which then results in serious inflammation. This is also the so-called infamous medical term, ‘Ischemia-reperfusion injury’.
The effect of destroying the fat tissues through cooling so they can be disposed, is the base idea of the invention of coolipolysis. This theory can actually be achieved by the Coolsculpting that is non-invasive and pain-free.
The theory of coolipolysis is to extract the fat in and under the skin of the abdomen through a probe. The edge of the probe will then suck out the heat to lower the temperature. During the process, the temperature of the skin and the fat will decrease but it is the temperature of the fat that decreases by the largest scale. As the temperature is decreased, the fat will crystalize ‘crystallization’ which then leads to inflammation, cytolysis and the engulfment of the cells by the phagocytes. The results will show after three months. The real question is, how do we freeze the fat without causing frostbite to the skin, the blood vessels, nerves and the muscles? There is the place where the machine works its charms.
Furthermore, there is another question I’m concerned, is this machine applicable on face slimming? Hence, during the Q&A session in the conference, the answer I received is that for the time being the Ministry of Health only allows the machine to be used for the lipolysis of the abdomen because other parts are not suitable. Upon this answer, according to the related journals I have studied before, the results of this method may not be better than the traditional lipolysis. In fact, this method is no help in the problem of the sagging skin after lipolysis.
In addition, the article also mentioned that, ‘the practice of freezing fat graft at -20℃ for extended periods prior to reimplantation, is likely to results in graft failure…’ This means that if the fat is only defrozen before the implantation, the surgery might not succeed.
It is always best to use the fat directly from the body, rather than the fat being frozen in the fridge. For instance we can look at the food and the fruits kept in the fridge. Those who harbor high hopes, if they try it based only on curiosity or the urge to do it, the results might turn out the otherwise.
According to a medical article, 1/5 of the fat can be removed after one coolipolysis treatment. If the patient wishes t conduct more treatments in the future, the amount of fat that can be removed would be limited.
Whether it is coolipolysis, smartlipolysis or ultrasound lipolysis, there is always the external and internal type. The results for the external treatment are not as good as the internal treatment. As for the effect of freezing on the fat, stated in the coolipolysis thesis, freezing usually damages the fat tissues. The survival rate of the fat tissues is very low if you defreeze the frozen fat that inject it back to the body. Autologous fat grafting for breast augmentation and facial treatment should stress on this matter.
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